Paranoid ISIL terror chiefs overwhelmed by intel from sim cards, child spies
Paranoia is nothing new to the leaders of Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL). But, when the terror group discovered an internal plot on a SIM card that (more…)
NATO on edge as Russia sends task force to Mediterranean, conducts multiple exercises
Russia’s deployment of its sole aircraft carrier and several ships from its northern naval fleet to the Mediterranean has renewed speculation over a new cold war. The flotilla of (more…)
ISIL’s last stand in Syria: Kurdish SDF launches operation ‘Wrath of the Euphrates’ without Turkey
Turkey “will not have a role” in the battle to drive Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) from its de facto capital in Raqqa, leaders of the Syrian (more…)
Baghdadi losing control of ISIL fighters, U.S. military official says
Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is “losing command and control” of the terror group’s forces as the Iraqi army advances on Mosul, a (more…)
U.S. sending intel analysts to sift through data from Mosul offensive
The United States plans to send dozens of intelligence analysts to the Middle East to handle the influx of data expected to be recovered in the offensive on Islamic (more…)
Facing defeat militarily, ISIL seen gaining strength as a terrorist force
Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) may be on the ropes militarily, but it is far from being defeated. What U.S. President Barack Obama once referred to as (more…)
Under pressure elsewhere, ISIL turns up in an Israeli city that is 99.7 percent Muslim
Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) does not have widespread support among Israeli Arabs, but Israel has made several arrests of extremists linked to the terror group. Last (more…)
Syrian refugee arrested in Germany ‘was planning an Islamist-motivated attack’
By Dr. Jack Caravelli Germany continues to bear the brunt of German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s radical decision last year to allow nearly one million migrants, mostly from Syria, Iraq (more…)
Egypt airstrike answers strike on army base, kills 100 ISIL jihadists in Sinai
Egypt, in a retaliatory strike, bombed Islamic State of Iraq of Levant (ISIL) targets in the Sinai Peninsula on Oct. 15, killing 100 terrorists. The attack by Egypt’s air (more…)