The New Face of Europe: Immigrants between East and West
Writing about Europe’s refugee crisis is not an easy task when we consider the fact that this crisis could be presented and understood in many ways, depending on one’s political standing. For some progressive More...
Obama follows Paris terrorist attack by releasing 5 from Gitmo, including bin Laden bodyguard
Five men who have been held for more than 13 years at the U.S. base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have been released and sent to the United Arab Emirates, the Pentagon said Sunday, just days after Friday’s ISIS More...
Kidnapped American journalist, Peter Theo Curtis, freed Syrian Muslims
Just days after the execution of American journalist James Foley, another American journalist has been freed from his Syrian captors. Peter Theo Curtis has been safely returned to a United Nations representative More...
Nuns from Syrian monastery released after three months in al-Nusra captivity
Thirteen nuns and three attendants were released by Syrian insurgents after disappearing from their monastery in Maaloula, reported Lebanese and Syrian officials early Monday. The rebels claim they were protecting More...
Syria: Islamist invade village of Christians, threaten a massacre to impose Islamic law
Syrian village of Christians has been stormed by Islamists, threatening a massacre and now have imposed Islamic law, reports Fides. Screenshot Syrian rebels executing prisoners This has become a pattern that More...
Islamic jihadists tell America ‘We will bleed you to death’ and raise the jihadist flag in the White House
Al Qaeda-linked groups, al Nusra and ISIS (the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria) sent a message to America and Britain in a new video posted by Vice News. Jihad flag photo/António Martins uploaded by Peter593022 More...
Al Nusra jihadist in Syria slits throat of Christian who won’t deny Jesus Christ
Residents who fled from the ancient town of Maalula in Syria told AFP that jihadists ambushed the town last week and forced a man to convert to Islam at gunpoint. Jihad flag photo/António Martins uploaded by Peter593022 More...
Syrian violence: Nearly 40 dead in bombings and rebel groups battle one another
Earlier on Thursday, two bombings in Syria killed at least 39 people in the latest surge in violence, while al-Qaeda-linked fighters tighten their grip on a border town near Turkey after killing and expelling fighters More...
John McCain disputes claim by IHS Jane’s to CFR audience
Earlier this week, the defense consultants at IHS Jane’s noted that the majority of Syrian rebels are jihadis. As was reported in the UK Telegraph, Jane’s says the approximately 100,000 rebels are splintered More...
Syrian rebels behead Catholic priest Francois Murad to cheers, photographers and chants of ‘Allahu Akbar’
Syrian Catholic priest Francois Murad was beheaded by jihadi fighters, according to a report by Catholic Online which is linking the video showing the brutal murder. Murad, age 49, was setting up a monastery in More...
Two new Syrian rebel videos show execution of 11 prisoners, leader Abu Sakkar butchers prisoners, eat his heart
As a new video is published Thursday showing fighters of the Al Qaeda-linked Al-Nusra Front in Syria executing 11 men they say are Bashar Assad’s soldiers, a video from the weekend showing one of their leaders More...
