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March 17, 2022

President Biden, give Russia a clear red line on weapons of mass destruction in Ukraine

President Biden needs to draw a clear red line, now, and let Moscow known the U.S. will not stand for the use of weapons of mass destruction and detail the "devastating consequences" he promised.

March 14, 2022

Russia's Putin looks to import Syrian mercenaries to do the 'dirty tricks' against Ukraine’s population

Russian President Vladimir Putin begins recruiting Syrian armed forces as Russian soldier numbers continue to decline during Russia-Ukraine war.

February 4, 2022

Pentagon: US expects new ISIS leader to ‘step up’ as they ‘would like to continue to attack the West’

Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby said Friday that the U.S. believes someone in ISIS is going to “step up to try to lead the group” following the killing of their former leader in Syria, as the militants “would like to continue to attack the West, even our homeland.”

February 3, 2022

Pelosi says it’s ‘so sad’ ISIS leader blew up civilians along with himself

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Thursday praised the U.S. military operation in Syria against the leader of the Islamic State (ISIS) but said it was "sad" the terrorist blew up members of his family along with himself during the overnight raid. 

February 3, 2022

ISIS leader killed in US Special Operations raid in Syria, Biden says

ISIS leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi was killed in a "successful" U.S. Special Operations counterterrorism mission in northwest Syria Thursday, President Biden and the Pentagon have confirmed.

February 3, 2022

Inside US raid that killed ISIS leader: 'Incredibly complex,' on same scale as bin Laden operation

The U.S. Special Operations counterterrorism mission in northwest Syria Thursday that killed ISIS leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi was "long planned," and on the level and scale of the U.S. operation to take out Usama bin Laden in 2011, senior administration officials told Fox News.

February 3, 2022

Who is Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi — the leader of ISIS killed in US raid?

The Islamic State leader killed Thursday during a U.S. Special Operations forces raid in Syria was working undercover trying to rebuild the terrorist group, carried a gun wherever he went and once was detained by American forces in Iraq nearly 15 years ago, reports say.

January 31, 2022

American woman who allegedly joined ISIS, wanted to bomb mall and college in US, due in court

Allison Fluke-Ekren, a 42-year-old former Kansas resident, allegedly joined ISIS and spent years leading an all-female unit and training them to use AK-47 rifles and suicide belts.

January 29, 2022

American woman, a former Kansas resident, accused of leading all-female ISIS battalion

An American woman has been charged with providing material support to terrorist organizations.

January 24, 2022

Syrian Kurdish forces move in on Islamic State-controlled prison

U.S.-backed Syrian Kurdish forces are deploying within the prison facility where dozens of IS militants have been holed up