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Islamic State

TOPSHOT - France's goalkeeper Hugo Lloris (L) smiles and holds the trophy next to France's coach Didier Deschamps as they arrive for a reception at the Elysee Presidential Palace on July 16, 2018 in Paris after French players won the Russia 2018 World Cup final football match. - France celebrated their second World Cup win 20 years after their maiden triumph on July 15, 2018, overcoming a passionate Croatia side 4-2 in one of the most gripping finals in recent history.

ISIS Spent Months Pushing Jihadist World Cup Attacks. Here’s Why They Failed.

Russia is one of ISIS’ top recruiting wells and has sent as many as 7,000 jihadists to the Islamic State, so it’s not as if they’d be hard-pressed to find home-turf World Cup attackers.
By Bridget Johnson

How Boys Who Just Want to Be Bros Become Homegrown Terrorists

Terrorism today is reeling in recruits much like your average American street gang.
By Bridget Johnson
Vice President Mike Pence speaks during CPAC of February 22, 2018.

Mike Pence Takes Shots at NFL and Planned Parenthood at CPAC

Vice President Mike Pence promised to continue 'dismantling the liberal legacy of the past administration.'
By Davis Richardson
President Donald Trump.

Trump Slaps New Sanctions on Operatives in Africa, Asia and Turkey For ISIS Ties

By Davis Richardson
People run from the Route 91 Harvest country music festival after gun fire was heard on October 1, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

False Flag Terrorism: Myth and Reality

By John R. Schindler
JERSEY CITY, NJ - SEPTEMBER 6: A man runs through the Empty Sky 9/11 Memorial in Liberty State Park in front of lower Manhattan and One World Trade Center in New York City on September 6, 2017 in Jersey City, New Jersey.

How 9/11 Changed America: For Better and for Worse

By John R. Schindler
An Iraqi PMF fighter June 20, 2017 on the Iraq-Syria border in Nineveh, Iraq. The PMF have pushed Islamic State militants from the north-western Iraq border strip back into Syria.

How Corporate Strategy Can Help Fight Violent Extremism

By Mina Chang
A Somali soldier patrols next to the burnt-out wreckage of a car that was used by suspected al-shabab fighters on April 16, 2017. Somali security forces shot dead two suspected al-shabab militants, an Al-Qaeda linked extremist group, who were said to be involved in firing rockets. / AFP PHOTO / Mohamed ABDIWAHAB

As ISIS Goes Down, Here Comes al-Qaeda

By Bridget Johnson
MOSUL, IRAQ - JUNE 22: A view of Mosul's Old City through an Iraqi forces sniper hole in the wall of a frontline position in Adedat, a neighbourhood in the Old City of west Mosul, the last area of the city under Islamic State control, June 22, 2017. Iraqi forces have encountered stiff resistance with improvised explosives, car bombs, heavy mortar fire and snipers hampering their advance. (Photo by Martyn Aim/Getty Images)

How Islamist Terror Groups Provide the Blueprints to Kill

By Bridget Johnson
LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 04: Forensic officers work at the scene on London Bridge following last night's terrorist attack on June 4, 2017 in London, England. Police continue to cordon off an area after responding to terrorist attacks on London Bridge and Borough Market where 7 people were killed and at least 48 injured last night. Three attackers were shot dead by armed police.

There Is No Intelligence Solution to Britain’s Rivers of Blood

By John R. Schindler
LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 04: Counter terrorism officers march near the scene of last night's London Bridge terrorist attack on June 4, 2017 in London, England. Police continue to cordon off an area after responding to terrorist attacks on London Bridge and Borough Market where 6 people were killed and at least 48 injured last night. Three attackers were shot dead by armed police.

Today I Offered the Islamic State £50,000 to Kill Me 

By Andre Walker
Alexandria, EGYPT: Egyptian Copts hold a banner demanding no more aggressions against their community after one person was killed and several wounded in three separate episodes in Coptic churches in Alexandria 14 April 2006, 250 kilometers north of Cairo. The crowd gathered in front of the church chanting anti governmental slogans and demanding justice as the authorities claim the acts were committed by a deranged person. AFP PHOTO/CRIS BOURONCLE

Western Christians Have No Excuse for Apathy, Ignorance and Silence

By Nicole Foy
LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 23: A police officer mans a cordon near Parliament Square following yesterday's attack, on March 23, 2017 in London, England. Four people including the assailant have been killed and around 40 people injured following yesterday's attack by the Houses of Parliament in Westminster.

Good News Lurks Behind London Atrocity

By John R. Schindler
An Iraqi security member stands guard as Iraqi Christians attend a Christmas Eve service at the Saint John's church (Mar Yohanna church) in the town of Qaraqosh (also known as Hamdaniya), 30 kms east of Mosul, on December 25, 2016. / AFP / SAFIN HAMED

Christianity Doomed in Iraq, Says ‘Vicar of Baghdad’

By Selwyn Duke
BEIT-EL, WEST BANK - OCTOBER 08: Palestinian protester kicks over a pile of burning tires during clashes with IDF and Israeli Border Police on October 8, 2015 in Beit-El, West-Bank. As Tension rises between Israel and Palestine in the past weeks, many stabbing attack happen around Israel and Clashes between Israeli security forces and Palestinian youth.

Muslim PR Group’s Shocking Claim: IDF ‘Throws Palestinian Children Off Roofs’

By Andre Walker
SAN BERNARDINO, CA - DECEMBER 07: Photographs of victims of the terrorist attack on the Inland Regional Center are seen as people hold candles while attending a vigil held at the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors headquarters to remember those injured and killed during the shooting on December 7, 2015 in San Bernardino, California. FBI and other law enforcement officials continue to investigate the mass shooting that left 14 people dead and another 21 injured on December 2.

One Year After San Bernardino: Rethinking Symbolic Targets

By Bridget Johnson
An Iranian Kurdish member of the Freedom Party of Kurdistan (PAK) holds a position on November 6, 2016 in an area near the town of Bashiqa, some 25 kilometres north east of Mosul, during an operation against Islamic State (IS) group jihadists to retake the main hub city. / AFP / SAFIN HAMED

ISIS’ Voting Guide: Trump ‘Impulsive and Unpredictable’ Clinton a ‘Female Feminist’

By Bridget Johnson
Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.

‘Big Diversion’—The Second Debate Between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton

By Will Bredderman
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton on stage at Hofstra University for the first Presidential debate of the 2016 general election.

A ‘Trump-ed Up’ Face-Off Between Hillary Clinton and the Donald on Long Island

By Will Bredderman
Shah Chowdhury speaks outside Trump Tower.

Servicemen and Families Rip ‘Unfit’ Donald Trump Ahead of Veterans Forum

By Will Bredderman
A boy stands near impacts of projectile on a wall near the explosion scene in Gaziantep in southeastern Turkey near the Syrian border on August 21, 2016. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday said the Islamic State (IS) group was the "likely perpetrator" of the bomb attack.

How the Islamic State Recruits and Coerces Children

By Mia Bloom
People wait close to empty graves at a cemetery during the funeral for the victims of last night's attack on a wedding party that left 50 dead in Gaziantep in southeastern Turkey near the Syrian border on August 21, 2016. At least 50 people were killed when a suspected suicide bomber linked to Islamic State jihadists attacked a wedding thronged with guests, officials said on August 21. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the IS extremist group was the "likely perpetrator" of the bomb attack, the deadliest in 2016, in Gaziantep late Saturday that targeted a celebration attended by many Kurds.

To Fight Terror, Turkey Must Hold Fast to the Secular State

By Bridget Johnson
A Syrian child in a vehicle looks on in the northern Syrian town of Manbij as civilians go back to their homes on August 14, 2016 more than a week after the Arab-Kurdish alliance, known as the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), pushed the Islamic State (IS) group out of the city. The last remaining IS fighters abandoned the city of Manbij near the Turkish border on August 12, 2016 after a rout the Pentagon said showed the extremists were "on the ropes". The retreat from the city which IS captured in 2014 was the jihadists' worst defeat yet at the hands of the SDF backed by US air power.

Islamic State Securing Bloody Future With Army of ‘Cubs’

By Bridget Johnson
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.

No, Obama Is Not the Founder of ISIS

By John R. Schindler
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