ISIL attack on army barracks near Fallujah kills dozens

ISIL attack on army barracks near Fallujah kills dozens

Dozens of Iraqi government forces and militia members have been killed in an attack on military barracks east of Fallujah by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). Military sources said 50 members of the Iraqi security forces and allied Shia militias were killed on Saturday. ISIL losses were reported too, with sources […]

Omar Mateen’s Path to Radicalized Islam

Omar Mateen’s Path to Radicalized Islam

Omar Mateen, the Islamic terrorist responsible for at least 50 deaths after attacking a gay club in the Orlando, Florida area, has been linked to a radical Islamic school and individual by law enforcement. According to Fox News and their law enforcement source, Omar Mateen was reportedly a follower of Marcus Dwayne Robertson. “It is no coincidence that this […]

What ISIS Really Wants

What ISIS Really Wants

The Islamic State is no mere collection of psychopaths. It is a religious group with carefully considered beliefs, among them that it is a key agent of the coming apocalypse. Here’s what that means for its strategy—and for how to stop it. What is the Islamic State? Where did it come from, and what are […]

Florida Shooter was body builder, guard; once wanted to be cop

Florida Shooter was body builder, guard; once wanted to be cop

He was a body builder and a security guard, a religious man who attended the local mosque and who at one point expressed interest in becoming a police officer, though he never pursued it. Early Sunday, 29-year-old Omar Mateen gunned down 50 people at a gay nightclub in Orlando, police said. Mateen was the son […]

Libyan forces taking back ISIS stronghold

Libyan forces taking back ISIS stronghold

Libyan forces have retaken parts of Sirte from ISIS militants, gaining ground in the extremist group’s most significant stronghold outside Syria and Iraq, according to a Libyan military group. In the ongoing offensive, forces supporting the U.N.-brokered government gained control of a port late Friday after fierce clashes with ISIS militants and are in complete […]

Brussels attacks: New suspect arrested on suspicion of ‘terrorist murders’ in ISIS massacre

Brussels attacks: New suspect arrested on suspicion of ‘terrorist murders’ in ISIS massacre

A new suspect has been arrested on accusations of “terrorist murders” during Isis’s Brussels attacks as security services continue attempts to root out a European network of jihadists. The man, named as 31-year-old Ali E H A by Belgium’s federal prosecutor, was detained during a raid on a home in the suburb of Schaerbeek – the district where the three […]

American who fought for ISIS charged

American who fought for ISIS charged

An American who joined ISIS was charged in federal court Thursday with providing support to the terror group. Mohamad Jamal Khweis, 26, who grew up in Virginia, is the first ISIS-affiliated American to have been captured on the battlefield. He appeared in court in Alexandria, Virginia, with family members and heard the charges he is […]