Secretary of State John Kerry appeared to justify the terror attacks earlier this year on the satirical French magazine Charlie Hebdo during remarks in Paris Tuesday, saying that there was a “rationale” behind the murders of 11 cartoonists and journalists. Kerry contrasted that massacre with the recent wave of terror attacks last week,...

The Obama administration’s failure to stop a sanctioned Iranian airline from sending weapons and personnel to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in Syria reflects a loss of American leverage, Emanuele Ottolenghi, a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, wrote Monday in an analysis published at The Hill....

The increased attention ISIS is receiving in the wake of Friday’s deadly terror attacks in Paris is “taking the pressure off the Syrian regime right at the moment when pressure might have been effective,” Josh Rogin wrote Sunday on Bloomberg View. ISIS was able to establish itself in Syria due...

Facing tough questions from the media about his administration’s handling of the threat from ISIS, President Barack Obama dismissed criticism of his strategy and insisted that his approach to the threats was correct, CBS reported Monday. At a press conference at the conclusion of the G-20 summit of world leaders, Mr. Obama...

Israel’s security cabinet declared the Hamas-affiliated northern branch of the Islamic Movement an illegal organization late Monday night, The Jerusalem Post reported. Israel has resolved to outlaw a domestic Islamist movement with ties to Hamas and the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood, according to a press release distributed early Tuesday morning by...

Four Israeli pioneers in their fields are included on this year’s MIT Technology Review list — 35 Innovators Under 35. The annual honor roll pays tribute to young people who are revolutionizing the next generation of technological breakthroughs. Gilad Evrony, 33, is honored as a pioneer for his out-of-the-box brain...

Iran’s determination to prevent ISIS from encroaching on Shi’ite-dominated areas of Iraq, or parts of Syria held by the forces of Iran-allied dictator Bashar al-Assad, will allow it to gain regional influence and global respect, Reuel Marc Gerecht, a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, and Ray Takeyh, a senior...

The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) released a new propaganda video praising Friday’s deadly terror attacks in Paris and threatening to similarly “strike” Washington D.C., NBC reported Monday. An NBC News broadcast with images from the ISIS video is embedded below. ISIS has released propaganda videos celebrating the...

French President Francois Hollande declared a state of war against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) before a rare joint session of parliament on Monday, shortly after French authorities carried out 168 raids during a massive manhunt for the terrorists behind Friday’s deadly attacks in Paris. Hollande, only...

An op-ed published in the official Palestinian Authority newspaper, Al-Hayat al-Jadida, accused Israel’s intelligence agency, the Mossad, of orchestrating Friday’s terror attacks in Paris and equated Israel with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), The Times of Israel reported on Sunday. “It is not a coincidence that human blood...