Islamic state

U.S. backed Syrian rebels on their way to Raqqa, Syria, June 6, 2017. Photo: Rodi Said/Reuters)
MOSCOW  — The Russian military has accused the U.S.-led coalition in Syria of providing safe corridors for the Islamic State group to leave the area around its stronghold of Raqqa.
Col. Gen. Sergei Surovikin, the commander of Russian forces in Syria, said earlier this month that IS has made a deal with the Kurdish forces to leave two villages southwest of Raqqa and move toward Palmyra.

Jeremy Christian enters for a court appearance at Multnomah County Circuit Court in Portland, Ore., on, June 7, 2017. Christian is accused of killing two passengers and wounding a third aboard a light-rail train. (Stephanie Yao Long/The Oregonian)

Donald Trump holds a sword and sways with traditional dancers during a welcome ceremony at Murabba Palace, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, May 20, 2017. (AP/Evan Vucci)

The loosely-knit coalition of Syrian rebel groups known as the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), are armed, trained and backed by the U.S. The group is currently engaged in the early stages of battle in the ISIS stronghold of Raqqa, Syria.

An ISIS-claimed terror attack in Iran killing a dozen people shows how dishonest the U.S. government has been in lumping Iran in with terror groups that it has aggressively fought, as ex-CIA analyst Paul R. Pillar explains. By Paul R.…Read more →

In the first ISIS terror attack on Iran, 12 people were killed in Tehran overnight.

(MEE) — Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corp (IRGC) pointed the finger at Saudi Arabia for twin attacks on Iran’s parliament and the Mausoleum of Ayatollah Khomeini on Wednesday morning which left 12 people dead.
The attacks, which took place a few kilometres south of the capital, were the first in the country to be claimed by the Islamic State group.

An armed man stands in a window of the parliament building in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, June 7, 2017. . (Fars News/Omid Vahabzadeh via AP)
TEHRAN, Iran — ISIS claimed responsibility Wednesday for a stunning pair of attacks on Iran’s parliament and the mausoleum of its modern founder, the first such attack claimed by the Sunni extremist group in the Shiite-ruled nation.

Saudi King Salman, left, speaks with his son Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. A new report shows around 400 Saudi and Kuwaiti citizens who were living in the US – most of whom were studying abroad on Saudi government-issued scholarships – later left to join terrorist groups. (AP/Hassan Ammar)

A woman places flowers at a memorial for the victims of a suicide attack at a concert by Ariana Grande that killed more than 20 people Monday night in central Manchester, Britain, Wednesday, May 24, 2017. (AP/Emilio Morenatti)
A January 2017 Pew survey showed that Americans rate terrorism as the top priority for the Trump administration and Congress. They put the issue ahead of the economy, education, jobs and health care costs.

By Joseph Thomas – New Eastern Outlook – 31.05.2017 Recently, terrorist attacks have unfolded across Indonesia, a militant network disrupted along the Thai-Malaysian border and full-scale military operations including aerial bombing deployed as Philippine troops fought to take back Marawi City on the southern island of Mindanao, all linked or affiliated with the Islamic State. […]