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Muslims in the US military face pressure to prove their loyalty

2 August 2016

Muslims in the US military face pressure to prove their loyalty Donald Trump has sparked a backlash after criticizing the parents of a slain Muslim American soldier. It’s another reminder of the challenges faced by Muslims in the US military. Symbolbild USA Irak Truppen After […]

At the Front in a Scarred Falluja

31 July 2016

I accompanied Iraq’s elite counterterrorism force and other units from the Iraqi military and the federal police into Falluja at the end of June, during the final days of their long battle to wrest back control of the city from the Islamic State. Falluja was […]

Dramatic Footage Captures Harrowing Rescue Of Syrians Trapped In Aleppo

30 July 2016

Driving frantically through the empty, dilapidated streets of Aleppo’s Al-Salhin district, first responders race to reach victims of the community’s latest airstrike, in a heart-wrenching video that offers a rare glimpse into Syria’s raging civil war. Tires screech and the ambulance swerves wildly as a […]

ISIL releases video of ‘French church attackers’

30 July 2016

The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) has released a video that purportedly shows the two men who killed a priest in a French church pledging allegiance to the armed group. The footage, which was posted on Wednesday on […]

Defeat of ISIS Could Send ‘Terrorist Diaspora’ to West, F.B.I. Chief Says

30 July 2016

Eventual victory against the Islamic State could well lead to an uptick of terrorist attacks in the West, not a reduction in them, James B. Comey, the director of the F.B.I., said on Wednesday. “At some point there is going to be a terrorist diaspora […]

Hollande vows war on Daesh ‘by every means’ after church attack

30 July 2016

SAINT-ETIENNE-DU-ROUVRAY, France: President Francois Hollande vowed on Tuesday to wage war against Daesh “by every means” within the law after two men linked to the militant group killed a priest in a French church. “We are confronted with a group, Daesh, which has declared war […]

Hezbollah condemns beheading of French priest

30 July 2016

NNA – Hezbollah sternly condemned, in a statement on Tuesday, “the horrific crime perpetrated by terrorist ISIS thugs, who beheaded a French priest inside his church and took other hostages.” “Hezbollah expresses condolences to the victim’s family and the French and world church family, as […]

Fighters battling Islamic State gather trove of documents

30 July 2016

U.S.-backed forces fighting to drive Islamic State out of northern Syria have gathered a massive trove of documents and data belonging to the militant group, potentially shedding more light on its operations, a U.S. military official said on Wednesday. The material, gathered as fighters moved […]

Soldiers Calm French Nerves, but Are Paying a Steep Price

25 July 2016

Day in and day out for the past 18 months, two or three French soldiers have been posted by the doors of a small synagogue on the Rue St.-Lazare in central Paris, where they have become as much of a fixture as the bar on […]

String of Attacks in Europe Fuels a Summer of Anxiety

25 July 2016

Nearly every day seems to bring a new horror to the streets of Western Europe, leaving innocent men, women and children dead or broken, fueling political and social tensions and creating what some are already calling the summer of anxiety. Death and injury have been […]

As ISIS Loosens Grip, U.S. and Iraq Prepare for Grinding Insurgency 152

25 July 2016

The Islamic State’s latest suicide attack in Baghdad, which killed nearly 330 people, foreshadows a long and bloody insurgency, according to American diplomats and commanders, as the group reverts to its guerrilla roots because its territory is shrinking in Iraq and Syria. Already, officials say, […]

Donald Trump Sets Conditions for Defending NATO Allies Against Attack

20 July 2016

CLEVELAND – Donald J. Trump, on the eve of Accepting the Republican nomination for president, Explicitly raised new issues on Wednesday about His commitment to NATO allies Defending automatically If They are attacked This, he Saying Would first look At Their contributions to the alliance. […]