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Lebanese support ISIS airstrikes: survey
Tag Archives: Iraq
Al Nusrah Front
Latest Islamic State horror masks a week of defeats
Iraq
Iraq and US Find Some Potential Sunni Allies Have Already Been Lost
Islamic State releases new execution video, purportedly kills American
The Islamic State has released a new execution video highlighting the mass beheadings of Syrian soldiers captured by the group. An Islamic State executioner also claims to have killed Peter Kassig, an American who was kidnapped in Syria late last year.
Al Nusrah Front
ISIS tightens up its entry requirements
Iraq
Yazidi Girls Seized by ISIS Speak Out After Escape
Iraq
Can Islamic State keep control of Mosul?
Canada
IS ‘Changing Tactics’ In Iraq, Making Militants Harder To Strike
Islamic State
Tajikistan’s ‘Jihadist’ Village On The Defensive
Iraq
Islamic State: Diary of life in Mosul
Iraqi forces, Iranian-supported militias report success in Baiji
The League of the Righteous, a Shiite militia that is responsible for killing hundreds of US soldiers in Iraq between 2006-2011, helped Iraqi forces take control of Baiji. The US provided air support.
France
The Lost Children: France Takes Stock of Growing Jihadist Problem
Islamic State leader claims ‘caliphate’ has expanded in new audio message
The Islamic State has released a new audio message from its leader, Abu Bakr al Baghdadi, who claims the group has expanded its “caliphate” into Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Saudi Arabia, and Yemen.
Canada
Iraq’s Kurds appeal for new US arms to combat Islamic State
Iraq
The Iraqi government dismissed 26 senior military commanders and retired 10 more. Security forces killed 16 Islamic State fighters north of Ramadi and 19 more north of Tikrit. Three people were killed in a bombing in Baghdad. The US launched seven airstrikes near Baiji and Tikrit against the Islamic State over the past three days.
Islamic State
UAE emerges as quiet, potent US ally
Al Qaeda
How a talented footballer became world’s most wanted man, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
Iraq
Iraqi defense minister claims Baghdadi injured, deputy killed in anti-ISIS airstrikes
Iraq
Effort to arm Sunni tribes in Iraq against Islamic State faces hurdles
Iran
Congress lays groundwork for stepped-up US presence in Iraq
Al Nusrah Front
Obstacles Limit Targets and Pace of Strikes on ISIS
Iraq
Iraqi military reach Baiji; Baghdadi’s fate unclear
Iraq
US air strikes target Islamic State convoy in Iraq
Iraq
US-led airstrikes target Islamic State leaders in Iraq: report
Iraq
Central Command general to ISIS: We can hear you
Iraq
The Iraqi military claimed it killed 38 Islamic State fighters in Mahasna, 12 fighters in Jurf al Sakhar, and 12 more in Baiji. The Islamic State killed a senior police official in Tikrit. The US launched six airstrikes against the islamic State near Fallujah, Ramadi, Haditha, and Baiji. President Obama will send an additional 1,500 […]
Iraq
Peshmergas blunt, don’t break, Islamic State siege of Syria’s Kobane
Iraq
Iraq’s top cleric says graft in army helped Islamic State
Iraq
The Iraqi military claimed it killed 105 Islamic State fighters during operations in Baiji, Baghdad, and Tikrit. The Islamic State killed six Awakening fighters north of Abu Ghraib.
Al Nusrah Front tweets photos allegedly showing aftermath of coalition airstrikes
The Al Nusrah Front, al Qaeda’s official branch in Syria, has tweeted a series of photos purportedly showing the aftermath of the US-led coalition’s airstrikes in Idlib. Prior to today, the coalition had not announced any airstrikes against Al Nusrah since the first day of the bombing campaign in Syria.