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U.S. GROUND FORCES ENGAGE ISIS - No U.S. casualties reported Watch

Image of U.S. troops firing a 60mm mortar.

U.S. ground forces have finally clashed with the Islamic State in Iraq and defeated them handily, aided by F-18 fighter jets. The clash ... continue reading

SOLD! In a unprecedented move of barbarity, the Islamic State authorizes rape of underage girls Watch

Image of Women captured by the Islamic State are put onto the slave market where they serve as a source of income for the state and as wives for fighters.

The Islamic State has released a new pamphlet that gives instructions on the taking of sex slaves, selling or giving them, and having sex ... continue reading

A world at war: Islamic State, al-Qaeda, Taliban, Boko Haram, united how much destruction could they cause? Watch

Image of Taliban fighters have waged a war of insurgency in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

A study from the BBC and the London-based International Center for the Study of Radicalization (ICSR) has revealed that in November ... continue reading

Islamic State BEHEADS four CHRISTIAN CHILDREN when they refused to renounce Christ and convert to ISLAM Watch

Image of A man breaks down in tears. Millions of men across the Middle East, from Israel and Palestine, to Syria and Iraq, know nothing but sorrow as conflict rages across the region, consuming their children.

Islamic State terrorists have beheaded four children who refused to convert to Islam according to the British Vicar of Baghdad, Canon ... continue reading

Bad move: Netanyah's re-election plan may lead to political suicide Watch

Image of Israel's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, may have just committed political suicide by calling for March elections.

A new survey from the Jerusalem Post has found that a large majority of the Israeli population does not want Benjamin Netanyahu to be ... continue reading

World War? The King of Jordan says the Islamic State is steering the world to it Watch

Image of King Abdullah of Jordan is warning that the world is on the brink of another world war, and the Islamic State is likely to cause it.

King Abdullah of Jordan is a large critic of the actions of the Islamic State and other terrorist groups, and while in the United States ... continue reading

Christian CHILDREN sold as sex slaves for as little as $40 in Islamic State slave markets Watch

Image of Christian women are enslaved to work in brothels and in homes as domestic servants.

Christians are being sold into slavery for as little as $40 and used as sex slaves and domestic laborers by the Islamic State. The shocking ... continue reading

Gates of Hell Shake as Prophetic Pope Seeks the Blessing of a Humble Patriarch Watch

Image of I pray that this prophetic action of Pope Francis - humbly seeking the blessing of Patriarch Bartholomew - hastens the healing of the divisions which separate the Church of Jesus Christ. I believe it shook the gates of hell. May it now release the power of the Holy Spirit and unleash a new missionary age of the Church.

At the end of the Divine Liturgy, Pope Francis and Patriarch Bartholomew embraced one another as brothers, and friends. Then, the ... continue reading

FOOD AID FOR CHRISTIANS CUT OFF - 1.7 million in jeopardy as UN and USA halt food shipments to Middle East Watch

Image of Caught in a crisis not of their making, children are the first to suffer in famine. Food aid has been cut off by the UN in an unprecedented decision because governments have not kept their pledges.

Due to a failure of the international community, a massive, unprecedented humanitarian crisis looms over the Middle East. The UN World Food ... continue reading

Another American is going to be executed by terrorists! Obama refuses to act Watch

Image of Al-Qaeda has claimed it will kill Luke Somers, an American journalist who was captured in Yemen in 2013.

Another American citizen may be executed in the Middle East, Site Intelligence Group, a terrorist monitoring firm, reported. LOS ANGELES, ... continue reading

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