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(NBC News) – Kurds Launch Offensive to Retake ISIS-Held Iraqi Town of Sinjar

Kurdish Iraqi fighters, backed by the U.S.-led air campaign, launched an assault Thursday aiming to retake the strategic town of Sinjar, which ISIS overran last year in an onslaught that caused the...

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(Post gazette) – Wolf says yes

Pittsburgh PG ‏@PittsburghPG 16h16 hours ago Wolf says Pennsylvania will accept Syrian refugees http://bit.ly/1WWAxre 

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(RT.com) – Crusades 2.0? Church backs use of armed force in Syria

War in Syria may be necessary and the Church of England must back armed force if it helps refugees, according to Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby. Welby told the Guardian that after debating the...

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(lou dobbs) – more immigrants

Coming soon: More immigrants from Muslim nations than population of D.C. — 680,000 https://t.co/RVchcaXZrm via @DCExaminer — Lou Dobbs (@loudobbsnews) November 26, 2015

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(DOD) – Airstrikes Hit ISIL Targets in Syria, Iraq

From a Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve News Release SOUTHWEST ASIA, July 9, 2015 – U.S. and coalition military forces have continued to attack Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant...

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(ABC News Australia) – Bomb blast outside Cairo’s Italian consulate leaves...

One person has died in a powerful explosion outside the Italian consulate in Cairo, carried out by Islamic State militants, the first assault on a foreign mission in Egypt since jihadists launched a...

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(financial express) – 47 dead as rebels battle IS in north Syria: monitor

A battle between Islamic State group jihadists and rebels for control of an opposition stronghold in northern Syria has killed at least 47 fighters, a monitor said today. Twenty Islamist and other...

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(The Guardian) – Sky News cameraman was shot in Egypt after his flak jacket...

  Mick Deane was killed by a sniper in August 2013 after his crew’s bulletproof vests were seized at Cairo airport, colleague tells coroner’s court Sky News cameraman Mick Deane was killed by a sniper...

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(CTV News) – Toll from rebel missile attack in Yemen rises; Saudi Arabia says...

People inspect buildings destroyed by a Saudi-led airstrike in Sanaa, Yemen on Saturday, Sept. 5, 2015. (AP / Hani Mohammed) SANAA, Yemen — Saudi Arabia’s military said Saturday that 10 of its troops...

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Putin Orders Start of Syria Withdrawal, Saying Goals Are Achieved – The New...

The order from the Kremlin came as the United Nations was trying to revive peace talks to stop the conflict, which has created a humanitarian catastrophe. Source: Putin Orders Start of Syria...

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US welcomes Saudi comment on Yemen combat nearing ‘end’– Yahoo News

A Saudi announcement that major combat is nearing an end in Yemen was welcomed by Washington Thursday, as the death toll from alliance air strikes on a market rose to 119. The United Nations childrens’...

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United Nations News Centre – In wake of another deadly attack in Yemen, UN...

The United Nations human rights chief today condemned the repeated failure of the Coalition to effectively prevent civilian casualties in airstrikes and to publish transparent, independent...

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Militants kill 13 policemen in Egypt’s northern Sinai | Fox News

EL-ARISH, Egypt –  Militants killed 13 Egyptian policemen in an attack Saturday on a checkpoint south of northern Sinai’s provincial capital of el-Arish, the Egyptian Interior Ministry said. A...

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Airstrikes on IS-held Syrian city kill at least 39 | savannahnow.com

BEIRUT – Airstrikes on the northern Syrian city of Raqqa on Saturday killed at least 39 people and wounded many others in an intensified bombardment of the Islamic State group’s de facto capital....

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Pakistan, Iran to open two new border crossings | Top Story | thenews.com.pk

Six MoUs signed; Rouhani accorded rousing welcome; Iranian president says possibility of trade through Gwadar Port and Chahbahar Port to be explored ISLAMABAD: In a landmark understanding, Pakistan and...

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Why is David Cameron so silent on the recapture of Palmyra from the clutches...

The biggest military defeat that isis has suffered in more than two years. The recapture of Palmyra, the Roman city of the Empress Zenobia. And we are silent. Yes, folks, the bad guys won, didn’t they?...

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Netanyahu to meet Putin in Moscow on April 21: Israeli source | Reuters

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on April 21 to discuss security issues in the Middle East, an Israeli political source said on Tuesday....

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Video of Military Convoy New Evidence Russia Not Pulling Out of Syria |...

There is more evidence that Russian forces are not pulling out of Syria, but instead, more troops are arriving there, a new video from Russian television Saturday apparently shows. Source: Video of...

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John Kerry makes unannounced stop in Iraq – CNNPolitics.com

Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Baghdad Friday in an effort to shore up an embattled Prime Minister fighting to stay in office. Source: John Kerry makes unannounced stop in Iraq –...

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Calif. freelance photographer freed from Syria after 2012 abduction | Fox News

An unidentified American man has been freed by the Syrian government, the State Department told Fox News Friday. Kevin Patrick Dawes, 33, is originally from San Diego, officials tell The Washington...

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