Would-be jihadists have been travelling on cruise ships to reach conflict areas in the Middle East, Interpol said Thursday, according to the BBC. The international police body said some of those trying to join groups in Iraq and Syria had used cruise lines to get to countries including Turkey. It said checks to
Senior Egyptian officials both from President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's government and the army have contacted their Israeli counterparts in the last two days, threatening that the tensions over the Temple Mount may cause "regional deterioration." The covert communication, which was revealed to the Hebrew-language site Walla!, included a warning regarding Jordan's move to pull
The Canadian parliament is in lockdown Wednesday, after a series of shots were fired by an unknown gunman or gunmen. The attack began at the National War Memorial outside of the Canadian parliament in Ottawa. A soldier in uniform and carrying an unloaded rifle was shot 4 times and injured by a gunman
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Friday used his annual message to Hajj pilgrims heading to Mecca to insult Israel and call for its "annihilation." The speech comes ahead of Eid al-Adha on Friday, the Muslim holiday celebrating Abraham's "sacrifice of Ishmael" in an appropriation of the original Torah story, and like his
The Palestinian Authority’s (PA) UN ambassador, Riyad Mansour, threatened on Thursday that his government will join the International Criminal Court (ICC) if the UN Security Council refuses to set a deadline for Israel to withdraw from Judea and Samaria. According to The Associated Press (AP), Mansour said the PA turned to the Security Council
Egypt's army on Thursday killed a field commander for Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis, the country's most dangerous Islamist group, Reuters reported, citing local security sources. The man was killed during clashes in the northern Sinai Peninsula, the sources said. Mohamed Abu Shatiya, who took part in the kidnapping of seven Egyptian soldiers in Sinai
While it may reject Israel’s existence, Hamas certainly agrees with Prime MInister Binyamin Netanyahu - and disagrees with the US State Department - that its “ultimate goal” is to establish an “Islamic state” (caliphate) over what it sees as the “occupied lands of Palestine.” In short, while the US disputes PM Netanyahu’s statement that
Five central leaders of Khorasan, a faction of the Al Qaeda-offshoot Nusra Front in Syria that has come in for particular targeting by US airstrikes, have sworn allegiance to Islamic State (ISIS) leader and "caliph" Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, according to jihadist websites. The leaders have pledged to act as soldiers for the "caliphate," namely
Iran on Thursday warned neighboring Turkey against doing anything that might aggravate tensions in the region, AFP reports. The warning came after the parliament in Ankara voted to authorize military intervention in Syria and Iraq. Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif spoke by telephone with his Turkish counterpart, Mevlut Cavusoglu, and "criticized the
Islamic State (ISIS) fighters are only a mile away from Baghdad, according to a spokesman for the Foundation for Relief and Reconciliation in the Middle East. Battles between ISIS and Iraqi forces have also been raging in the strategic city of Amiriyat al-Fallujah, 25 miles west of Baghdad. Battles on both fronts have
