A torrent of violence, including reported beheadings and a prison break by Islamic State terrorists, erupted in Syria on Monday following the signing of an agreement between the jihadist federal government under President Ahmed al-Sharaa and the U.S.-backed, Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).
The government of Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, the head of the al-Qaeda offshoot Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), signed an agreement on Sunday with American-allied Kurdish forces in the country that dramatically strips away the latter’s autonomy in exchange for Damascus recognizing “Kurdish cultural and linguistic rights.”
Christians in Syria are choosing to “hide Christian symbols and avoid public displays of faith” following the collapse of the Assad regime and ascent of the al-Qaeda offshoot Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) to power, Ryan Brown, the CEO of the Christian human rights organization Open Doors, told Breitbart News in remarks this weekend.
In his New Year’s Day address to the nation, Nigerian President Bola Tinubu celebrated “decisive” U.S. airstrikes against terrorist targets in northwestern Nigeria, and promised that collaboration with international partners against “criminal and terrorist elements determined to disrupt our way of life” would continue.
Australia’s New Years Eve celebration was a more solemn affair than usual this year, with a heavy security presence on the streets and a nationwide minute of silence for the victims of the Bondi Beach massacre.
The head of the largest organization representing the Tiv people of central Nigeria told local media he sent a letter to President Donald Trump this weekend thanking him for approving airstrikes against jihadists exterminating Christian communities nationwide.
Nigerian activists and leaders at the front lines of the jihadist mass killings in the country denounced attempts to erase the religious aspect of the persecution in the country during a recent online press briefing alongside the human rights organization Open Doors, noting the overwhelming evidence that the killers are seeking to eliminate Christianity entirely.
The Islamic State terrorist organization published a statement on Thursday celebrating the killing of three Americans, two servicemen and a civilian, in Syria last week, but stopped short of taking responsibility for the attack.
The Islamic State’s power was diminished with the loss of its “caliphate” in Syria and Iraq and the elimination of its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, but it remains a worldwide threat capable of directing and inspiring terrorist attacks, as last week’s murders in Syria and Australia demonstrate.
On Tuesday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “On Balance,” Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) responded to a question on if Islamophobia or jihad is a bigger threat to the United States, its values, and the life of Americans by stating that “if
A spokesman for the Syrian Interior Ministry appeared to confirm this weekend that the man who killed two American soldiers and an interpreter in Palmyra was employed with the jihadist government’s security forces, but claimed that he was “under review” for “extremist” opinions.
The wife and children of a Somalian ISIS leader are reportedly living in taxpayer funded accommodation in Britain.
A top official in Nigeria condemned calls from prominent American and other human rights figures for the country to abolish the imposition of sharia, or Islamic law, on citizens regardless of religion, dismissively remarking, “we are not Venezuela.”
Nigerian Defense Minister Mohammed Badaru Abubakar tendered his resignation on Monday, the office of President Bola Tinubu confirmed, amid a growing wave of jihadist violence against Christians in the country.
The government of Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa marked the one-year anniversary of the fall of the city of Aleppo to his terror organization, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), seeking to balance his jihadist past with a U.S.-friendly future.
The World Food Program (WFP), an arm of the United Nations, warned on Tuesday that parts of Nigeria may face unprecedented hunger in the most perilous parts of the upcoming year, leaving as many as 35 million people facing “severe food insecurity.”
The main opposition party in Nigeria, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) demanded on Sunday that President Bola Tinubu consider resignation if he cannot ensure the safety of Christians in the face on a decade-long jihadist genocide campaign against them.
Nigerian Bishop Wilfred Anagbe testified before the House of Representatives on Thursday, detailing the “gory” violence Christians face.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi reached out to his counterpart in Russia, Sergey Lavrov, on Monday in anticipation of a United Nations vote to potentially condemn the former’s illicit nuclear program – an admission of weakness following nearly a year of aggressive White House policies to curtail Iran’s malign international influence.
Pope Leo XIV offered prayers for the persecuted Christians of Nigeria during his public address on Sunday.
The Islamist regime governing Syria sent its top diplomat to Beijing on Monday for meetings with Foreign Minister Wang Yi in which the Chinese Communist Party invited Syria to join its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a debt trap scheme for impoverished countries.
The government of Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa announced on Sunday that it had arrested unnamed individuals with its “state security” apparatus for human rights violations against the Druze people during clashes this summer.
Multiple Nigerian newspapers reported on an incident on Wednesday in which the Nigerian military attacked peaceful protesters organizing to demand that the government act to protect civilians from genocidal jihadist attacks, which have persisted for over a decade with little government interest.
Nigerian Senator Orji Uzor Kalu of the ruling All Progressives Party (APC) conceded in remarks on Tuesday that President Donald Trump “told the truth” when he denounced a genocide of Christians in the country, asking those outraged by the American’s remarks to channel that anger into fixing the problem.
Violent attacks targeting Christian communities occur in Nigeria about eight times a day on average and the government has been “largely ineffective” at stopping them, Ryan Brown, the CEO of the Christian aid organization Open Doors, told Breitbart News.
Workers at a displaced persons camp in Benue state, Nigeria, denounced the discovery of trash disposals full of fetuses.
Nigeria’s Premium Times newspaper reported on Thursday, in the context of the federal government claiming to release over 500 hostages from “bandit” captivity, that the government has threatened locals plagued by jihadist violence with arrest if they speak publicly on the slaughter.
President Donald Trump’s decision to designate Nigeria a “Country of Particular Concern” (CPC) for religious freedom this weekend – a recognition of the ongoing genocide of Christians there – undoes the corrosive legacy of predecessor Joe Biden, whose administration enabled the slaughter.
Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani announced in a speech on Sunday that the country’s president, former jihadist terror chief Ahmed al-Sharaa, will visit the White House in early November.
Nigerian President Bola Tinubu condemned President Donald Trump’s statements acknowledging the ongoing genocide of Christians in his country in remarks on Saturday, claiming they did not reflect “reality,” while a top adviser told local media Tinubu planned to meet Trump “in the coming days.”
During an interview on the Alex Marlow Show, Deputy Assistant to President Donald Trump and Senior Director for Counterterrorism Dr. Sebastian Gorka detailed what is being done to stop terrorism and protect the American people, explaining how terrorists do not typically act on large scale projects.
A post by radical Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani, the frontrunner to become New York City’s next mayor, ignited a firestorm after he proudly shared photos of himself smiling beside Imam Siraj Wahhaj — an unindicted co-conspirator in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing — with lawmakers and public figures warning that jihad is coming to New York unless voters wake up.
Argentina on Monday celebrated the release of the last three remaining Argentine hostages taken by the jihadist terrorist group Hamas on October 7.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov held a press conference with Arab media on Monday in the context of President Donald Trump’s successful mediating to end the war in Gaza, downplaying the significance of that monumental diplomatic event.
Iranian state propaganda site PressTV repeated a claim by the genocidal terrorist organization Hamas, which Iran funds, that the jihadists “made all efforts” to protect the dozens of hostages it took during the gruesome invasion of Israel on October 7, 2023.
President Donald Trump said that decades of jihadism and terrorism in the Middle East have “backfired” on its perpetrators and emphasized the countries that have previously “reached across ancient divides” are among the region’s most successful.
Far-left President of Colombia Gustavo Petro claimed on Thursday that “pressure” from Colombia and other countries led to a peace deal between Israel and Hamas brokered by President Donald Trump, detracting from Trump’s direct efforts in the situation.
The jihadist terrorist organization Hamas celebrated the second anniversary since its invasion and gruesome massacre of an estimated 1,200 random people in Israel on Tuesday, calling it a “glorious day of success.”
On the second anniversary of the sweeping massacres, killings, rapes, and tortures of random civilians in Israel by Hamas on October 7, 2023, the American left is far beyond justifying terror – it has moved on to actively calling for more violence.
The jihadist “interim” government of Syria sent a delegation to Moscow on Thursday for talks to facilitate better communication with the defense ministries of both countries, reports claimed – a challenge following Russia’s decades-long support of former dictator Bashar Assad, who the current government deposed.
