When 14 Islamic State militants stormed his home, 22-year-old Mohammed was hiding. His father and brother, both police officers under the Iraqi government, had already been killed. “They asked my mom, ‘Where is Mohammed?' " he tells me a year and a half later in Europe. “She said I was at the...
The Islamic State’s recent setbacks in Iraq and Syria may portend the group’s eventual collapse, but the chaos left behind will present a challenge of a different sort, writes ex-CIA analyst Paul R. Pillar. A major deficiency in America’s history of involvement with armed conflict overseas has been inattention...
The Royal Air Force has obliterated around 170 Islamic State fanatics in just one week, leaving the brutal terror regime on its last legs. Analysts claim that footage from Tornado and Typhoon gets suggest the death toll could be in the hundreds following a week of the RAF bombarding Daesh targets in their Iraqi strongholds...
Britain Prime Minister David Cameron warned Western leaders Friday the Islamic State plans to use drones to spray nuclear material over Western cities. The UK Daily Telegraph reported that there is growing concerns among world leaders that extremists are looking to buy commercial drones to launch a dirty bomb attack over major...
DAVID Cameron has warned world leaders terrorists will use "whatever materials they can get their hands on”. Addressing leaders gathered to discuss the security of nuclear facilities, the Prime Minister said attackers would "like to kill as many people as they possibly could” to wage war against the West....
RUSSIAN security services have detained around 20 jihadis working as recruiters for the Islamic State (ISIS) militant group. Most of those arrested were Uzbek nationals caught with fake documents, including false Turkish driving licences. Authorities believe the group, whose location inside Russia is not yet known, were...
BRUSSELS — Brussels struggled to return to normal one week after suicide bombings, amid concerns that suspects remain at large and the Islamic State is recruiting young Belgian Muslims with text messages. "My brothers, why not join us in the fight against the Westerners, make good choices in your life,"...
SICK Islamist fanatics gloated over the death of a peaceful Muslim shopkeeper allegedly murdered by a fellow Muslim after wishing Christians a happy Easter, it emerged today. Radical Islamists attacked Asad Shah online — even posting "congratulations to all Muslims" — and gloated over his death after he...
A THREE-year-old girl has been decapitated in a shocking ‘random’ attack outside a subway station in broad daylight. The toddler was riding her bicycle when a man approached, pulled out a meat cleaver and attacked her in front of her mother and grandmother. The man was tackled by passers-by and the police rushed to...
AN INDIAN Catholic priest kidnapped by Islamic extremists was crucified on Good Friday, it has been claimed. Father Tom Uzhunnalil, 56, was kidnapped by Islamist gunmen reportedly linked to Islamic State (ISIS) earlier this month after attacking an old people’s home, killing at least 15 people. The terrorists crucified...
BORIS Johnson has praised Russian President Vladimir Putin’s action in Syria after troops liberated the ancient city of Palmyra. The London mayor heaped praise on Putin for utilising his strong ties with the Syria’s regime to strike at the heart of Islamic State. Mr Johnson went on to claim that Putin had come to...
ISLAMIC State has been hit by a devastating 158 air raids from Russian forces in the last day — killing over 100 militants. The attacks have been carried out in the central province of Homs and comes as president Bashar al-Assad's forces reclaimed the historic Palmyra castle. Russian Aerospace said there were 40...