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April 13, 2021

China to use 'vaccine diplomacy' to increase influence, US intel community warns

The U.S. intelligence community warned that China will attempt to use "vaccine diplomacy" to increase its influence around the world amid the coronavirus pandemic.

April 12, 2021

Illinois man turned wannabe terrorist tells judge he’s just a big 'teddy bear'

Edward Schimenti, 39, of Zion told U.S. District Judge Andrea Wood during a sentencing hearing on Friday that he was "just a big teddy bear" and not a terrorist.

April 5, 2021

Tennessee ISIS wannabe indicted for helping the brutal killers

A Tennessee man oversaw a publishing organization dedicated to translating pro-Islamic State and other materials for the terror group in English, federal officials said Monday. 

April 3, 2021

Author Gayle Tzemach Lemmon on the all-women Kurdish-Syrian militia fighting ISIS

A best-selling author and expert on foreign relations has highlighted the harrowing work of the members of an all-women Kurdish-Syrian militia, who have come toe-to-toe with their male counterparts in combatting ISIS, Fox News’s Shannon Bream reported Saturday.

April 2, 2021

US couple nabbed at NJ seaport, accused of trying to board ship to Yemen to fight for ISIS: Justice Department

Following a multi-year investigation and the help of undercover officers, a husband and wife from New York and Alabama were arrested Thursday in New Jersey while allegedly attempting to travel overseas to fight with ISIS, the U.S. Justice Department said in a release.

April 1, 2021

Gayle Tzemach Lemmon: America’s partner in the ISIS fight, now desperately seeking clarity

The ghost of the 2003 Iraq war has haunted every decision that the United States has made on the Syrian civil war, which this week marked its tenth anniversary.  Iraq’s memory also shaped America’s efforts to defeat ISIS.  

March 4, 2021

Oklahoma man gets 3 years for smuggling firearms to UAE to help fight ISIS: prosecutors

An Oklahoma man was sentenced to more than three years in prison for illegally smuggling firearms to the Middle East to help fight the Islamic State there, according to federal prosecutors.

March 4, 2021

Ahead of Pope visit, survivor recalls Christian church massacre in Iraq

Six Al Qaeda-linked militants stormed and seized the church, killing dozens inside. At the time, the Oct. 31, 2010 attack was the bloodiest in a drumbeat of violence that Iraq’s Christians suffered during the brutal sectarian warfare following the 2003 U.S. invasion.

March 3, 2021

Pope Francis will still travel to Iraq despite rocket attack: 'We can't disappoint'

Pope Francis is pushing ahead with the first papal trip to Iraq despite rising coronavirus infections, hoping to encourage the country’s dwindling number of Christians who were violently persecuted during the Islamic State's insurgency while seeking to boost ties with the Shiite Muslim world. 

February 13, 2021

Pete Hegseth reacts after Ilhan Omar named vice chair of House foreign affairs subcommittee

U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar’s promotion this week to a leadership position on a U.S. House subcommittee drew a sharp reaction Friday night from "Fox & Friends Weekend" co-host Pete Hegseth.