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Originally published in Christian Today Following President Barack Obama’s admission that the US “underestimated” the threat posed by the Islamic State, reports are circulating that ISIS militants could be as close as one mile from Baghdad. According to the BBC’s Lyse Doucet in Baghdad, members of the terrorist group were less […]
Originally published in Washington Post Major Mariam al-Mansouri, the first female fighter pilot in the history of the United Arab Emirates, led the the Gulf state’s bombing raids over Syria this week. Photos of al-Mansouri, beaming from her cockpit, that were released by the country’s state news agency have taken social […]
Originally published in The Christian Post Over 800 police officers in Australia arrested 15 people on Thursday allegedly connected to terror group ISIS, who are believed to have planned to kidnap and behead people on camera. The counter-terrorism raids on houses and vehicles in Sydney and Brisbane were the largest […]
Originally published in Times of Israel Despite warnings that the pope may be targeted by Islamic State-aligned terrorists, the Vatican has said that Francis will not be changing his plans to visit Albania, which has a majority Sunni Muslim population. “There is no reason to change the pope’s itinerary,” Vatican […]
The Muslim terrorist group ISIS, or the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, has released a third beheading video, this time executing a British aid worker who had been providing humanitarian assistance in Syria. The video, which was labeled “a message to the allies of America,” begins with footage of UK […]
Originally published in Christian News Network In his speech to the nation on Wednesday night, Barack Obama vowed to eradicate the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), while claiming that the group does not represent Islam. “Now […]
Originally published in BBC News Hassan Abboud, the leader of the Syrian hardline Islamist rebel group Ahrar al-Sham, has been killed with other top commanders by a bomb blast. A suicide bomber detonated an explosive vest at a meeting in the north-western town of Ram Hamdan, activists say. Ahrar al-Sham […]
Originally published in BBC.com Iraqi government forces say they have cleared Islamic State (IS) militants from a wide area around the strategic Haditha dam, helped by US air strikes. The jihadists have repeatedly tried to capture the dam on the River Euphrates, in the western province of Anbar. The US […]
Originally published in Christian Today President Barack Obama and Prime Minister David Cameron are expected to propose that an international coalition be founded to combat the Islamic State (IS) at this week’s NATO summit. The summit began Thursday in Wales, and will conclude on Friday. The world leaders are expected […]
Canon Andrew White — also known as the “Vicar of Baghdad” — will be in South Africa in May 2015, to share about his ministry in Iraq and the Middle East and to raise support for the minority Christians in desperate need, reports INcontext Ministries. White is the Chaplain of […]