Winchester, VA - The BBC reports that U.S. backed coalition forces have pushed further into the Syrian Islamic State caliphate city of Raqqa, and as they do, the civilians are struggling to find someplace to go. As it is, the refugee camps around Raqqa are filled with tens of thousands of people. Here are some of their experiences. “I'm nine months pregnant. We're hungry and thirsty. The sun has nearly killed […]
Winchester, VA - ABC News reports that an active duty soldier serving in Hawaii was arrested on terrorism charges, for having conspired to provide material assistance to ISIS. The FBI says that 34 year old Sergeant First Class Ikaika Kang had been under investigation for a year, and was attempting to provide ISIS with classified documents and a drone to help them carry out terror attacks. An FBI affadavit stated that […]
Winchester, VA - The fight to take back Marawi City in the Philippines—now into the sixth week-- from the hands of the ISIS-affiliated Maute rebels is still raging in the Philippies. Gulf News reports that Father Teresito Suganob, who had been abducted with his parisioners from the local cathedral at the outset of the conflict, has been confirmed STILL ALIVE, according to rescued hostages who informed the military Task Force. He […]
Winchester, VA - The Times of Israel is reporting that a number of United States government websites in Ohio, New York, and Maryland were hacked by the ISIS sympathizing Team System CZ, which is said to be based in Algeria. The websites, which include those of Governor John Kasich, Ohio First Lady Karen Kasich, and the Ohio Medicaid website, bore a message which read, “You will be accountable Trump, you and […]
Winchester, VA - Reuters reports that as the fighting in the Old City in Mosul has been intensifying, the ISIS fighters have taken the drastic action of blowing up the Grand al-Nuri Mosque, which not only has served as a headquarters for them, but is where Abu Bakr al Baghdadi declared the Iraqi caliphate back in 2014. They also destroyed its famous leaning minaret. The numbers of ISIS fighters remaining is […]
Winchester, VA - The Syrian Democratic Forces reaped the rewards of seven long months of advancing through Syria on Tuesday when they began their offensive to take back the city of Raqqa from the Islamic State. Military.com reports that so far, “Operation Wrath of the Euphrates” has accomplished breaking into the eastern al-Meshleb district of Raqqa and has captured the neighborhood and Harqal citadel to the west of Raqqa. There was […]
Winchester, VA - The offensive of the Iraqi army, backed by the U.S.-led coalition, to take back Mosul from the hands of ISIS and defeat the Iraqi portion of the Islamic Caliphate has been going on since last October. The Daily Mail reported at the end of May that Iraqi security forces predicted the liberation of Mosul by June 10th. UNICEF released a statement yesterday saying that about 100,000 children are […]
Winchester, VA - Milo Yiannopoulis tells the story on his blog of Hamza Siddiq, a Scottish-born Muslim convert from Christianity and street preacher. Mr. Siddiq, after the Manchester terror attacks, posted on Facebook, “I refuse to apologize for it or pretend I don't know the cause,” and blamed British foreign and domestic policy towards Muslims for the attacks. His incendiary posts alarmed the residents of Kirkcudbright, who refused to bring their […]
Winchester, VA - Two stories appeared yesterday of Muslims helping victims of Christian persecution-by Muslims. Church Militant reports on Noor Lucman, a resident of Marawi City in the Philippines where Muslims have burned down the Catholic cathedral and taken 15 Christians hostage. Mr. Lucman, hid 64 Christians who had been unable to flee Marawi. He vowed that the militants would get to them “over his dead body” and protected them from […]
