Islamic State (ISIS) is currently launching an assault on the Iraqi city of Ramadi, the capital of Anbar Province. After gaining control of areas to the city’s north, taking villages to the city’s east, and already holding ground to its south, ISIS fought Iraqi security forces to Ramadi’s west on Friday in an attempt to …
Back in June of last year Islamic State managed to capture Iraq’s biggest oil refinery in the town of Baiji. The Baiji refinery produces around one third of Iraq’s refined fuel, and was a serious blow to the legitimate Iraqi government. Islamic State also captured nearly 60% of Syrian refineries, netting the group some two …
It is surprising that Iran and Hezbollah were notably omitted from the list of terror threats in this year’s Worldwide Threat Assessment. The reason for doing so is likely political, tied to negotiation over the Iranian nuclear program and in due to the Obama Administration’s view that Iran has a constructive role to play in the …
Iraqi government forces, together with a small number of Sunni tribesmen and large numbers (20k+) of Iranian-led Shia militia forces (euphemistically described as “popular mobilization forces“) continue to press against the Islamic State-held city of Tikrit, in Salahuddin province, best known as Saddam Hussein’s home town, and one of the points of the infamous “Sunni …
A troubling milestone arrived on Thursday when the US withdrew its final combat brigade from Iraq. The remaining 50,000 US forces are charged with advising and training the Iraqi military. President Barack Obama has pledged to withdraw them as well by the end of next year. When US-led allied forces invaded Iraq seven years ago, …
Incredibly, the State Department has forced Kenya’s governent to release the leader of the Islamic Courts Union, a Somali Islamofascist group. Do our diplomats have the will to fight and win the War for the Free World? Kenyan Foreign Minister Raphael Tuju is on a five-day visit in Israel this week and boy, does Israel have a lot …