Iraq
Massive security deployment around Baghdad ‘green zone’: officials
Monthly Archives: August 2014
Hamas
Gaza conflict: New three-day ceasefire begins
Afghanistan
A suicide bomber killed four civilians in an attack that targeted an ISAF convoy in Kabul. ISAF reportedly killed 21 Taliban fighters in an airstrike in Marja in Helmand province. The Pakistani military killed two civilians in a a missile attack in Kunar.
Syria
The Islamic State clashed with regime forces near the military airport of Al Tabaqa in Raqqah; as well as in Homs, Quneitra, and in Deir Izzour, where the IS executed six men, including two who were beheaded. The Al Nusrah Front and the Islamic Front battled regime forces in the Om Al Sharashih area of […]
Yemen
Yesterday, US drones killed three suspected al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters in a strike in the Wadi Abida area of Marib. AQAP launched attacks against government buildings in Lahj; an intelligence official was gunned down in Huta.
US airstrikes against Islamic State continue in northern Iraq
The US launched four airstrikes on Aug. 9 and five more on Aug. 10 against the Islamic State in the Sinjar area, where the Yazidi minority is facing a humanitarian crisis, and near Irbil.
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
Fighters abandoning al Qaeda affiliates to join Islamic State, US officials say
Iraq
US air support helps Kurdish forces expel Islamic State fighters from two Iraqi towns
Iraq
Exclusive: Iraq says Islamic State killed 500 Yazidis, buried some victims alive
Libya
Chief of Staff Abdulati Al-Obeidi told Parliament that the Libyan Army is close to collapsing and that he cannot control of it. Despite calls from Parliament and the UN for a ceasefire, clashes between Islamist and government-allied militias continued in Tripoli and Benghazi. Several staff members of a Libyan TV station recently taken over by […]
United Kingom
The Prime Minister’s office said the UK would step up its delivery of humanitarian aid to Iraqis threatened by the Islamic State and it wants to increase the number of UK “humanitarian advisers” in Iraq. Portsmouth resident Muhammad Hamidur Rahman, 25, is said to have been killed fighting for the Islamic State in Syria.
Al Qaeda in Iraq
As ISIS Militants Exert Their Control, US Pursues a Military Middle Road
Hamas
Hamas threatens major escalation in rocket strikes on Israel
Syria
The Islamic State carried out a suicide car bombing at a tribal checkpoint, and clashed with tribal gunmen and regime forces in Deir Izzour; and arrested Islamic Front fighters accused of stealing electricity in Aleppo. The Al Nusrah Front and the Islamic Front battled regime forces in Hama near Morek, and also clashed with regime […]
Iraq
Iraq Kurds say oil production unaffected by ISIL incursion
Al Qassam Brigades
Hamas everywhere but nowhere in Gaza war
Turkey
Defense Minister Yılmaz said Turkey has not provided any support to the US in its air campaign against the Islamic State in Iraq, noting that the Islamic State still holds captive 49 Turks from Turkey’s Mosul consulate. Turkey is planning to set up a second refugee camp inside Iraq for Turkmen fleeing the Islamic State; […]
Iraq
Kurdish pleas for US weapons may finally be heard
Jordan
Jordan denied Iraqi press reports that its territory is being used by US forces to target the Islamic State in Iraq. Over 15,000 Muslim Brotherhood supporters demonstrated in Amman against the Israeli campaign in Gaza; many of the protesters shouted “Death to Israel,” and some wore the uniform of Hamas’ military wing, the Al Qassam […]
Lebanon
Lebanese villagers near Kfar Qouq reportedly forced Islamist fighters back across the border into Syria after an armed clash with them. Gunmen ambushed Lebanese politician and Naharnet editor Naufal Daou in the Bekaa Valley town of al-Tibeh, opening fire on his car, but he managed to escape. Security forces arrested seven people from a Syrian […]
India
US urges India to step up as regional power
Egypt
In a final ruling, a court dissolved the Muslim Brotherhood’s political wing, the Freedom and Justice Party. The Muslim Brotherhood itself was banned in September. The military claimed to have killed 60 “extremists” and arrested 102 suspects in security operations in North Sinai, and to have found 17 tunnels in Rafah supplied with arms and […]
Iraq
Videos show US airstrikes targeting ISIS in north Iraq
Iraq
US aids displaced Iraqis as airstrikes help Kurds
Iraq
ISIS persecution of Iraqi Christians has become genocide, say religious leaders
CENTCOM videos show airstrikes on Islamic State artillery, convoy
A towed artillery piece and two vehicles with about a dozen fighters are shown being struck by US aircraft.
Iraq
Obama: Iraq air strikes and aid drops will prevent ‘act of genocide’
Hamas
Airstrikes, rocket launches continue after Gaza truce crumbles
United States
President Obama said the US military intervention against the Islamic State in Iraq will not be over in “weeks” as it is a “long-term project.” He said that once an inclusive Iraqi government is formed, the US military, in conjunction with Iraqi and Kurdish fighters, will be able to “engage in some offense,” not just […]
Iraq
Obama Says Iraq Airstrike Effort Could Be ‘Long Term’