A Swedish city is considering giving jihadists returning from Syria and Iraq free housing, a driver’s license, and tax benefits to ease their reintegration, but social media users have slammed the proposal, saying it ignores the terrorists’ victims. The support for extremists was proposed by Anna Sjöstrand, a municipal coordinator against violent extremism in the city of Lund in southern Sweden. “There... 

In extraordinary comments that have gone virtually unnoticed by the media, U.S. State Department (DOS) spokesman John Kirby threatened Moscow with terror attacks in Russian cities (this is a threat to Russia’s civilian population) and even shoot downs of Russian jets if Vladimir Putin continued his fight against ISIS in Syria. “Extremist groups will continue to exploit the vacuums that are... 

The Syrian intelligence possesses an audio recording of conversation between Daesh terrorists and US military prior to the Washington-led coalition’s airstrikes on the government troops near Deir ez-Zor on September 17, the speaker of the People’s Council of Syria said Monday. “The Syrian Army intercepted a conversation between the Americans and Daesh before the air raid on Deir ez-Zor”, Hadiya... 

Refugees fleeing brutal conflict in the Middle East should aspire to return home, the Dalai Lama has said. In an interview with Piers Morgan, the Tibetan Buddhist leader, one of the world’s highest-profile political exiles, said those who have left to escape fighting and disorder in countries like Syria and Libya should focus on bringing peace to their homelands. The plight of hundreds of thousands... 

Henrik & Lana expose IsraAID, an Israeli NGO that is helping migrant boats reach Europe’s shores by waving them in and giving them instructions on where to go. Meanwhile, Israel itself has the lowest refugee admittance rate of any country in the world. Why won’t they help Palestinians or take in these migrants from Syria, the Middle East and North Africa themselves? IsraAID is mostly... 

In an excruciatingly embarrassing exchange with MSNBC anchors, Libertarian Party candidate Gary Johnson asked “What is Aleppo?” when discussing the Syrian refugee crisis. Video of the interview has gone viral with critics saying Johnson is done and must now drop out of the race to save face. Johnson looked absolutely stumped when asked “What would you do about Aleppo?” by Panelist Mike Barnicle. “You’re... 

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton knew that the US was sending arms from Libya to Syria back in 2011, a year before the Benghazi consulate attacks. Hillary Clinton denied she knew about the weapons shipments during public testimony (under oath) in early 2013 after the Benghazi terrorist attack. Senator Rand Paul questioned Hillary Clinton about this gun running program back in January 2013 during... 

US and coalition airstrikes against the northern Syrian villages of Tokhar and Hoshariyeh have killed at least 56 civilians, including 11 children, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Other groups claimed the civilian toll was as high as 200. The villages are ISIS-held villages near the city of Manbij, which US-backed rebels are attacking. This civilian toll comes less than 24 hours... 

Islamic State militants have downed a military helicopter near Palmyra, Syria, killing two Russian pilots on board. The helicopter had been attacking the advancing terrorists at Damascus’ request when it was taken down, according to the Russian defense ministry. “On July 8, Russian military pilot-instructors Evgeny Dolgin and Ryafagat Khabibulin, were conducting a calibration flight on a Syrian... 

Signs emerge that Washington is trying to convince the US public of the necessity of exercising a more muscular policy in Syria. John Kerry has been for years advocating military actions against the Syrian government, Gareth Porter notes, adding that Kerry’s views on Syria are strikingly similar to those expressed in the recent “dissent memo.” The recent diplomatic memo by US State... 

A new Security Council (SC) report circulating in the Kremlin today states that Hillary Clinton’s latest push for war has brought the world to the brink because Federation-US tensions are so high, even the smallest spark could erupt into full scale war with virtually no advanced notice. According to this report, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s latest machinations for war began last... 

We topple governments in the Middle East that we don’t like and we encourage movements that will help us in this – regardless of how dangerous these allies are, Karen Kwiatkowsky, retired US Air Force officer, told RT. The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, led by Kurdish groups, have entered the town of Manbij after they surrounded ISIS militants there. But at the same time dozens of US... 

Advocates of illegal military intervention in Syria to force out Bashar al-Assad signed an internal memo protesting the current Obama administration policy according to a report posted by The Wall Street Journal. “We are aware of a dissent channel cable written by a group of State Department employees regarding the situation in Syria. We are reviewing the cable now, which came up very recently,”... 

Belgian and French security forces have received an anti-terror alert about a group of Islamic State fighters who recently left Syria and are heading to Europe, disguised as refugees. They are allegedly planning attacks in Belgium and France, according to security sources cited by Reuters and AP. The Belgian crisis center has said the alert was sent to all police forces in the country. However, there... 

Russia’s defense ministry released a video of Su-34 bombers destroying an Islamic State oil-refining plant near the Syrian city of Ras al-Ayn on the border with Turkey, as Russia intensifies airstrikes on the terrorists’ oil smuggling routes. The video released on Thursday shows Russian jets hitting oil reservoirs located on territory under Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) control. “Strikes...