Islamic State suicide attack kills at least 17 in Baghdad

Two attackers shot several civilians on Monday in the Nahrawan area southeast of Baghdad before one blew himself up and the other was killed by security forces, the Iraqi Interior Ministry said, without providing official casualty figures. The Islamic State (IS) group claimed responsibility for the attack via its Amaq new agency, saying its militants […]

US to cut off weapons shipments to Syrian Kurdish SDF

After doing the lion’s share of the fighting in capturing the Syrian city of Raqqa, the Kurds are getting bad news. President Trump announced that the US will no longer be arming the Syrian Kurds in a phone call to the Turkish President. That move is another blow for the Kurdish people who have been […]

The jihadist plan to use women to launch the next incarnation of ISIS

The woman’s secret flight from the caliphate took place more than six months ago, aided by a smuggler who helped her sneak across the Syria-Turkey border one spring night. But in spirit, this red-haired exile from the Islamic State never truly left. She covered herself in black from head to toe to greet a recent […]

U.S. To Cut Off Weapons Shipments to Syrian Kurdish SDF

After doing the lion’s share of the fighting in capturing the Syrian city of Raqqa, the Kurds are getting bad news. President Trump announced that the US will no longer be arming the Syrian Kurds in a phone call to the Turkish President. That move is another blow for the Kurdish people who have been […]

Russians Will Reduce Troop Strength in Syria By the End of the Year

The Russians will begin reducing the size of their military forces in Syria significantly said Valery Gerasimov, the Chief of the Russian military General Staff. And he says that it could begin as early as the end of 2017. Russia’s military support of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, notably through air strikes, has been crucial in […]

Five Iranians, Including Two Revolutionary Guard Commanders Killed in Syria

Iranian state-run media is reporting that five Iranian Shrine Defenders, including two high-ranking commanders of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), were killed in the fighting in Syria. Iran’s state-run Fars news agency said that Khairollah Samadi, an IRGC commander in charge of a unit in Syria, was among the dead. The name Shrine Defenders […]

US-Backed SDF Deny They Allowed ISIS Fighters to Escape Raqqa

Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), the US-backed peshmerga fighters are denying reports that they approved a deal with the Islamic State last month to allow safe passage to hundreds of trapped ISIS and foreign fighters evacuating from Raqqa, the de facto capital of the so-called Islamic State in northern Syria. The BBC on Sunday published a report, […]

Suicide bomber strikes Kabul political gathering, killing at least 12

A suicide bomber detonated a blast Thursday near a political gathering of supporters for one of Afghanistan’s most powerful factional leaders, killing at least 12 people in the latest attack in Afghanistan’s capital. The Islamic State claimed responsibility in a statement carried by its Aamaq news agency, but the group often asserts links to attacks […]

Two-year anniversary of Paris terrorist attacks

Paris, France—President Macron attended a memorial to the victims of the 2015 terrorist attacks. This last November 13th marked the second-year anniversary of the coordinated attacks that killed 130 people and injured hundreds more.  That night, Jihadist suicide bombers struck at six locations in downtown Paris: four cafeterias, a soccer stadium and a packed nightclub. […]

Veterans Day around the world

Veterans Day, or Remembrance Day or Armistice Day, as it’s also known in the Commonwealth countries, just ended.  Let’s see how people honored their militaries’ sacrifices. In northern France, a 100-gun salute commemorated the centenary of the Battle of Passchendaele.  Reenactors from around the world gathered and fired restored WWI artillery pieces. Passchendaele, which took […]