The leader of the Al-Qaeda terrorist group, Ayman al-Zawahiri, on Wednesday said that rival group Islamic State (ISIS) and its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi are “illegitimate”, but also said his followers would join them in fighting the Western-led coalition in Iraq and Syria if possible. Speaking in an audiotape on the internet and quoted
The ongoing rivalry between ISIS and Al Qaeda has reached new heights this week, with ISIS distributing "Wanted Dead" posters for several key Al Qaeda commanders - including the group's leader, Ayman al-Zawahiri The posters began circulating earlier in August and were apparently the work of ISIS's official branch in Libya. ISIS has been
Two journalists have been shot and killed while on the job near Roanoke, Virginia, on Wednesday morning. The reporters have been named as WDBJ7 reporter Allison Parker, 24, and cameraman Adam Ward, 27. {youtube}toejyW8M8d0{/youtube} Both were covering a story at local shopping and sports center Bridgewater Plaza when an unknown gunman began
Middle East expert Dr. Mordechai Kedar of the Begin Sadat Center told Arutz Sheva Sunday that Palestinian Authority (PA) is about to “die totally” and that PA chief Mahmoud Abbas's resignation may stem from the fact that he does not want to be there when it “officially” breathes its last. Kedar analyzed Hamas-Fatah relations
Islamic State (ISIS) jihadists have destroyed a temple at Syria's ancient ruins of Palmyra, activists said Sunday, according to The Associated Press (AP). The move realizes the worst fears archaeologists had for the 2,000-year-old Roman-era city, after the extremists seized it and beheaded a local scholar. Palmyra, one of the Middle East's most
Lebanese officials are said to fear that Hezbollah will take advantage of protests in Lebanese cities about how the garbage is collected to engineer a coup. The “trash crisis,” as the London-based Al-Araby newspaper calls the protests, is an opportunity for Hezbollah to overthrow the government of Tammam Salam – and the terror group is
Hamas accused Egyptian intelligence of abducting four residents of the coastal enclave after they entered Sinai on a bus on Wednesday night - after Egypt learned that the four were senior Hamas naval commandos, reports Walla! on Thursday. The four commandos were on their way from the Rafiah Crossing to the airport in Cairo,
After getting thousands to protest the Iran nuclear deal in New York City's iconic Times Square last month, the Stop Iran Rally is back with a protest planned for September 1, focusing on Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY). The rally is expected to get a large turnout, and will take place in Manhattan at 780
Former US President Jimmy Carter held a press conference on Thursday, in which he announced that the cancer which doctors discovered on his liver - that he revealed last Wednesday - has been found to have spread to his brain as well. Carter, 90, announced his first radiation treatment will take place later on
On Thursday, an engineering student from the Kinneret Academic college in northern Israel was charged with joining Islamic State (ISIS). To examine the growing phenomenon of young Israeli Arabs joining the jihadist group, Arutz Sheva spoke to Dr. Mordechai Kedar, well-known expert on the Middle East and Islam and a regular columnist for Arutz
