Central American authorities have reportedly dismantled a human trafficking network dedicated to smuggling illegal migrants into the United States from terror-linked countries in Africa, Asia and the Middle East.
On the highway to Palmyra, across the desert from Homs, a Russian armoured convoy shimmered in the heat.
While pro-Israel Democrats might feel relieved that their Party platform committee rejected language calling for “an end to occupation and illegal settlements” proposed by James Zogby, the committee did vote to express support for Palestinian rights.
With attacks or thwarted plots in Kuwait, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia in the past two weeks, the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL/IS) appears to be expanding its reach in the Arab world outside of Syria and Iraq, where it established its “Caliphate.”
Russian President Vladimir Putin called Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to discuss the restoration of diplomatic ties and an in-person meeting, the closest to cordial relations the two countries have experienced since the November 2015 downing of a Russian jet that had violated Turkish airspace.
Turkish newspaper Hurriyet is reporting that two explosions have occurred at Istanbul’s Atatürk Airport. Estimates of injured have exceeded 40 people.
There are perhaps few better ways to gauge the probable socio-cultural attitudes of Syrian nationals currently between the ages of young adulthood and late middle-age regarding Jews and Judaism than by examining the content of the state-issued textbooks comprising the curriculum for state-mandated education in Syria.
Iraqi forces on Sunday recaptured the last district of Falluja held by Islamic State militants and the commander of the operation declared the battle over following a month of fighting.
A new congressional report confirms forecasts by the Investigative Project on Terrorism (IPT) concerning disturbing trends in the global spread of Islamist terror in 2016-2017.
An “unprecedented tidal wave” of 30,000 people fleeing Fallujah over the weekend has left Iraqi authorities overwhelmed and struggling to accommodate them in makeshift camps around the city.
According to a Pew Research Center analysis of State Department data, the U.S. has admitted more than 3 million refugees since 1975.
FALLUJAH, Iraq — The sound of gunfire and explosions echoed through Fallujah’s streets Saturday as security forces battled to oust the remaining militants a day after Iraq declared victory over the Islamic State in the city.
London’s thesis is that President Obama is “unwilling to engage the world, in the way in which it really exists.”
The next war with Hezbollah will “not be easy,” warns the head of IDF Military Intelligence General Herzi Halevi at the 16th Herzliya Interdisciplinary Center Conference.
TEL AVIV – Hamas and the Iran-backed Islamic Jihad announced that they will collaborate to halt the French-sponsored Israeli-Palestinian negotiation plan.
Pew reports that from 2010 to 2014 the number of people in the U.S. who speak Arabic at home grew by 29 percent and is on pace to continue growing. By comparison, the number of Spanish-speakers grew by six percent in that 2010-2014 timeframe. Arabic is currently the seventh largest non-English language spoken in the U.S.
Saudi Arabia’s powerful deputy crown prince is expected to visit Washington in mid-June for talks with top U.S. officials, possibly including President Barack Obama, amid growing friction between the longtime allies, three sources familiar with the matter said on Friday.
Islamic State on Tuesday urged Muslims to destroy their satellite TV sets to prevent hostile channels “destroying their beliefs and polluting their ethics”. The ultra-hardline Sunni group issued its call as military pressure increased against it with offensives targeting its
ISIS is fighting back Tuesday after its stronghold, Falluja, was surrounded by Iraqi forces.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has renewed his call for Muslim couples to eschew birth control, stating in a nationally televised speech that “Nobody can interfere in God’s work. The first duty here belongs to mothers.”
Saudi social media has reacted to news of a Saudi man sought by police after he shot and critically wounded an obstetrician who delivered his newborn baby. The physician, a Jordanian national, was called to intervene in the delivery that had been supervised
The number of green cards the Obama administration granted to migrants from the Middle East increased dramatically over a single year, according to a new analysis of recently published government data.
Dr. Herbert London of the London Center for Policy Research joined SiriusXM host Stephen K. Bannon on Tuesday’s edition of Breitbart News Daily to present his evaluation of a world in chaos due to the withdrawal of American power.
JAFFA, Israel – The death of three children in a house fire on Gaza has sparked a fierce media war between Fatah and Hamas.
Donald Trump declared over the weekend that not only is there a large influx of refugees flooding into Washington State but that illegal immigration is costing the state’s taxpayers $2.7 billion a year.
Speaking to an overflow crowd in Lynden, Washington, Donald Trump called Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton “trigger happy” on foreign policy.
Bloomberg reports: Saudi Arabia isn’t ready to end the world’s only ban on women driving, Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said, arguing it’s not just a matter of ending strictures imposed by the kingdom’s austere form of Islam. Allowing
Cairo (AFP) – An Egyptian court has sentenced 11 men accused of homosexuality to jail terms of between three and 12 years, legal sources said. The defendants were arrested in a flat in the leafy Cairo suburb of Agouza in
Frank Gaffney, founder of the Center for Security Policy and a senior policy adviser to presidential candidate Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX), tells Breitbart News Daily host Stephen K. Bannon his view on rock singer Bono’s call for a new, America-funded “Marshall Plan” to prop up nations in the Middle East and Africa, along with bringing even more migrants into Europe.
Here’s a disturbing report, made all the more disturbing because of the grisly familiarity of the topic: ISIS has executed 175 of the 300 Syrian cement workers it kidnapped on April 7.
JAFFA, Israel – The Saudi Ministry of Labor has published a list of professions from which women are banned. A ministry official told Al Arabiya Online that the list is meant to protect women’s rights and prevent them from practicing
BEIRUT (AFP) – The Islamic State group is under growing pressure on several fronts in Syria as rival forces battle to wrest territory from the jihadists, who are excluded from a six-week-old ceasefire. The scramble by the regime, anti-government rebels and
From the Catholic Herald: “If you gave me a plane ticket and a visa to Germany, I’d go to the airport now.” Sitting in a dimly lit room crowded with fellow Christian refugees, Stephanos Giorgis could be forgiven for wanting
AMMAN, Jordan – Islamic State militants on Sunday claimed responsibility for two bombings at a police station near the capital of Saudi Arabia, the Amaq news agency reported. “Three police cars caught fire following the attack, but it remains unknown whether any policemen have been hurt,” the pro-IS agency said.
Before he won the Nobel Peace Prize, Obama won the peacenik vote. When he ran for president in 2008, he was the one aiming to “turn the page” on America’s failed foreign policy. He criticized the Iraq War as a distraction from the real business in Afghanistan. And yet, Obama is going to hand his successor more foreign policy disasters than he inherited.
The Christian population in Iraq has been decimated in a little over a decade, dropping from 1.4 million in 2003 to just 275,000 today, according to a report released this month. The recent joint report, compiled by the Knights of
Erik Prince, managing director of the Frontier Resource Group, and a former Navy SEAL who helped found the famous Blackwater security contracting firm, appeared on Breitbart News Saturday on SiriusXM to talk about the slaughter of Christians in the Middle East, Africa and, increasingly, in Europe.
Iraqi army troops, due to bad weather conditions, were forced to suspend their offensive to seize back Mosul, northern Iraq’s largest second city that was conquered by the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) last year, according to the Iraqi peshmerga forces commander.
Syrian government forces backed by heavy Russian air support drove Islamic State out of Palmyra on Sunday, inflicting what the army called a “mortal blow” to militants who seized the city last year and dynamited its ancient temples. The loss
In a Holy Week letter sent to Iraqi Christians in Erbil, Pope Francis has called on people of the world to “not forget the tragedy of persecution” suffered by Christians in the Middle East. The Pope sent the letter, together
