U.S. Air Force Deploys B-52 Bombers in the Campaign Against ISIS

The U.S. Air Force has deployed B-52 long-range bombers to the Middle East for the first time since the Gulf war ended over 25 years ago to begin striking the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, officials said Saturday. The U.S. Air Force Central Command said in a statement that an unknown number of B-52s […]

1 in 3 Iraqis thinks the U.S. is supporting ISIS

Nearly one in three Iraqis thinks the United States is secretly supporting the Islamic State group, according to new internal U.S. government polling. That’s just one of the troubling views that the U.S. State Department Inspector General’s Office found when it conducted a recent assessment of the “public diplomacy” efforts at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad. The polling […]

Watch: New Video on the Surviving Brussels Bomber

New video and information on the route and description of the surviving Brussels bomber have been released by investigators. Federal prosecutor Eric Van Der Sypt asked for those who “might have filmed or taken a photograph of the suspect” or believe they have any useful information, to call 0800 30 300 (in Belgium) or 00 32 25544488 […]

Denmark arrests four suspected ISIS recruits returning from Syria

Danish police said they had arrested four people on Thursday at different addresses near Copenhagen on suspicion of having been recruited by the militant group Islamic State (IS) in Syria to commit terrorist violence. Ammunitions and weapons were found in a connected search, the police said. “All four suspects are accused of having violated the […]

Syria civil war: ISIL kidnaps 300 factory workers

More than 300 staff at a cement factory near Damascus have been kidnapped after an attack earlier this week by Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, Syrian state TV said on Thursday. Hundreds of employees at the Al Badia Cement company were taken by ISIL fighters from a factory 50km east of the Syrian […]

Assad’s master plan is working — and now he’s entrenching himself even deeper

As regime forces continue to beat back ISIS in Syria, the country’s embattled president is using the gains to his advantage to convince the West that he’s a viable partner in the fight against terrorism. Forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad retook the ancient city of Palmyra last month, and have since driven ISIS fighters out […]

ISIS is far from Iraq’s only major problem

In addition to the war against ISIS, the government of Iraq is currently facing a host of other impending issues that are threatening the country’s security and economic outlook.  Corruption, deep-rooted sectarianism, and the collapse of the Mosul dam are among the challenges Iraqis must now face to ensure peace and stability and revive investment. […]

ISIS sniper arsenal: Jihadi uses 8ft rife that rips down walls

ISIS fighters have released chilling pictures from the front line of their arsenal of sniper weapons – and the jihadi operating them. The propaganda images, which include militants dressed in camouflage and firing a range of guns, were captured in an unknown location in Iraq. One of the photos shows a masked fanatic kneeling on […]

Iraq Halts Northern Offensive on ISIS

An Iraqi army offensive touted as the first phase of a campaign to recapture the northern city of Mosul from Islamic State has been paused until more forces arrive to hold ground, the commander in charge said on Wednesday. Almost three weeks into the operation, Iraqi forces have retaken just three villages from Islamic State […]

ISIS is Losing; Now Comes the Hard Part

A major deficiency in America’s history of involvement with armed conflict overseas has been inattention to whatever would follow defeat of the bête noire of the moment. The outstanding example is, of course, the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003, with the promoters of that war being irresponsibly negligent in not seriously considering that the […]