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Military chiefs: Islamic State has ‘tactical momentum’
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Iraq
Serious disagreements remain in US-led coalition battling the Islamic State
Iraq
The Secret Casualties of Iraq’s Abandoned Chemical Weapons
Iraq
Gruesome photos may show ISIS using chemical weapons on Kurds, report says
Islamic State suicide bomber kills Badr militia leader in Baghdad
The increased violence inside the capital is the result of the Islamic State’s success in implementing its Baghdad Belts strategy.
Iraq
The Islamic State killed Ahmed al Khafaji, a member of parliament as well as a senior commander in the Shiite Badr militia, and 20 other people in a suicide attack in Baghdad, and 2 “volunteers” south of Tikrit. Eight Islamic State fighters and two Iraqi soldiers were killed during a clash at a military base […]
Iran
Iraq’s Shia militias kill Sunni civilians in retaliation against ISIS, Amnesty says
Iraq
Turkish jets bomb Kurdish PKK rebels near Iraq
Iraq
IS jihadists boast of enslaving Yazidis
Iraq
The Islamic State killed four policemen and a militia fighter in attacks in Samarra. Security forces claimed to have killed “dozens” of Islamic State fighters in Jurf al Sakhar.
Iraq
Iraq crisis: 180,000 flee IS advance in Anbar, UN says
Iraq
Turkish sources deny giving Washington the use of bases to fight Islamic State
Iraq
Turkey opens its bases for US and coalition forces in fight against ISIS
Iraq
The Islamic State killed 25 people in a triple suicide attack north of Baqubah, six Iraqis in a bombing in Baqubah, and 23 more civilians in a pair of bombings in Baghdad. The Islamic State also assassinated Anbar province’s chief of police. The US and allied countries launched five airstrikes against the Islamic State in […]
Iraq
US general sees bigger role ‘advising and assisting’ Iraqi forces
Islamic State assassinates Anbar province police chief
Today’s assassination of the Anbar chief of police is the latest in a series of setbacks for Iraqi security forces in the province, which is mostly under the Islamic State’s control.
German, Saudi, and Turkish Islamic State fighters launch complex suicide attack
The Islamic State continues to promote the exploits of foreign suicide bombers.
Islamic State releases video of training camp in Ninewa
The Islamic State has released a video showcasing over 100 new recruits at a training camp in northern Iraq.
Iraq
A suicide bomber killed 11 Iraqis at a market north of Baghdad. A Shia militia killed four Iraqi soldiers near Udaim. The Islamic State executed two civilians in Fallujah, and a reporter and three family members in Salahaddin. An Iraqi tribe killed five Islamic State fighters near Baiji. US and Dutch warplanes launched three airstrikes […]
Iraq
The Islamic State executed eight Iraqis near Tikrit and Kirkuk. The US launched one airstrike against the Islamic State near Baghdad. The Iraqi military claimed it killed 30 Islamic State fighters in Anbar and the group’s second in command in Babil and four more fighters.
Islamic State
Thousands ‘will most likely be massacred’ if Kobane falls to jihadists, UN warns
Iraq
An Islamic State suicide bomber killed eight people in Baqubah. The US launched two airstrikes against the Islamic State near Sinjar. The Iraqi military claimed it killed 63 Islamic State fighters, including two senior leaders, in Kirkuk, Hit, Ramadi, and Jurf al Sakhar.
Australia
Who are the members of the coalition against ISIS?
Iraq
Has the US turned off the Islamic State’s oil spigot?
Free Syrian Army
Special Report: How Syria policy stalled under the ‘analyst in chief’
Iraq
Obama to commanders: US will keep making progress in Iraq, Syria
Iraq
Islamic State fighters executed 15 civilians in Mosul. The Islamic State shot down an Iraqi Army helicopter with a shoulder-fired missile and killed both crewmen near Bayji. The US, UK, and the Netherlands launched five airstrikes against the Islamic State near Fallujah, Ramadi, and Sinjar. Yesterday, the US launched five airstrikes against the Islamic State […]
Islamic State uses MANPADS to shoot down Iraqi helicopter near Baiji
The Islamic State has released photos showing the downing of one of the two helicopters shot down in Iraq this week.
Iraq
‘Boots in the air’: US helicopters return to combat in Iraq for first time
Islamic State
Street fighting rages in Syrian town as Islamic State moves in