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Denmark Pays Hefty Welfare Benefits To Jihadists In Syria

By R. Siva Kumar - May 21, 2015 07:37 PM EDT

The maximum number of jihadists are welcomed in Belgium and Denmark, which sympathise with them and pay them welfare benefits.

ISIS Threatens to Kill 2 Japanese Hostages Unless Paid $200 Million

By Dustin M Braden - Jan 20, 2015 06:32 PM EST

The terrorist group calling itself the Islamic State has demanded $200 million in 72 hours or they will kill two Japanese prisoners in their custody.

US sends another 130 military advisers to Iraq

By Dustin M Braden - Aug 12, 2014 10:33 PM EDT

The United States has announced plans to send another 130 military advisers to Iraq in an effort to bolster the force of 300 already in the country to help advise Iraqi forces on how best to deal with the expanding threat posed by the Islamic State.

Helicopter aiding Yezidis in Iraq crashes with parliamentarian, journalists on board

By Dustin M Braden - Aug 12, 2014 07:02 PM EDT

A helicopter carrying journalists and a parliamentarian that was delivering aid to Yezidis stranded on the Sinjar Mountains crashed after trying to take off again.

Report says Kurdish pesh merga left Yezidis to face wrath of Islamic State without a fight

By Dustin M Braden - Aug 11, 2014 07:16 PM EDT

A new report has said that the Kurdish militia known as the pesh merga refused to confront the Islamic State, choosing instead to flee and leave thousands of Yezidis at the mercy of IS.

Obama suggests airstrikes in Iraq could last months

By Dustin M Braden - Aug 11, 2014 08:17 AM EDT

President Barack Obama has suggested that the airstrikes and humanitarian aid drops he recently authorized in Iraq may go on for months.

US warned Iraq about Islamic State threat, Iraq ignored warnings

By Dustin M Braden - Jul 24, 2014 11:28 AM EDT

Testimony to the House Foreign Affairs Committee revealed that the United States knew that the Islamic State was advancing on Iraqi territory from Syria and tried to warn the Iraqi government of the growing threat, but the Iraqis refused to listen and take appropriate defensive measures.

Islamic State orders female genital mutilation for all females in Mosul

By Dustin M Braden - Jul 24, 2014 09:30 AM EDT

The Islamic State has issued a fatwa, or religious ruling, ordering that all women in the city of Mosul undergo female genital mutilation.

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