A senior commander of Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, the armed wing of the ruling Fatah faction, was killed on Saturday in the Balata refugee camp, near Nablus. Palestinian sources said that the man, Hatem Abu Rizek, 35, was affiliated with deposed Fatah operative Mohammed Dahlan, a powerful archrival of Palestinian Authority …

The controversy in France surrounding the publication of several cartoons lampooning the Prophet Muhammad continues to escalate. There is growing concern about reciprocal radicalization, as tit-for-tat violence further amplifies discord throughout the country.

One year ago today, U.S. Special Operations Forces hunted down ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who died after detonating a suicide vest. Core ISIS still has access to hundreds of millions of dollars and maintains connections to middlemen and front companies across the Middle East.