Syria

Corruption 07/24/22, 16:47

Recently, the movie Homeland Action, produced by Hong Kong action star Jackie Chan, began filming in Hajar al-Aswad—a town bombed by dictator Bashar Assad and taken over by Islamic State forces in the Syrian civil war. According to Epoch Times on July 21, Syrian activists and the outside world criticized Chan's move because ...

Middle East 02/07/22, 02:29

Joe Biden's administration plans to visit the Middle East before Christmas. The White House confirmed Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett recently invited President Biden to Israel before the end of 2022. "The president thanked the prime minister for his invitation to visit Israel and said he looks forward to a visit later ...

Middle East 02/03/22, 09:42

President Joe Biden announced that U.S. special forces in northwestern Syria killed the top leader of the ISIS terrorist group, Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi, on Thursday. The raid also killed 13 people including women and children.  "Thanks to the skill and bravery of our Armed Forces, we have taken off the ...

Middle East 01/26/22, 13:42

A group of Islamic State terrorists have attacked a Syrian prison housing many of their members on Thursday, January 20. After freeing several of them, they took possession of the facility leaving some 850 children hostage. Clashes with the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) seeking to regain control of the facility ...

New York 07/11/21, 17:13

A man claiming to be an artist allegedly vandalized Hunter Biden's latest exhibit in New York City's South of Houston Street (SoHo) neighborhood.A video shared on social media shows Rod Webber entering the Georges Berges Gallery in SoHo at about 4 p.m., on July 9. After finding a suitable wall, ...

Middle East 06/19/21, 15:51

A court heard that there is 'overwhelming evidence' Shamima Begum was a victim of human trafficking when she left the United Kingdom.Shamima Begum, a jihadi bride who left the UK to join ISIS with her teenage friends but according to her lawyers, she was a victim of human trafficking and ...

U.S. 01/23/21, 15:47

A massive convoy of U.S. troops was sent into Syria on Thursday, Jan. 22, just 24 hours after Joe Biden was sworn in as president and took office as commander-in-chief, according to foreign media.  According to an i24 News report, a convoy of about 40 trucks and armored vehicles entered northeastern ...

Middle East 07/30/20, 16:32

With a State Department press release, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo reported 14 new and even more radical sanctions against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad seeking to end the civil war. After nearly a decade of war, amid a deep economic crisis, Assad faces a new blow from U.S. sanctions against him, ...

Middle East 04/29/20, 12:54

Tanker Tracking reported that Iran tripled its oil deliveries to Syria, defying export restrictions imposed by the United States and the European Union. Tanker Tracking satellite-tracked the large tanker that left Iran and docked at the Port of Baniyas in Tartous Governorate, Syria, according to an April 28 tweet. https://twitter.com/TankerTrackers/status/1255067426791870464 Syria has now ...

World 12/27/19, 04:40

President Donald Trump on Thursday, Dec. 26, issued a warning to Russia, Syria, and Iran that are waging a military offensive to regain a rebel stronghold that relief groups said has displaced thousands of civilians. “Russia, Syria, and Iran are killing, or on their way to killing, thousands of innocent civilians ...

Politics 12/07/19, 10:12

Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Saturday he still plans to shift the American military’s focus to competing with China and Russia, even as security threats pile up in the Middle East. Esper outlined his strategic goals and priorities in a speech at the Reagan National Defense Forum, an annual gathering of ...

Politics 11/12/19, 16:56

President Donald Trump said Tuesday that America now has its eye on a new Islamic State leader, telling the Economic Club of New York that "we know where he is." Trump didn't mention the name of the new target, but he is likely referring to Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi, the man ...

World 11/12/19, 06:12

A pair of Israeli airstrikes targeted senior Islamic Jihad commanders in Gaza and in Syria early on Tuesday, escalating Israel's confrontation with Iran across the region and threatening to unleash another devastating round of cross-border violence with Palestinian militants. In eastern Gaza, the Israeli strike killed Bahaa Abu el-Atta and his ...

World 11/06/19, 10:54

Turkey has captured a wife of the slain leader of the Islamic State group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday. Erdogan made the announcement while delivering a speech in the capital of Ankara but gave no other details. He did not say when or how the woman ...

World 11/04/19, 16:18

Turkey captured the elder sister of the slain leader of the Islamic State group in northwestern Syria on Monday, according to a senior Turkish official, who called the arrest an intelligence "gold mine." Little is known about the sister of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. The Turkish official said the 65-year-old known as ...

U.S. 10/29/19, 07:24

The terrorist most likely to succeed al-Baghdadi after U.S. military forces took him down on Saturday, Oct. 24, has also been killed in a separate raid. Abu al-Hassan al-Muhajir, married to one of Baghdadi's daughters, was the primary spokesman for ISIS; he was killed in northern Syria one day after Baghdadi ...

World 10/27/19, 07:09

ISIS erupted from the chaos of Syria and Iraq's conflicts and swiftly did what no Islamic militant group had done before, conquering a giant stretch of territory and declaring itself a "caliphate." Its territorial rule, which at its height in 2014 stretched across nearly a third of both Syria and Iraq, ...

U.S. 10/25/19, 18:17

U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper announced on Friday, Oct. 25, that the United States will be sending out armored reinforcements into eastern Syria to protect oil fields from potential ISIS terrorist attacks. President Donald Trump told reporters during a Cabinet meeting that it is necessary that a small number of U.S. ...

U.S. 10/24/19, 08:52

The military leader of the Syrian Kurds, Gen. Mazloum Abdi, thanked President Trump on Wednesday, Oct. 23, for his tireless effort that stopped the brutal Turkish attack. In the statement that was announced via Twitter by Mustafa Bali, a spokesman for the SDF, Mazloum said:  GEN.Mazloum: 1- I just spoke with President Trump ...

Politics 10/23/19, 18:07

President Donald Trump, on Wednesday, Oct. 23, announced during a White House statement that he will be lifting all sanctions against Turkey and believes that a “permanent ceasefire” between Turkey and the Kurds has been reached. “Big success on the Turkey/Syria Border. Safe Zone created! Ceasefire has held, and combat missions ...