IS Attacks Funeral
Earlier today, February 29, 2016, the Islamic State (IS) attacked a funeral held for a relative of a Shiite militia...
Iraq
Iridium Theft in Iraq is No Isolated Incident
Iraqi authorities are desperately searching for a highly dangerous radiological compound that went missing from a storage facility owned by...
Ankara Bombing Sparks Turkey to Increase Attacks Against Kurds
On Wednesday, February 17, 2016, a car bomb detonated besides a convoy transporting Turkish military personnel killing 28 and injuring...
Massive Military Exercise May Point to a Saudi Intervention in Syria
This week the Saudi government is drawing from 20 nations to launch the largest ever military exercise in the region,...
Russia Continues Push to Remove U.S. Influence from Middle East
Reuters reports that Russia is ready to send civil airliners and continue to provide military aid to Iraq to fight...
House Committee Grills Ambassador Over Lack Of Progress With The Islamic State
On February 10, 2016, Ambassador Brett McGurk testified before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, in regards to the growing...
How Shi’ite Militias Are Turning Iraq into Kidnapping Hunting Grounds
On January 16, armed Shi'ite militia kidnapped three American contractors from an apartment in Baghdad's southeastern Dora district. The group's...
Two Refugees Caught Aiding Terror
On January 8, 2016, two men, Mohammed Younis Al-Jayab, 23, and Omar Faraj Saeed Al-Hardan, 24, were arrested on charges of aiding Islamic State (IS) and other terrorist organizations. Al-Jayab was arrested...
Russian offensive, Iraq prepares to fight IS, Iranian missiles, South China Sea tensions…
Threat Information Office Headlines 10-14-15 Russia on the offensive in Syria as Nusra front calls for revenge Air strikes continue...
Iran missile test, IS convoy attacked, Turkish bomb blasts, Syrian rebel training…
Iran tests long-range missile in defiance of UN resolution This past Sunday, Iran announced that it had successfully test-fired a...
A ’60 Minutes’ interview with an unserious President Obama
President Obama was widely criticized last year after he claimed Russia intervened in Ukraine “not out of strength, but out...
Islamic State Claims Aden Attack, Tunisia Breaks up IS Cells, Iraqi Forces retakes territory near Ramadi…
Islamic State claims deadly attack on Yemeni government and Emirati troops in Aden The UAE was quick to blame Houthi...
Cut Down the Black Flag
Purchase for Kindle Purchase paperback What if there was an actual strategy to defeat ISIS and stop their reign of...
Taliban Seizes Kunduz, Shia Militia Frees Turkish Workers, Kurds in urgent need of economic support…
Threat Information Office Headlines 9-28-15 Taliban seizes Kunduz, Islamic State Launches attacks The Taliban carried out one of the most...
Islamic State Deploys Chemical Weapons, Truck Bombs, as Fighting Continues
The Islamic State reportedly used a mustard agent against Kurdish force in Erbil, Iraq August 14, 2015. In 2013, the...
The Islamic State Genocide of Christians and other Minorities
On Friday, the human rights group the 21st Century Wilberforce Initiative issued a report entitled “Edge of Extinction: The Eradication...