A video began circulating on social media on Wednesday, published by the Kurdish news organization Rudaw, of a man identified as a “Damascus-affiliated armed group” member holding hair allegedly cut off the dead body of a Kurdish soldier.
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.
Former finance minister defects, warning “most civilised nation on earth” needs to crack down on “sickness” of festering radical Islamism.
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.
The government of Turkey confirmed that it had arrested 357 people on Tuesday in nationwide operations against Islamic State terrorists suspected of plotting attacks on New Year’s Eve – following a multi-hour operation on Monday that killed three police officers.
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.
President Donald Trump stated that, acting as Commander in Chief, he directed the United States to carry out a “powerful and deadly strike” in northwest Nigeria against ISIS terrorists, whom he identified as responsible for targeting and killing innocent Christians at historically severe levels.
Three men were convicted this week for over a planned Islamist mass shooting terror attack against Manchester’s Jewish community in an act of supposed revenge over the conflict between Israel and Hamas in Palestine.
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.
Nigerians speaking to the newspaper Daily Trust expressed extreme hesitation in traveling out of the capital city of Abuja to spend Christmas this week with family, citing the “insecurity” crisis caused by a growing wave of systematic attacks by jihadists against Christian communities nationwide.
U.S. Vice President JD Vance warned that the mass migration agenda could risk a nuclear weapons in Europe falling under the control of Islamist politicians.
A survey from the French Institute of Public Opinion (Ifop) has found that at least one in three Muslims living in France believe that the Sharia law should be instituted globally.
The Australian state of New South Wales is proposing to ban public displays of Islamic State group flags or extremist symbols after a mass shooting driven by antisemitism killed 15 people at Sydney’s Bondi Beach.
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.
Monday, during an appearance on FNC’s “Hannity,” Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) reacted to the apparent terrorist attack in Sydney, declaring that the United States was “at war” with radical Islam, adding that calls for more so-called gun control was not a solution.
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 Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), a U.S.-designated terrorist organization and arm of the Iranian military, seized a oil vessel allegedly carrying “smuggled diesel” in the Persian Gulf, Tehran revealed on Thursday.
The Islamist terror state of Iran accused the United States of “piracy” on Thursday in response to President Donald Trump revealing that U.S. authorities had seized a crude oil tanker in the Caribbean Sea accused of transporting sanctioned oil from Iran and its ally Venezuela.
On December 8, 2024, Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa was known – and wanted – internationally as “Abu Mohammed al-Jolani,” the leader of the jihadist terrorist organization Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS).
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.
Christian communities in the Syrian cities of Latakia and Homs held celebrations this weekend marking the beginning of Advent, the Christmas season, lighting Christmas trees and opening themed markets.
Zohran Mamdani is facing a torrent of condemnation over his public statement addressing the murder of National Guard Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, who succumbed to her injuries after being shot, allegedly by an Afghan national admitted under Joe Biden’s ‘Operation Allies Welcome’ program.
A report from France’s domestic intelligence agency has identified Christians as the “prime target” for radical Islamists, who are actively trying to stoke anti-Christian sentiment in the West with “anti-crusader” propaganda.
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.
President Donald Trump is reportedly preparing to designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a foreign terrorist organization, according to a report.
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.
A major survey of the Islamic community in France has found that the younger generation of Muslims is far more radical than their predecessors in terms of preferring Sharia law and supporting Islamist organisations like the Muslim Brotherhood.
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.
Nigerian Minister of Information Mohammed Idris reportedly declared on Thursday that the country’s advertising and marketing executives have a “crucial responsibility” to make Nigeria look good, particularly given recent global attention on the ongoing genocide of Christians in the Middle Belt region.
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.
In the decade since the Bataclan attacks in Paris, France has averaged nearly one deadly terrorist attack every six months, demonstrating the scale to which radical Islamism has transformed the fabric of the nation.
