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Airstrikes, rocket launches continue after Gaza truce crumbles
Airstrikes, rocket launches continue after Gaza truce crumbles
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 […]
Obama Says Iraq Airstrike Effort Could Be ‘Long Term’
The strike took place in the al Qaeda stronghold of Wadi Abida. In eastern Yemen, the military and AQAP have been battling for control of Hadramout province.
President Hollande’s office said France would soon beginning delivering first aid supplies to civilian victims of the Islamic State in Iraq. A French diplomatic source yesterday said France might offer technical support to Kurdistan forces but not military assistance.
US continues airstrikes on northern Iraq
US Military Aircraft Drop Food, Water to Iraqis for Second Night
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Turkey downplays Islamic State threat, but concerns grow
Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, ISIS and Hezbollah
Israel strikes Gaza after militants resume rocket fire
The US military launched airstrikes against Islamic State convoys and mortar positions near Irbil. President Obama authorized airstrikes against the Islamic State if the group threatened the Kurdish capital or impeded humanitarian operations in the Sinjar Mountains. The Iraqi military claimed it killed 13 Islamic State fighters near Baqubah.
The Islamic State clashed with regime forces in Hasakah; in Deir Izzour, where regime aircraft dropped flyers congratulating tribes who are battling the Islamic State; and in Raqqah, where the IS is preparing to storm the Al Tabaqa military airport. The Al Nusrah Front clashed with the Islamic Front in Hama near Morek; and was […]
Residents began returning to Arsal, and security was stepped up in the town, after Islamist militants withdrew following a ceasefire. Reports said that the Al Nusrah Front militants left town and the Islamic State militants crossed over into Syria. The militants are said to be holding at least 35 Lebanese security forces as hostages, divided […]
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters kidnapped 14 soldiers who were traveling on a bus from Hadramout to Sana’a, and executed them. The military sent reinforcements to the town of Qatn in Hadramout after heavy fighting in the area. AQAP threatened to “punish” prosecuters and other legal officials who rule against the group.
US expands airstrikes against Islamic State militants in northern Iraq
The Interior Ministry announced the arrest of 21 people belonging to five armed groups linked to Ansar al Sharia, after raids in Tunis, Soukra, Dar Fadhal, Raoued, and Kram. The suspects were allegedly planning attacks, including “bombing of civil security and military targets,” on politicians, security officials, journalists, and “sensitive sites” in Tunis. Security forces […]
Libya crumbles as the United States looks the other way
ISIS targets Maghreb youths
Operation Dignity forces claimed to have killed 70 Islamist fighters from Ansar al Sharia and the Benghazi Revolutionaries Shoura Council with airstrikes as they advanced towards Benina airbase, and to have captured 17 more. Islamist Misratan fighters reportedly retook Camp 27 outside Tripoli yesterday. Clashes spread from Tripoli west towards Zawiya, the site of a […]
US bombs Islamic State after Obama call to prevent Iraq ‘genocide’
US Planes Start Airstrikes on Iraq Militants
Interview with Israel’s US ambassador on Gaza conflict
US allies pledge support for Iraq, but no military action
US launches airstrikes in northern Iraq
Najaf takes in Christians displaced by Islamic State
Bahrain bans three clerics from preaching; opposition condemns move
British authorities said RAF planes will soon begin dropping food rations to Iraqi refugees threatened by the Islamic State; they also indicated that the UK will support the US with surveillance and refueling in its planned airstrikes on the militants in Iraq. The Prime Minister’s office said the UK is not planning a military intervention […]
Antisemitism on rise across Europe ‘in worst times since the Nazis’
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