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Sheikh Aaidh al-Qarni, a renowned cleric from Saudi Arabia who is on the Islamic State’s (ISIS/ISIL) hit list, was shot and wounded in the Philippines at the beginning of this month.

TEL AVIV – Jordanian authorities are looking into an alleged plan by Islamic State militants to conquer the Jordanian town of Irbid near the Syrian border, an Arab intelligence source told Breitbart Jerusalem. Four jihadi militants and a Jordanian security officer were killed early on Wednesday when troops clashed with gunmen in the kingdom’s second-largest city.

TEL AVIV – The leading Pakistani daily accused the U.S. and its allies of creating the Islamic State as an excuse for attacking Muslim countries, MEMRI reported Tuesday. The Urdu-language Roznama Ummat published an editorial titled “Daesh [the Islamic State]

Contents: China building powerful new radar system in South China Sea; Report: China’s military buildup neutralizes America’s aircraft carriers; John Kerry and Russia announce a new Syria peace plan

Contents: Latest Syria peace plan officially fails; Shifting alliances across the Mideast

Contents: US warplanes strike suspected ISIS training base in Libya; US warplane attack on Libya raises question of ground troops; Europe plans to expand Operation Sophia into Libyan waters

Contents: Six Turkish soldiers killed in explosion a day after Ankara attack; New terrorist attacks cause further splits in US-Turkey relationship; Russia’s attacks on civilian hospitals in Aleppo follow the ‘Grozny model’

The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) could weaponize “highly dangerous” radioactive material still considered missing after it was stolen last year from a storage facility in Iraq, Reuters exclusively reports.

Contents: Car bomb attack on military in Ankara Turkey kills 28; Erdogan slams US, UN policy, renews demand by Syria ‘safe zone’

Three leaders of the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL/IS) in Libya have reportedly been picked off by a mysterious sniper in the coastal city of Sirte, which has become the regional ISIS stronghold. ISIS militants are said to be frantically sweeping the city in an effort to find the “Daesh Hunter,” as locals have named him, using a derogatory name for the Islamic State.

Contents: Turkey doubles down on shelling Kurds in Syria; Qatar says it will join Saudi Arabia, UAE sending troops to Syria; John Kerry suggests that al-Assad and the Russians are delusional

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Obama administration has “significantly” increased its air strikes against the Islamic State branch in Afghanistan since the president granted commanders broader authority last month to target the jihadist group there, a U.S. military spokesman said on Thursday.

Contents: Turkey’s military strikes Kurdish positions in Syria, north of Aleppo; Saudi Arabia and Turkey plan joint ground troop incursion into Syria; The death of Supreme Court justice Antonin Scalia

Clashes between Taliban militants and loyalists of the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) in Paktika province, Afghanistan, have left several people dead.

Contents: US and Russia agree to a farcical ‘cessation of hostilities’ in Syria; Russia launches massive military exercises, apparently targeting Turkey and Syria; The vitriolic hatred of Bashar al-Assad

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan unleashed a furious rant against the United States on Wednesday, holding America responsible for the “sea of blood” spilled in Syria, and supporting other terrorist organizations while it focused too intently on defeating the Islamic State.

Contents: Pentagon deploying hundreds of troops to Helmand in Afghanistan; Turkey’s Erdogan splits further with US, blaming it for a ‘sea of blood’

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The latest annual Worldwide Threat Assessment of the U.S. Intelligence Community (IC) indicates that 2016 may be the worst year in history for terrorism, primarily at the hands of Sunni extremist groups such as the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) and al Qaeda (AQ).

Emirati Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash announced that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is willing to deploy ground troops to Syria to combat the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL), as part of the U.S.-led coalition.

Contents: Plans continue for Western military deployment into Libya; UAE says it’s ready to supply ground troops to fight ISIS in Syria

Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) announced Monday that it had arrested seven members of an Islamic State terror cell who were allegedly planning major jihadist attacks on Moscow and St. Petersburg. In their press statement, the FSB said that the

Contents: Turkey will keep Syria border closed as Aleppo refugees mass; Europe sends mixed messages to Turkey about new flood of Syrian refugees; Syria, Iran and Russia ridicule Saudi Arabia’s army; Turkey confiscates parrots and parakeets on Syria border; North Korea launches long-range missile, violating Security Council resolution

The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) and Iran’s mullahs have taken to Twitter and Instagram, respectively, for recruitment.

Contents: Syrian regime encircles Aleppo, causing new flood of refugees; Saudi Arabia ready to send ground troops into Syria; Saudi Arabia sees itself in an existential crisis; Turkey denies Russian reports of Syria invasion

Contents: Dozens killed in ISIS attack on a Shia shrine in Damascus Syria; Damascus shrine attack deals another blow to the Syria ‘peace talks’ in Geneva

Islamic State terrorists hiding among migrants traveling from Libya to Lampedusa are a “major risk” for Europe, according to French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian. In an interview on French television Sunday, Le Drian said that there is an “urgent”

Contents: Russia builds military presence in Dagestan after ISIS attack; US, Britain, France, Italy continue plans for Libya invasion against ISIS

Tel Aviv – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called on the UN Security Council to provide the Palestinians with international protection from Israel amid fears that the Israeli government’s policies “would lead to the entry of Daesh [the Islamic State] into

Which of these two categories of people is more likely to murder you while you’re lying on a beach in Tunisia/shopping in the Westgate mall/enjoying a rock concert in Paris/sightseeing in Bombay/checking out the delights of Ouagadougou/watching a marathon/attending a

Contents: Previous attempts at Syria ‘peace talks’ ended in farce; Syria peace process ‘proximity talks’ to begin this week in Geneva

Contents: Reader comments on xenophobic ‘Soldiers of Odin’ in Finland; European Union said to be collapsing over migrant crisis; Mideast borders set by Sykes-Picot and Balfour declaration under fire; The 2016 market meltdown raises fears of financial crisis

French Prime Minister Manuel Valls has warned that the EU “could very well break up in a very short time” because of the ongoing migrant crisis that is overwhelming Europe. Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, the

French Prime Minister Manuel Valls said that France would seek to keep its current state of emergency until a “total and global war” against the Islamic State was over. The emergency measures—including greater police presence, added transportation security, heightened electronic

Contents: Tajikistan splits with Iran over invitation to alleged terrorist; Tajikistan considers turning from Iran to Saudi Arabia

Contents: Mideast trends: Sunni-Shia countries align along predicted lines; Saudi Arabia faces increased social unrest with sudden austerity budget

Contents: Iran captures ten American sailors in Persian Gulf hours before Obama speech; Royal Bank of Scotland predicts sharp 2016 recession, says ‘Sell everything!’; Suicide bombing in Istanbul Turkey kills 10 tourists