Middle East cities are hit by highest temperatures ever with many seeing temperatures above 122F (50C) every day last week Baghdad, Iraq, recorded its highest temperatures this week at 125F (51.7C) Basra, also in Iraq, hit 127.4F (53C) on Monday and Tuesday Records are also falling in Damascus in Syria, which hit 114.8F (46C) on Wednesday … Read more
Dominic Cummings is held hostage by the SAS… but Boris Johnson needn’t panic, it was only a show at the regiment’s base PM’s chief adviser underwent the experience last week during a tour of the base Involved trip to ‘Killing House’ where the elite soldiers train to tackle terrorists Cummings also visited the neighbouring Pontrilas … Read more
An ISIS ‘Beatle’ has for the first time admitted to abusing US hostage James Foley in an ISIS prison alongside ‘scared’ Kayla Mueller. Alexanda Kotey and El Shafee Elsheikh, who are both in U.S. military custody in Iraq, have given new details about the captivity of Western hostages in Syria, in interview tapes obtained by NBC … Read more
The parents of Kayla Mueller have told DailyMail.com that it’s ‘not easy’ learning that two ISIS ‘Beatles’ held in connection with their daughter’s capture in Syria have finally admitted their involvement in her brutal torture and death. American aid worker Kayla was captured and held hostage in Syria, where she was sexually abused and tortured … Read more
Two of the ISIS ‘Beatles’ have finally admitted their involvement in holding American aid worker Kayla Mueller hostage in Syria, where she was sexually abused and tortured before her death in 2015. Alexanda Kotey and El Shafee Elsheikh, who are both in U.S. military custody in Iraq, had previously denied ever meeting Mueller, but in … Read more
CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews last night’s TV: Apocalypse Iraq – how the hell of war turned Nate to the dark side By Christopher Stevens for the Daily Mail Published: 02:10 BST, 21 July 2020 | Updated: 06:57 BST, 21 July 2020 Once Upon A Time In Iraq Rating: Being Beethoven Rating: One leg bouncing on the … Read more
SAS snipers target British jihadis’ cave hideaways in Iraq leaving 100 Islamic State killers dead in a ‘secret war’ Elite SAS troops track down ISIS killers to their hideouts and then take them out At least 100 fighters are killed in a ‘secret war’ to crush Islamic State resurgence Sources confirm there have been at … Read more
Sadiq Khan today declared that the Government should not stand in the way of Shamima Begum returning to Britain to fight for her UK passport accusing them of trying to ‘sub-contract justice to another country’. The Mayor of London does not agree with the Home Office’s decision to challenge the Court of Appeal ruling allowing Begum … Read more
Facebook has banned the sale of all ancient artefacts amid fears that items looted from Iraq and Syria are being traded on its platforms. The move — a tightening of previous rules that only covered stolen artefacts — followed a campaign by academics and a BBC News exposé of illicit sales. The changes were announced as … Read more
Shamima Begum and other jihadis jailed in the Middle East ‘should be allowed BACK to their homelands in a bid to break the cycle of extremism’, says report Soufan Centre has claimed homegrown extremists pose greater threat to national security than UK jihadists jailed in the Middle East Ex-FBI agent has called for repatriation of … Read more