Monitor: Airstrike Kills 33 Civilians in Northern Syria
A Syrian war monitor said Wednesday an airstrike believed to be carried out by a U.S.-led coalition has killed at least 33 people at a school near the key city of Raqqa. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported the airstrike happened early Tuesday outside the village of al-Mansoura, and that the school was serving […]
Tillerson: Anti-IS Coalition ‘United’ in Stopping Terror Group
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Wednesday that U.S. policy is to “destroy and demolish” Islamic State, but that this could not happen if allies did not commit adequate funds and resources. “The success of our mission depends on the continual devotion to our stated objective of defeating this terrorist organization,” he said, addressing a […]
Anti-Islamic State coalition to meet in Washington
Washington (dpa) – The foreign ministers or foreign ministry representatives of about 60 countries are to meet Wednesday in Washington to discuss strategy in the fight against the terrorist group Islamic State. The State Department said the diplomats would “review the campaign to date and strategize how to further accelerate the defeat of ISIS,” using […]
Al-Qaeda to Muslims: ‘Kill Americans’ for Mosque Strike
Al-Qaeda called on Muslims to take revenge against the U.S. Friday after accusing Washington of destroying a mosque and killing civilians in an airstrike on a town held by Syrian rebels linked to the Sunni Muslim militant group. In an article published by al-Qaeda’s An-Nafir newsletter, the jihadists joined Syrian rebel coalitions Tahrir al-Sham (formerly […]
Martin McGuinness: Can political violence be justified?
This Head to Head interview with the late Martin McGuinness first aired on Al Jazeera English in March 2014. McGuiness passed away on March 20, 2017. The 9/11 attacks and US-led ‘war on terror’ have changed our perception of terrorism. Since 2001, many have come to associate terrorist acts with radical Islam. But terrorism, as […]
Trump Welcomes Anti-Muslim Activist To White House
Brigitte Gabriel , who founded the anti-Muslim group known as ACT for America, made a visit to the White House Tuesday and called her talks with members of President Donald Trump’s administration “productive.” Gabriel and a colleague were at the White House to “participate in a brief meeting with a member of our legislative staff.
Global Coalition Against IS Explained
The Global Coalition to Counter Islamic State was formed in September 2014 with the expressed aim of degrading and defeating Islamic State. The threat: According to the U.S. State Department, IS presents a global terrorist threat. It has recruited thousands of foreign fighters to Iraq and Syria from around the globe and has leveraged technology […]
Twitter Suspended More Than 636,000 Accounts Since 2015 To Fight Extremism
Twitter’s latest transparency report shows it has been cracking down on extremists. The platform said Tuesday it has suspended more than 636,000 accounts between Aug. 1, 2015 and Dec. 31, 2016. In the last six months of 2016, Twitter suspended nearly 377,000 accounts for “violations related to promotion of terrorism,” the company said. “Of those […]
We Fact-Checked Lawmakers’ Letters to Constituents on Health Care
This story was co-published with Kaiser Health News, Stat and Vox. When Louisiana resident Andrea Mongler wrote to her senator, Bill Cassidy, in support of the Affordable Care Act, she wasn’t surprised to get an email back detailing the law’s faults. Cassidy, a Republican who is also a physician, has been a vocal critic. “Obamacare” […]
North Korea vows to pursue nuclear arms amid US threat
North Korea will pursue “acceleration” of its nuclear and missile programmes including developing a “pre-emptive first-strike capability”, a diplomat from Pyongyang warned on Tuesday. Choe Myong-nam, deputy ambassador of the North Korean mission to the United Nations in Geneva, told Reuters news agency that US threats of increased sanctions would not phase the country. “I […]