James Baker, who served as the American Secretary of State under President George H.W. Bush, said Friday that there should be no final agreement with Iran if it continues to insist that all the sanctions against it be removed once a final deal is reached. In an editorial in the Wall Street Journal, Baker
The Islamic State (ISIS) group is now issuing photo identity cards in Syria's Raqa province, but only to males, along with a range of administrative documents, a monitor and activists told AFP on Friday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said ISIS had begun issuing "identity cards to those without proof of identity and
Hamas deputy leader Ismail Haniyeh has declared that his movement would continue to use “armed resistance” against Israel, reports the Ma’an news agency. "Hamas negotiates with the enemy with arms, not talks," Haniyeh said during a press conference, held Thursday, in honor Palestinian Prisoner's Day and the death of Hamas co-founder Abd al-Aziz al-Rantisi.
A conference on Holocaust denial in the Muslim world was held at Bar-Ilan University this week ahead of Holocaust Remembrance Day on Thursday, featuring numerous academics, several journalists, and Itamar Marcus of Palestinian Media Watch. At the event Arutz Sheva got a chance to speak with Dr. Mordechai Kedar of Bar-Ilan University, a renowned
As armed groups in Syria and Iraq destroy priceless archaeological sites, European authorities and dealers are on high alert for smaller, looted artifacts put on sale to help finance the jihadists' war. Stolen-art expert Chris Marinello, director of Art Recovery International, said he has been shown photographs of items being offered from Syria that
Tunisian troops have captured a large arms cache including Kalashnikov rifles, grenades and explosives, a security source said on Thursday, according to a Reuters report. The discovery of the arms cache comes as the government struggles to keep track of jihadists after a bloody attack last month. Last month gunmen stormed the national
A senior Hamas official in Gaza called on Thursday for the abduction of Israelis, who would be used to release terrorists held by the Jewish state. "We tell the Zionist enemy: you are all a target for us and the resistance, we will fight you until we finally get rid of you and take
Fatah, the leading faction of the Palestinian Authority (PA) and PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas's party, has long been touted in the international arena as a "moderate" potential peace partner for Israel. But in a video featuring songs and posted to Fatah's official Facebook page for it's 50th anniversary last December, which was translated by
A Cairo criminal court on Wednesday jailed deposed Islamist president Mohammed Morsi's former chief of staff for three years, after he was convicted of abusing his powers, AFP reported. The man, Refaa al-Tahtawi had been charged with hiring someone banned from public service, a court official said. Tahtawi had given a job to
Jihadists from the Islamic State (ISIS) group broke into Iraq's massive Baiji oil refinery, seized some of its facilities and are hiding among fuel storage tanks, officials said Wednesday, according to the AFP news agency. ISIS has attempted repeatedly over the past 10 months to capture the refinery -- the country's largest -- but
