American and Iraqi’s Special Forces Capture IS Senior Chemical Weapons Specialist
Sleiman Daoud al-Afari, a top chemical weapons specialist for the Islamic State (IS) who was captured by U.S. Special Forces...
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Islamic State Defaults to Terror in Response to Setbacks
On Sunday, March 6, 2016, The Islamic State (IS) claimed responsibility for a truck bombing on the town of Hilla,...
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...
British Government Defend Anti-Terrorism Law Against Questionable Charitable Groups
The British government’s anti-terror law designed to help prevent the flow of humanitarian aid funds to terrorism is under fire....
Obama’s Syria Non-Strategy is Imploding
Secretary of State John Kerry got the headline he was looking for last week when the press reported that the...
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...
Rebel Cause in Syria Fading as Government Forces Move Closer to Aleppo
The Syrian city of Aleppo has been surrounded by Assad government forces. Syria’s largest city has been held by multiple...
DEA Helps Bust Hezbollah European Drug Cell
On February 1, a joint international law enforcement sting lead by the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) dubbed "Project Cassandra"...
U.S. Conditions IS Libya Fight on Unity Government
February 2, 2016, Secretary of State John Kerry met with officials from 23 nations in Rome to discuss combating IS....
Economic Warfare in the Middle East May Keep Oil Prices Low for the Near Future
Saudi Arabia continues to produce oil at high levels despite dropping oil prices. Oil makes up 80% of the Saudi...
The New Jihadi John: Who is He and the Threat He Possess?
The New Jihadi John: Who is He and What Threat Does He Possess? As of 2014, it was estimated that...
Hezbollah Confirms Receipt of Russian Arms
Two Hezbollah field commanders have recently revealed that Russia has been aiding their organization with weapons. The two commanders stated...
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...
“Why are we letting them in?” New video ad dismantles case for refugee influx
President Obama has ordered his administration to bring in ten thousand more refugees from the Syrian civil war over the...
Russia ramps up rhetoric in wake of downed jet
Outraged by the downing of a Su-24 jet that appears to have violated Turkish airspace, Russian president Vladimir Putin is...
NATO member Turkey raises the stakes, shoots down Russian jet
In what could mark a turning point in the Syrian civil war, a Turkish F-16 shot down a Russian Su-24...