Terror group shares ideological origins with ISIS; Qatar shelters top Hamas official

Terror group shares ideological origins with ISIS; Qatar shelters top Hamas official

FPI / October 11, 2023 Geostrategy-Direct Following the Hamas terror attacks initiated on Oct. 7 that killed more than 1,000 Israelis, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said: “They are savages. Hamas is ISIS.” “Hamas terrorists bound, burned, and executed children,” Netanyahu said. But is Hamas really ISIS? Dr. Harel Chorev of the Moshe Dayan Center for […]

CENTCOM update: U.S. continues fight against ISIS in face of Iran proxy attacks

CENTCOM update: U.S. continues fight against ISIS in face of Iran proxy attacks

FPI / May 17, 2023 Geostrategy-Direct In April, U.S. Central Command and coalition partners carried out 35 operations against the Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist organization in Iraq and Syria. The operations resulted in 13 ISIS operatives being killed and 28 detained. “These operations showcase our enduring commitment to the lasting defeat of ISIS and the […]

DHS shuts down ISIS plot to turn PPE shortage into terror funding

DHS shuts down ISIS plot to turn PPE shortage into terror funding

FPI / August 17, 2020 By Michael Graham, InsideSources As the demand for PPE surged over the summer and shortages plagued supply lines, international law enforcement agencies and industries alike warned that criminal gangs were exploiting the desperate need for personal protection equipment. Now the U.S. Department of Homeland Security reports that one of the […]

Obese ISIS leader confesses to ‘fatwas’ that led to ‘rape and pillage’ terror wave

Obese ISIS leader confesses to ‘fatwas’ that led to ‘rape and pillage’ terror wave

by WorldTribune Staff, January 28, 2020 A captured Islamic State (ISIS) mufti has confessed to issuing a series of rape-and-pillage “fatwas” that gave the group’s jihadists license to carry out gruesome atrocities while the terrorists controlled Mosul, Iraq’s second-largest city, from 2014 to 2017. Iraqi security forces released photos of ISIS honcho Shifa al-Nima on […]

Impeachment outrage orchestrated by criminal abusers of power

Impeachment outrage orchestrated by criminal abusers of power

Special to WorldTribune.com Commentary by John McNabb The day after Christmas, the Dow Jones Industrial Average reached yet another all-time high. Over 100 Dow Jones highs have been recorded during the three-year Trump Presidency. The Standard & Poors Average also reached an all-time high as did the NASDAQ which closed over 9,000 for the first […]

Turkey’s Erdogan warns NATO allies he will return captured ISIS terrorists

Turkey’s Erdogan warns NATO allies he will return captured ISIS terrorists

by WorldTribune Staff, November 5, 2019 The administration of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has warned its European NATO allies that it is set to send thousands of Islamic State (ISIS) jihadists who were captured in Syria back to their countries of origin. “We are not going to keep them until the end of time,” […]

Who betrayed al-Baghdadi? Israel regards Iran’s Soleimani a higher value target

Who betrayed al-Baghdadi? Israel regards Iran’s Soleimani a higher value target

FPI / October 30, 2019 Geostrategy-Direct.com Some of the key information that led U.S. Special Forces to the hideout of Islamic State (ISIS) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi came from the wife of an al-Baghdadi aide and one of the couriers the ISIS leader paid in order to avoid using mobile phones and computers. U.S. officials […]

Mopping up: U.S.-backed Kurdish forces attack ISIS brain trust; Baghdadi buried at sea

Mopping up: U.S.-backed Kurdish forces attack ISIS brain trust; Baghdadi buried at sea

by WorldTribune Staff, October 29, 2019 In the days following the operation that took out Islamic State (ISIS) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, U.S.-backed Kurdish forces in Syria took aim at the remnants of the terror group’s leadership. The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which provided key assistance which helped U.S. Special Forces track down Baghdadi, said […]

Washington Post headline on al-Baghdadi’s death a global sensation

Washington Post headline on al-Baghdadi’s death a global sensation

by WorldTribune Staff, October 28, 2019 The Washington Post made worldwide news and was lampooned at home for an online obituary which framed Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the brutal Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist organization, as an “austere religious scholar.” Reports had begun circulating late Saturday that a U.S. Special Forces raid in northern […]

Strategist: Al-Baghdadi is dead, but U.S. still lacks strategy for militant Islam

Strategist: Al-Baghdadi is dead, but U.S. still lacks strategy for militant Islam

by WorldTribune Staff, October 28, 2019 What strategic impact will the death of Islamic State (ISIS) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi have on the U.S.’s 18-year war on terror? While indeed it is a win for the U.S., Baghdadi’s death will likely “not have any significant strategic impact in the broader Islamic movement across the globe,” […]

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