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The self-styled Muslim cleric at the center of the Sydney siege is eccentric and extreme, but apparently not affiliated with ISIS, according to multiple Australian outlets.
Read MoreAnalysts and U.S. officials now view the chances of Syrian rebels unseating President Bashar al-Assad increasingly slim.
Read MoreThe committee overseeing the federal government’s “Twitter war” against terrorist propaganda admitted on Thursday that despite nearly $1.3 billion dollars in annual programming, it cannot measure the success of those efforts.
Read MoreEgyptians and foreigners alike criticized a crackdown on gays in a country where homosexuality is legal, following a raid on a public bathhouse in Cairo.
Read MoreMiddle Eastern social media users responded with vehemence on Tuesday to the Senate’s report on CIA interrogation practices, calling America “barbaric” and protesting their own governments’ complicity.
Read MoreSyrian Islamists accused America of “political floundering” and Hamas called Secretary of State John Kerry “delusional” after he suggested that regional governments were prepared to “make peace with Israel.”
Read MoreProtests over the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner have led to the United States being condemned for racism and oppression in often-oppressive rival countries, including Iran, Russia and China.
Read MoreThe Islamic State terror group put out a call for employment applications this week, as it continues to consolidate its power in Syria and Iraq.
Read MoreEgyptians are outraged over a perceived American admission of guilt in supporting the Muslim Brotherhood, with one of the country’s most prominent newspapers claiming a “closely-held relationship between the Muslim Brotherhood, Turkey, ISIS, and the U.S. Congress,” conspiring to tear Egypt apart.
Read MoreIsrael’s Knesset voted Wednesday to dissolve, kickstarting a period of likely uncertainty and infighting, culminating in elections slated for March 17.
Read MoreHeader photo: inscription in the Alhambra, Spain. Taken by me; all rights reserved.
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