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US Fears Syrian Chemical Weapons Falling to Extremists
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The US launched four airstrikes against a series of Islamic State targets near the Mosul Dam and Irbil. The Islamic State killed three Iraqi soldiers in a car bombing near Camp Speicher near Tikrit and executed three women in Mosul. The military said it killed 10 Islamic State fighters in an airstrike on a camp […]
The Islamic State’s global reach
A closer look at recent developments in a number of countries should dispel any illusions that the Islamic State’s aspirations and activities are only regional.
NATO
US says NATO group ‘core’ will form larger coalition to counter Islamic State
Iraq
Video Feature: Surviving an ISIS Massacre
Iraq
President Obama is sending an additional 350 US military personnel to secure the US Embassy in Baghdad and support locations. The US now has an estimated 820 troops in country. Military officials claimed to have killed “dozens” of Islamic State fighters in Haditha and 11 more in an airstrike that targeted an Islamic State “headquarters […]
Albania
Balkan fighters abroad: Holy warriors
Al Qaeda in Iraq
Obama says will ‘degrade and destroy’ Islamic State
Iraq
The Islamic State beheaded Steven Sotloff, an American journalist captured in Syria in August 2013, and threatened to kill a British citizen if the US did not end airstrikes in Iraq. The US launched an airstrike near the Mosul Dam. The military said it launched another operation to liberate Tikrit from the Islamic State; several […]
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Islamic State’s antiquities sideline
Islamic State executes American reporter, threatens Brit
The Islamic State followed through on its threat to behead Steven Joel Sotloff if the US did not end airstrikes. The jihadist group said David Cawthorne Haines, a British hostage, is next.
US airstrikes in Amerli supported deadly Shia terror group
The League of the Righteous, which is responsible for killing hundreds of US soldiers, was part of the Iraqi force that liberated Amerli. The group is closely tied to Iran’s Qods Force and three of its leaders are Specially Designated Global terrorists.
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Tarnishing a Reputation as Storied Warriors
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To Beat ISIS, Focus on Syria
Iraq
Iraqi troops and Shia militias, including the Asaib al Haq, broke the Islamic State’s siege of Amerli and also liberated Suliaman Beg. The Iraq military claimed it killed 10 Islamic State fighters in Baghdad. The UN will send a team to investigate atrocities committed by the Islamic State.
Iraq
US airstrikes help Iraqi forces break Islamic State’s siege
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Islamists in Iraq driving large-scale atrocities: UN
US Military
US Bataan amphibious ready group extended in Mideast
Iraq
A suicide bomber killed 11 Iraqis in Baghdad. The Iraqi military said it killed 11 Islamic State fighters in Jurf as Sakhar and three more in Bayji. The US military launched three airstrikes in support of Iraq forces in Amerli and five more airstrikes against the Islamic State near the Mosul Dam.
Iraq
Anti-jihadist fight forges Kurdish unity
Germany
Germany to send rifles, tank busters to aid Kurds
Australia
Australian planes to deliver weapons for Kurds fighting Islamic State
Iran
As Islamic State fighters begin to blend in, defeating them no easy matter
Mission creep in Iraq continues as US launches airstrikes in Amerli
The administration is employing tactical solutions to the strategic problem that is the Islamic State, and adjusting these tactics on the fly.
Iraq
Kerry urges global ‘coalition’ to fight ISIS jihadists
Iraq
Iraqi forces launch operation to free besieged town of Amerli
Al Qaeda in Iraq
Iraq’s Sunni and Shiite Turkmens fall out over IS
Al Qaeda
Found: The Islamic State’s Terror Laptop of Doom
Iraq
Kicked Off Twitter And Facebook, Islamic State Finds New Tools
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The Turkmen City of Amirli in Iraq Under Siege by Islamic State