U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo wrote on Twitter that in the upcoming days, he would give the complete account of their foreign policy as his New Year Resolution, adding that it could not be found anywhere else. “America is a force for good—an exceptional nation like none other in history. First country ever to […]

Commentary Middle East scholar Walid Phares warns in his latest book, “The Choice: Trump vs. Obama in U.S. Foreign Policy,” that a Biden presidency means a return to the disastrous foreign policies of the Obama administration. Phares played a key role in formulating Donald Trump’s “America First” strategy during the 2016 campaign. His book offers a […]

Commentary The impending winding-down of the war in Afghanistan is an unheralded success of the Trump administration. There won’t be much objection to the arrangement, as everyone in both parties wants to have as little as possible to do with Afghanistan. Everyone acknowledges that the chief interlocutor, the Taliban, are barbarous, treacherous, and objectively despicable. […]

Commentary Remember “politics stops at the water’s edge”? In the Trump era, that patriotic phrase isn’t only dead, it’s decomposed. And ironically so, since the latest manifestation of this decomposition is over the termination of Qassem Soleimani, the terror mastermind who was, on analysis, even more dangerous to the United States and the world than […]

An affiliate of the ISIS terrorist group in Nigeria killed up to 11 Christian hostages on Wednesday, Christmas Day, according to reports. Local news outlet Salkida and Pulse.ng reported that ISIS offshoot ISWAP released a video of the execution of the 11 hostages. Salkida noted that the 11 slain captives may not have all been Christians, […]

A day after ISIS confirmed the death of its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and named his successor, Abu Ibrahim Hashimi al-Quraishi, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) reiterated the importance of keeping oil out of the reach of the terrorist group in order to stem its expansion. Speaking to reporters on Friday in Pendleton, South Carolina, Graham clarified what he believes will keep […]

Reporters scrambled on Oct. 30 to fact check a meme showing President Donald Trump giving the dog who helped take down ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi a medal. Trump shared the meme on Twitter. It shows the president putting a medal on Conan, the dog. There is a large watermark on the meme showing it […]

Washington Post writer Max Boot suggested that ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi showed bravery by committing suicide instead of letting himself be captured by American special forces in a raid on his compound in Syria over the weekend. U.S. military leaders said al-Baghdadi was found hiding in a tunnel with several children. He detonated a […]

A number of reporters shared a conspiracy theory on Oct. 27 started by President Barack Obama’s former official photographer Pete Souza. After the United States reportedly killed ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi—the killing was later confirmed—Souza posited that a photograph shared by the White House showing President Donald Trump and military leaders in the situation […]

Three children died along with ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi after he ignited a suicide vest during a U.S. military operation in northern Syria, said President Donald Trump. “He died like a dog. He died like a coward. The world is now a much safer place,” Trump said on Sunday. The notorious terrorist leader died […]

America’s foreign policy and military engagement around the world—particularly in the Middle East—has changed dramatically under President Donald Trump. Retired U.S. Navy Cmdr. Kirk Lippold, who was the commanding officer of the USS Cole when it was attacked by Al Qaeda terrorists in 2000, gives his perspective on America’s current state of national security. Once […]

An ISIS terrorist who was seen beheading a foreigner in 2016 reportedly died in Syria amid a battle with U.S.-backed forces. Muhammad Saifuddin, also known as Abu Walid and Mohammed Karim Yusop Faiz, was confirmed dead by police and family members this week, reported the Daily Mail. He originally hailed from Indonesia. Saifuddin was killed […]

Commentary During the holiday season, many people spend time thinking about Nazareth, Bethlehem, and the Middle East. Of course, most of those thoughts are about peace, love, and events from more than 2,000 years ago. Current events in that region are not as nice. In early December, the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby warned that Christians […]

Stephen Montemayor An unprecedented “cluster” of Minnesotans aspiring to become jihadists overseas fueled the nation’s highest rate of terrorism recruitment, according to a new study that also found that attempts to travel to Syria or Iraq are on a steady decline since 2015. The number of Americans to successfully join the Islamic State of Iraq […]

Iraqi security services have included the daughter of the late Saddam Hussein on its most wanted list, along with 59 other individuals. Authorities say the 60 people are wanted on suspicion of belonging to ISIS, al-Qaeda, or the the former Iraqi regime’s Baath Party, reports AFP. Raghad Saddam Hussein, the fallen Iraqi dictator’s eldest daughter, responded […]

A prominent ISIS executioner nicknamed White Beard has been captured by Iraqi forces, and now could himself face execution, according to reports. Abu Omer was known for his appearances in ISIS execution videos and presided over the killings of many who ran afoul of the so-called “caliphate.” He was captured in the northern Iraqi city […]

BAGHDAD–Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi declared final victory over ISIS on Saturday after Iraqi forces drove its last remnants from the country, three years after the militant group captured about a third of Iraq’s territory. The announcement comes two days after the Russian military announced the defeat of the militants in neighboring Syria, where Moscow is […]

BAGHDAD—Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi declared final victory over the ISIS terrorist group on Saturday after Iraqi forces drove its last remnants from the country, three years after the militant group captured about a third of Iraq’s territory. The announcement comes two days after the Russian military announced the defeat of the militants in neighboring Syria, […]

BEIRUT/ERBIL—The ISIS terrorist group’s self-proclaimed caliphate was on the verge of final defeat on Friday, with Syrian government forces capturing its last major city on one side of the border and Iraqi forces taking its last substantial town on the other. The losses on either side of the frontier appear to reduce the caliphate that […]

Iraqi forces launched on Thursday an offensive to recapture the last patch of Iraqi territory still in the hands of ISIS, on the border area with Syria, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said. “Daesh members have to choose between death and surrender,” he said in a statement announcing the offensive on region of al-Qaim and Rawa. […]

MOSUL/ERBIL, Iraq—Iraqi security forces expect to take full control of Mosul within hours as ISIS’s defensive lines crumble in its former de facto capital in Iraq, military commanders said on Saturday. Dozens of soldiers celebrated amid the rubble on the banks of the Tigris river without waiting for a formal victory declaration, some dancing to […]

MOSUL, Iraq—Iraqi forces opened exit routes for hundreds of civilians to flee the Old City of Mosul on Saturday as they battled to retake the quarter from Islamic State militants mounting a last stand in what was the de facto capital of their self-declared caliphate. U.S.-trained urban warfare units were channeling their onslaught along two […]

ISTANBUL—The ISIS Terrorist group on Monday claimed responsibility for the New Year’s attack at a popular Istanbul nightclub that killed 39 people and wounded scores of others. The ISIS-linked Aamaq News Agency said the attack was carried by a “heroic soldier of the caliphate who attacked the most famous nightclub where Christians were celebrating their pagan feast.” […]

By raising sectarian temperatures throughout the Middle East, the Saudis risk escalating the unaffordable proxy wars they’ve already bogged themselves down in.

Following the gruesome video that purportedly shows militants aligned with the Islamic State beheading 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians, serious questions have emerged about the stability of Libya.

A former rapper was named as a terrorist by the US State Department.

Local authorities quickly stripped away public signs of support for the Islamic State group in this desert town. Black flags have been removed from rooftops. Graffiti proclaiming the extremists' imminent victory have been whitewashed.

An Iraqi official denied Wednesday that a woman detained in Lebanon is a wife of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State group, adding that she is the sister of a terror suspect being held in Iraq.

James Wright Foley, an American journalist kidnapped in 2012, was beheaded in an ISIS video released on Tuesday, August 19. The video is titled “A Message to America.” A figure in a black robe with a gun strapped on his person and a masked hat covering his face, apart from his eyes, appears in the […]

As fasting for Ramadan began, a Sunni terrorist group popularly known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria proclaimed a caliphate, or religious-political dominion. ISIS also renamed itself “The Islamic State,” or IS. Across Iraq and Syria, IS has targeted key infrastructure for capture and revenue generation.