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Iraqi soldier tells of desertion as militants attacked refinery: ‘Our officers sold us out’
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Iraq
In Iraq, death toll rises among Shiite recruits battling insurgency
Taliban calls for reconciliation in Syria, avoids mentioning Islamic State’s caliphate
The Taliban’s statement avoids any explicit mention of the Islamic State or its announced caliphate, even though the Islamic State has claimed that all Muslims must pledge allegiance to its leader.
Iraq
Kurdish members of parliament as well as cabinet ministers said that they would boycott the government. The military claimed it killed 35 Islamic State fighters in Fallujah and Ramadi, 30 more in Rabiah, and an additional 25 Islamic State fighters in Babil. The Islamic State killed four policemen near Tikrit.
Al Qaeda
Turkey faces threat from returning jihadists
Iraq
Fallujah key to defeating Islamic State in Iraq
Iraq
Bruised Iraqi army leans on Shi’ite militias, volunteers
Iraq
On the road to Samarra, glimpses of Iraq’s new fractured reality
Iraq
The Islamic State killed the commander of the Iraqi Army’s 6th Division in Karma. The bodies of 50 people who were executed were discovered int he city of Iskandariyah. Five people were killed in two bombings in Hillah. Prime Minister Maliki accused the Kurdish Regional Government of providing safe haven and support for the Islamic […]
Iraq
Exclusive: Iraq tells UN that ‘terrorist groups’ seized nuclear materials
Iraq
ISIS Is About to Destroy Biblical History in Iraq
Iraq
The government said the Islamic State has taken control of the Muthanna Chemical Weapons complex in the Thar Thar area northwest of Baghdad. The Islamic State has rounded up scores of Baathists in Mosul. The military claimed it killed dozens of Islamic State fighters north of Bayji.
Europe
Is Obama’s Foreign Policy Too European?
Iraq
Jihadists demolish Sunni and Shiite mosques and shrines in Mosul
Updated: Popular Australian cleric seeks to travel to Syria, join Islamic State
Shortly after the Islamic State declared the formation of the caliphate, Musa Cerantonio, a popular cleric, announced he was planning to travel to Syria.
Iraq
Abu Bakr al Baghdadi, the emir of the Islamic State who is now called Caliph Ibrahim, gave a sermon at the “Grand Mosque” in Mosul. The Iraqi military claimed the sermon was faked. An Iranian colonel is confirmed to have been killed while fighting in Samarra. Prime Minister Maliki relieved the commanders of Iraq’s ground […]
Al Nusrah Front
Al Nusrah Front weakened in Syria by ISIS Islamic State: Analysts
Saudi Arabia
US overtakes Saudi Arabia as biggest oil producer
Iraq
In Iraq, Islamic State jihadists destroy ancient mosques, shrines
Al Qaeda
How a talented footballer became world’s most wanted man, Abu Bakr al Baghdadi
Islamic State’s ‘caliph’ speaks at Mosul mosque
The video is the first to show Abu Bakr al Baghdadi. He is shown delivering a sermon at a mosque in the Islamic State-held city of Mosul.
Iraq
Iraq lacks ability to fly F-16s it seeks, US trainer says
Iraq
Iraq crisis: ISIS rebels ‘hunt opponents’, say refugees
Al Nusrah Front
Jordan Salafi leader warns of chaos
Al Nusrah Front
Islamic State Militants Seize Oil Field, Expand Syrian Domain
Al Nusrah Front
Obama’s Blueprint for Fighting Terrorism Collides With Reality in Iraq
Islamic State consolidates gains in eastern Syria
With the fall of Mayadin as well as Shujail, the home town of the Al Nusrah Front’s emir, the Islamic State controls contiguous territory along the Euphrates River Valley from the town of Jarabulus, which borders Turkey, in Syria’s northern Aleppo province to the town of Anah in Anbar province in Iraq.
Al Nusrah Front
Islamic State seizes oil field and towns in Syria’s east
Iraq
Prime Minister Maliki offered amnesty to Sunni tribes that are supporting the Islamic State and other insurgent groups. Security forces clashed with a Shia militia in Karbala; several security personnel and followers of Mahmud al Sarkhi were killed.
Iran
Iran’s near invisible Quds Force commander