Terrorism

  How can we grasp the psychology of the Paris terrorists? In Witness, first published in 1952, Whittaker Chambers, a Communist who became a Christian, explained what was behind the biggest 20th century threat: “Communism makes some profound appeal to the human mind. You will

What is the grand, take away lesson from yesterday’s jihadi/terrorist attack in Paris, that left 129 dead and hundreds injured? Is it a result of the mass influx of Muslim migrants into Europe—including Islamic State operatives? Is it yet another reflection ofIslam’s unwavering Rule of

(CNN)As buildings lit up in the colors of the French flag, and the 129 people killed in Paris on Friday filled headlines, many people in Beirut felt the West — and its news media — had forsaken them. A day before the French attacks, two

Cardinal André Vignt-Trois of Paris Our city of Paris, our country were hit last night with a particular savagery and intensity. After the attacks of January, after the attack in Beirut this week and many others throughout the past months, including Nigeria and other African countries, our

Abdelhamid Abaaoud, named by a French official as the suspected mastermind behind the attacks that killed 132 people in Paris on Friday, is “one of the most active” Islamic State executioners in Syria, according to French radio station RTL. The 27-year-old Belgian is believed to be

The terrorist attacks in Paris have come at a supremely sensitive time in French politics, just three weeks before regional elections in which the far right is tipped to make historic gains. It may be “just a local vote”, political analyst Madani Cheurfa told the

  Thousands of women took to the streets of Kabul in Afghanistan as a sign of protest for the recent killings of 7 civilian victims who were residents of Zabul. The 7 victims included two woman, two boys, and a young girl who was just nine

If, as seems almost certain, the explosion that brought down a Russian passenger jet over Egypt’s Sinai peninsula was caused by a bomb, the finding will also announce the arrival of the likeliest culprit, ISIS, as the world’s first all-purpose terror organization. Bringing down a

In the past several weeks Palestinians have been attacking Israelis in the streets with knives. While John Kerry flies around the world trying ineffectually to calm the situation, and Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas calls for the blood of the Israelis, a provocation of continued violence is coming from a new