Pentagon Confirms U.S. Airstrikes in Somalia

Source. The daily Beast. The U.S. military conducted an airstrike in Somalia on Thursday with the help of the Somalian government, the Pentagon confirmed. According to a spokesman, the operation targeted Hassan Ali Dhoore, a senior leader of al Qaeda-affiliated group al-Shabaab. While the Pentagon has yet to confirm whether […]

Islamic Perspective on Belgium attacks

By Salam Bhatti, NY  – National Catholic Register Daesh (the preferred Arabic name for the group that calls itself the Islamic State) has attacked Turkey five times since October, leaving nearly 200 dead and hundreds injured. In the recent Brussels attack, Daesh killed dozens and injured many more. The loss […]

Meet the Iraqi Refugees Who Are Going Back to Iraq

Source: Time ByRebecca Collard/Erbil, Iraq For the Doski family, the arrival to northern Iraq’s Erbil International Airport last week was bittersweet. Fayez Al Doski waited with his wife and two children as immigration officers went over the one-way travel documents issued to them by the Iraqi embassy in Germany. Like […]

A Terror Attack, Then Far Right Moves In

Source: The New York Times By BEN C. SOLOMON, TAIGE JENSEN, STEFANIA ROUSSELLE and LESLYE DAVIS MARSEILLE, France — In the United States and Europe, mainstream political parties find themselves besieged. Two-party systems that were once stable are under new pressure, fracturing and creating openings for populists on the extremes, […]