'I know that like the Jewish people, we have always survived. These experiences inspire us to hold onto our culture and identity,' Yazidi refugee Nadia Murad said at the Knesset.
Keramlis, a Christian town on the Nineveh Plains in northern Iraq, fell to ISIS in August 2014, sending its inhabitants fleeing. The town was retaken by Iraq forces three weeks ago as part of the push for Mosul, but most of its homes were destroyed in the process.
In a bid to land a seat on the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), the Iraqi government is touting thousands of years of Jewish life in its country, ignoring the destruction of Iraqi Jewry during the course of the Arab-Israeli conflict.
Haidar Sabi blamed the Arab focus on the Palestinian issue as one of the main reasons for the destruction of Iraq and concluded that Iraqis must begin to put themselves first, and focus on rebuilding their identity and their country.
The indigenous Christian population in the Middle East has been largely decimated by Islamic forces sweeping through the region, leaving them in a precarious situation as Israel has become the only safe country for Christians in the Middle East.
The Commission of Inquiry on Syria issued its first report last week in which it accused ISIS of crimes against humanity. The UN estimates that some 5,000 Yazidi men were killed by ISIS terrorists and thousands more people, mostly women and children, were taken into captivity.
After releasing a video purporting to show fighters blowing up a 2,500-year-old temple in Iraq, ISIS terrorists have threatened to destroy the Egyptian pyramids.
The Farhud in Baghdad, Iraq was a pogrom, or "violent dispossession" carried out against the Jewish community on the Jewish holiday of Shavuot, June 1 and 2, 1941.
As part of its war on ISIS, the US has now adopted Israel's tactic of preventing civilian casualties by sending a "knock on the roof" warning - a small explosive meant to encourage civilians to leave the area before a real bomb is used.
In its first deployment in the Middle East since Operation Desert Storm 26 years ago, the B-52 will contribute its awesome firepower in the war to decimate ISIS.
Efforts by the US-led coalition to hit ISIS in its pocket by destroying cash warehouses appears to be taking some effect, and though this may weaken ISIS, experts believe this is not exactly a death-blow to the terror organization.
ISIS terrorists are not scared of the British or the Americans. They are intimidated only by the IDF, according to a journalist who interviewed the terrorists.
The IAEA voted down an Arab-Iranian proposal to force nuclear inspections of Israel. Nuclear ambiguity an important part of Israel's national self-defense.
Gill Rosenberg, who served in the IDF and then fought on behalf of the oppressed Kurds in Syria and Iraq, has returned to the region to help free Yazidi women.
Gill Rosenberg, who served in the IDF and then fought on behalf of the oppressed Kurds in Syria and Iraq, has returned to the region to help free Yazidi women.
The US Army achieved a significant victory in its war on ISIS last week when it killed Fadhil Ahmad al-Hayali, senior deputy to ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
This information complicates the narrative pushed by the Obama administration that Tehran and Washington share mutual regional interests in defeating ISIS.
As the US marks a year since its first airstrikes against ISIS, the Islamic terror group advanced towards a Syrian town, causing hundreds of Christians to flee.
An uncovered Islamic State document reveals the terror group's nefarious plans to whip up a global conflict, conquer the world and establish a caliphate.
An ISIS video showed a boy beheading a Syrian soldier under an adult terrorist's supervision. Another showed 25 children unflinchingly shooting 25 captured Syrians.
Israeli-Canadian Gill Rosenberg returned to Israel after fighting with the Kurds against ISIS in Syria and Iraq. She plans to be an advocate for Iraqi minorities.
With a growing number of Americans being influenced by ISIS due to social media and other campaigns, terrorist threats on US soil are real and have become the FBI's top priority.
This article recounts life under the harsh reign of Islamic State (ISIS) terror organization in Syria and Iraq, as provided by many survivors who have lived to share their harrowing experience.
The Islamic State terror group’s offensive in Iraq is now threatening to take the northern Iraqi village of Al Qosh, which is home to an ancient Jewish synagogue that contains the tomb of the Prophet Nahum the Elkoshite.
Jewish organizations convened at the UN to declare June 1st “International Farhud Day” in commemoration of the WWII-era pogrom against the Jews of Baghdad.
Islamic State terrorists reportedly blew up a church in northeastern Syria on Easter Sunday – the latest in a series of attacks by ISIS on Christian targets.
If its back is against the wall, Israel will take any action necessary to defend itself, Israel's minister of Strategic Affairs and Intelligence affirmed.