October 25, 2017 Egyptian government has new crackdown target: beauty contests Egyptian officials are cracking down – on beauty pageants.
October 25, 2017 Turkey OKs imams conducting civil marriages, raising fears of polygamy, child brides A new law in Turkey allowing religious civil servants to perform civil marriages is sending chills through advocates for secularism and women’s rights.
October 24, 2017 Protect American business from blackmail – Congress, pass the Israel Anti-Boycott Act The U.N. Human Rights Council and the U.N.’s human rights chief are threatening companies in the U.S. and around the world for doing business with Israel.
October 23, 2017 Anti-regime protests spreading across Iran, says country's opposition Ordinary Iranians reportedly took their grievances against the Tehran regime today to the country’s parliament as a result of what they say are the regime’s plundering of their savings and its corrupt policies.
October 23, 2017 Getting tough on the Taliban: Trump admin said to be urging closure of the militant group's Qatar office After years of failed peace talks and following one of the deadliest weeks of suicide attacks on Afghan forces, the Trump administration is said to be pushing for the Taliban’s Qatar-based office to be closed down in an increasingly iron-fisted approach to defeating the militant group.
October 23, 2017 ISIS hit list revealed as terror network kills more than 70 in Syrian town Islamic State militants came into the Syrian town of Qaryatayn with a hit list, and by the time they left three weeks later, more than 70 civilians had been killed -- shot or beheaded, their bodies dumped in farms and ditches.
October 22, 2017 Saudi ex-intel chief says Assad is the biggest terrorist, praises Trump's harsh Iran stance Former Saudi Chief of Intelligence and Ambassador to the U.S. and U.K. Prince Turki al-Faisal is cautioning the Trump team to clarify its stance on defeating “the biggest terrorist in Syria” — the country’s president, Bashar al-Assad — while at the same time praising the clear, ironfisted strategy of the U.S. toward Iran.
October 22, 2017 Syria's largest oil field seized from ISIS by US-backed forces Syria's largest oil field was seized from the Islamic State terror group on Sunday by the U.S.-led coalition, dealing another blow to the extremist group after the loss of its de-facto capital last week.
October 21, 2017 Abandoning our Kurdish allies is a win for our Iranian enemies It makes no sense for a nation to treat its enemies kindly and its allies harshly. Any nation that tries this foolish approach will see its enemies grow stronger and more dangerous, and will lose its allies when it abandons them.
October 21, 2017 Foreigners who joined ISIS faced almost certain death in Raqqa The forces fighting the remnants of the Islamic State group in Syria have tacit instructions on dealing with the foreigners who joined the extremist group by the thousands: Kill them on the battlefield..
