Leo Correa / APCommentary 'The Situation Is Dire': 'Urgent Help' Requested for Christians in Syria as Nation Descends Into Chaos "They are the same militants that beheaded women and children, just rebranded with new names," one Christian activist said. By C. Douglas Golden December 12, 2024
@prwhittle / X Screen ShotCommentary Media Portrayed Boy as Quiet, Christian, Choir Boy - Now He's Accused of Islamist Terror Plotting "The government and authorities told us for months they were not treating this as a terrorist incident," a member of the opposition said. By C. Douglas Golden November 1, 2024
Farah Abdi Warsameh / AP Islamic Militants Kill and Capture Occupants of UN Aircraft That Was Forced to Make Emergency Landing Fighters with the al-Qaida affiliate al-Shabab attacked a UN helicopter in Somalia, killing one passenger and abducting five others. By The Associated Press January 10, 2024
Andrew Medichini / AP Once-Powerful Official, the First-Ever Cardinal to Be Prosecuted in Vatican Criminal Court, Will Learn Fate Today Unlike most defendants, Becciu attended nearly all of the 86 hearings, during which 69 witnesses were heard. By The Associated Press December 15, 2023
@carolrosenberg / Twitter Biden Administration Releases Suspected Al-Qaida Instructor from Guantanamo Bay Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin notified Congress of his intent to repatriate the Guantanamo detainee in February. By Micaela Burrow April 20, 2023
STR / AFP via Getty Images Wife of Missionary Held Hostage by Jihadists Praises God 'For Answering the Prayers of Christians Everywhere' as Release Is Announced Woodke's wife, Els, said in 2021 that her husband's captors had made a multi-million-dollar ransom demand for his release. By The Associated Press March 20, 2023
Reprieve Biden Administration Releases 2 Pakistani Detainees from Guantanamo Bay U.S. military records describe the two as providing little intelligence of value or recanting statements made during interrogations. By The Associated Press February 23, 2023
Alex Brandon / AP file photo Biden Administration Releases Guantanamo Bay Detainee Who Worked for Al-Qaida “This is a historic victory for human rights and the rule of law, but one that took far too long to reach,” one of his lawyers said. By The Associated Press February 2, 2023
@nytimes / Twitter screen shot Biden Administration Releases Alleged Al-Qaida Member from Guantanamo Bay to His Native Country A suspected terrorist linked to al Qaeda's bomb-making facilities in Pakistan, Sufiyan Barhoumi, is now free. By Jack Davis April 3, 2022
Washington Free Beacon / YouTube screen shotCommentary Shameful: Dem AG Said TX Synagogue Attacker Could Be a 'White Supremacist' Without Shred of Evidence Dana Nessel of Michigan theorized 'extremist organizations' and 'domestic terrorism' might be responsible during an MSNBC interview. By C. Douglas Golden January 17, 2022