An influential Iranian general who has reportedly been near the front line against the Islamic State (ISIS) group was quoted Thursday saying the Sunni jihadists are "nearing the end of their lives". General Qassem Suleimani, the once rarely seen commander of the powerful Qods Force, has become the public face of Iran's support for
United States President Barack Obama on Friday condemned what he called the “brutal and outrageous murders” of three young Muslims in North Carolina this week, saying the FBI had opened an inquiry into the murders. “No one in the United States of America should ever be targeted because of who they are, what they
The Nusra Front, Al Qaeda's official branch in Syria, has released a new propaganda video documenting its steady gains in southern Syria, along the border with Israel. The 48-minute video is a clear attempt to reassert the Al Qaeda franchise in the jihadi propaganda sphere, where it has been eclipsed by the slick productions
An Algerian cleric recently sought to explain the claims by some Muslims that Jews are descendants of apes and pigs. The cleric, Chemseddine el Djazairi, spoke on Ennahar TV on February 8. The clip was translated and uploaded to YouTube by the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI). According to el Djazairi, contemporary
An Egyptian court on Wednesday ordered the retrial of 36 supporters of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, who were sentenced to death in a mass trial last year that included the group’s leader, judicial sources said, according to Reuters. The 36 were among 183 sentenced to death by a criminal court in the southern Minya
A decade after former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Al-Hariri was assassinated, with Hezbollah terrorists charged over the murder, hopes that the fallout from his death would free Lebanon from Syria's influence have been dashed by the war raging across the border. "Ten years, 100 years, 1,000 years, we will stay faithful to you" declare
The Iran-proxy Lebanese-based terrorist organization Hezbollah planned to assassinate former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert six years ago, according to an Arabic report on Wednesday. The report, revealed by the London-based Al-Arabi Al-Jadeed, indicate Hezbollah planned the assassination as a response to the assassination of Hezbollah field commander Imad Mughniyeh in a 2008 car bombing
Sweden announced a multi-million-euro aid package for the Palestinian Authority (PA) on Tuesday as PA chairman Mahmoud Abbas made his first visit to Stockholm since 2009. Prime Minister Stefan Loefven stressed that his country’s recognition of “Palestine” back in October, when it became the first major Western European country to do so, came with
Syrian activists on Tuesday accused Jaysh al-Islam, a powerful Islamist group near Damascus, of detaining a group of their colleagues, in what they said was the latest in a string of abuses. "An armed group believed to be loyal to Jaysh al-Islam stormed the office of Erbin's local (activist) committee. ...It kidnapped the team
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) resumed air strikes on Tuesday against the Islamic State (ISIS) group which it had suspended after the jihadists captured a Jordanian pilot in December and burned him alive, the military said. "Aircraft of the F-16 squadron based in Jordan launched raids this morning against positions of the Daesh (ISIS)
