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Actor turned anti-ISIS fighter Michael Enright: ‘I don’t care about being famous’

Enright holding up an ISIS propaganda on rules for women’s dress taken down from a liberated village. Enright with two female fighters from the YPG, one who was reportedly killed in action last month. PreviousNext It reads like a Hollywood…

ISIS’ latest executions show risk faced by caliphate’s secret resistance

The pair were executed after confessing they were “spying,” ISIS’ term for telling the world what goes on inside the caliphate. (Screengrab) The two men killed in the latest execution video from ISIS likely were among a handful of activists…

UN agency food aid vouchers in Syrian crisis diverted and sold for cash

A Syrian refugee removes water and mud around his UN-supplied tent, at Zaatari Syrian refugee camp, near the Syrian border in Mafraq, Jordan. (AP Photo/Mohammad Hannon) EXCLUSIVE: A World Food Program initiative that handed out hundreds of millions of dollars…

Obama Is Surrendering The Middle East To Terrorists

In his commencement address at West Point last week, President Obama got one thing right: “For the foreseeable future, the most direct threat to America at home and abroad remains terrorism.” I agree. While I have said and written many…

Lebanon’s presidency goes unfilled as Christian infighting threatens stability

When Lebanese President Michel Sleiman stepped down last month, it created a vacuum in Lebanon’s government. (AP) When Lebanese President Michel Sleiman’s term ended on May 25, he left a vacuum that some fear could further erode the influence of…