Indonesia president says Islamic State ’embarrassing’ Muslims: The president of the world’s most populous Muslim-majority country, Indonesia, has called the actions of Islamic State militants “embarrassing” to the religion and urged Islamic leaders to unite in tackling extremism. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said the scale of the
UK PM Warns of terror state on Europe’s doorstep: David Cameron has warned that if the Islamic State’s onslaught continues Europe will be facing a “poisonous” terrorist state on the shores of the Mediterranean. The Prime Minister said urgent action needs to be taken to defeat the extremist
Australian PM appalled at decapitated head photo: A shocking image of what is believed to be the young son of an Australian man holding a decapitated head in Syria shows how barbaric the Islamic State “terrorist army” is, Prime Minister Tony Abbott said Monday. Abbott
Syria’s Military: Last Man Standing? – by Florence Gaub: Not long ago, every defection from Syria’s armed forces was hailed as yet another sign that the country’s military was about to collapse—and with it, the regime as a whole. In a dramatic public countdown, Al Jazeera installed
Could ISIS retaliate against the West? – by Paul Cruickshank: The U.S. air strikes carried out Friday against ISIS are likely to have one unintended consequence: immediately increase the terrorist threat in Europe and the United States, Western counter-terrorism officials tell CNN. Within hours of U.S. military jets and
Holy War Arrives in Germany – by Soeren Kern: “Never before have the sympathizers of Islamic terror appeared so openly in Germany.” — Editorial, Westfalen-Blatt. “Anyone who thought the civil war in Syria or the barbarity of the Islamic State in Iraq does not affect us, you are