The US launched seven airstrikes against Islamic State targets near Kirkuk, Baghdad, and Al Qaim. Britain, Belgium, and Denmark agreed to join the US in targeting the Islamic State inside Iraq, but not in Syria. The headquarters element of the 1st Infantry Division will deploy to Iraq.
The Islamic State has begun another assault on the highly contested oil refinery in northern Iraq.
One of the first reported casualties of the US-led bombing campaign earlier this week was an Al Nusrah Front commander known as Abu Yusuf al Turki. He had been training al Qaeda snipers in Syria. He was previously suspected of plotting to attack the 2004 NATO summit in Turkey.
Kurds see Turkey impeding ISIS fight
French, US planes strike Islamic State, Britain to join coalition
Hours after tourist killed, France says does not rule out Syria strikes
The US launched 11 airstrikes against the Islamic State in Irbil, Kirkuk, and Baghdad provinces. France also conducted airstrikes in Iraq. Prime Minister Abidi said the Islamic State is plotting attacks in Paris and New York City. The military claimed it killed 18 Islamic State fighters in Jurf al Sakhar. Five people were killed in […]
The Islamic State organized and successfully executed the large-scale assault despite six weeks of continuous US air operations in Iraq.
Islamic State military leader Omar al Shishani and ’emir of suicide bombers’ Tariq Bin Al Tahar Bin Al Falih Al ‘Awni Al Harzi were among five members of the group added to the terrorism list today.
The Filipino jihadist group is throwing itself in the global jihad by threatening to kill German hostages if airstrikes in Syria and Iraq continue.
Obama asks UN to help ‘dismantle this network of death’ in Iraq and Syria
Islamists in Philippines threaten to kill German hostages
The most recent attacks did not hit the Khorasan group, al Qaeda’s leadership cadre inside Syria that is plotting to attack the West.
‘3,000 European jihadis’ now in Syria, Iraq
Obama, After Airstrikes in Syria, Says US Will ‘Take the Fight’ to ISIS
The strikes against the Islamic State and al Qaeda in Syria were “organized in three waves.”
The Islamic State overran an Iraqi military base in Saqlawiya in Anbar province. The extent of Iraqi casualties is unclear; upwards of 800 soldiers are said to have been killed or captured during the opening suicide attack, the storming of the base, and while retreating. An estimated 200 soldiers are said to have escaped. Two […]
US airstrikes begin in Syria, Pentagon says
Fears in Lebanon rise over Western plans to defeat IS
Airstrikes targeted Islamic State command and control centers in Raqqah, the jihadist group’s de facto capital in eastern Syria, as well as arms caches, supply depots, and ground units near the Iraqi border. Also, the US hit al Qaeda’s Khorasan Group near Aleppo.
US warplanes are now operating over Irbil, Sinjar, the Mosul and Haditha dams, southwest of Baghdad, and somewhere on the Euphrates River.
Islamic State urges attacks on US, French citizens, taunts Obama
DOD highlights information from Iraq as emphasis shifts away from Afghanistan
The military claimed it killed 13 Islamic State fighters in Tikrit, and a financial official in Mosul. The US launched seven airstrikes against the Islamic State in Sinjar, Haditha, and southwestern Baghdad since Sept. 19. Thirteen Iraqis were killed in bombings and mortar attacks in Shia areas in Baghdad.
The terrorist organization continues to threaten the West in propaganda videos and audio recordings.
US military struggles to preserve options in Islamic State fight
Arab States Lag in Media War Against Extremists
US political promises against ground troops clash with military realities
ISIS creates police force in northwest Iraq
Islamic State ihadists, looters threaten ancient sites in Iraq, Syria