The toll from the four-year civil war in Syria is clearly visible even from space, with satellite images revealing that 83 percent of the lights have gone out in the country since 2011. The satellite data – which compares Syria’s night landscape in 2011
German journalist Jürgen Todenhöfer just came back from Mossul after spending 7 months embedded with the IS. Far from being captured, he actually managed to negociate a place among their ranks as a journalist. What he has to say is, unsurprisingly, similar but different
On 11 Nov 2014, various websites, including The Telegraph, posted one-minute viral clip purporting to show a boy of around 8 years old get up after being hit by gunfire and save another child stranded in the middle of the road under a burnt-out
During the last few months, hundreds or thousands of Christian / Yazidi women and children have been captured by terrorists from the so-called “Islamic State in Iraq and Syria”, formerly known as ISIS, in Iraq. UN reports revealed later that ISIS has created slave markets,
In newly published survey, students at Harvard University revealed that they think America is a bigger threat to world peace than ISIS. The results were revealed during an interview by Campus Reform, a self-styled ‘campus watchdog’ for conservative students. The students were asked by
At least 40 children Syrian children aged between 6 and 12 have been killed in a double suicide bombing at a school in the government-controlled city of Homs on Wednesday, October 1st. The suicide explosions occurred as children were leaving school – Ekremah al-Makhzoumi elementary
Between 20,000 and 31,500 fighters are now battling alongside ISIS, as the Central Intelligence Agency believes (as reported by CNN). While many members of Congress claimed that about 12,000 foreigners – from all countries – have traveled to Syria for the same reason. This number
The U.S. government is currently collecting information after reports that 300 Americans joined in combat hand-in-hand with the so called “Islamic State in Iraq and Levant” (ISIS) and are poised to become a major threat to the homeland, according to the Washington Times. The Washington Times
James Foley, one of a hundred journalists who came to Syria to report on the suffering of the Syrian people, was apparently killed by ISIS days ago. According to the Free James Foley website, Foley was 40 years old. This came after a video was posted
The Islamic state of Iraq and Syria (Levant), also known as ISIS, occupied Raqqa (a northern Syrian city) months ago after heavy fighting against the so called “Ahrar al-sham” movement and Jabhat al-Nusra – Al-Nusra Front (both are related to al-Qaeda). The terrorist group, which
