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Iraqis, Saudis call the shots in ISIS ‘capital’ Raqqah
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ISIS storms Saddam-era chemical weapons complex in Iraq
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US should launch targeted military strikes on ‘terrorist army’ ISIS, says General David Petraeus
ISIS photos show gains and Iraqi support
Photos released by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham to social media sites illustrate the group’s gains in Ninewa as well as public support for the offensive.
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Iraq has asked for air power, says top US military official
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The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham took control of the Bayji oil refinery. The Iraqi government has requested US air support to help fight ISIS. US officials are indicating that Prime Minister Maliki must step down to resolve the crisis.
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US signals Iraq’s Maliki should go
ISIS takes control of Iraq’s largest refinery in Bayji
Iraq’s largest oil refinery is now in the hands of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham.
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Cameron says foreign fighters in Iraq, Syria most serious threat to UK
France
French Islamists with ISIS in the perfect terrain for jihad
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Iraqi Christians flee homes amid militant push
Hezbollah
Iraq Shiite Volunteers in Syria Head Home to Fight Rebels
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US forces move into Iraq with security mission
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UN investigators warn of wider sectarian war across Iraq, Syria
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Iraq’s Maliki defies call to reach out, accuses Saudis of ‘genocide’
ISIS, Iraqi forces battle for capital of Diyala
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham is pressing its offensive into Diyala province to the northeast of Baghdad in order to cut off the road from Baghdad to Samarra.
ISIS releases a variety of videos
The videos document an attack on a police station, the freeing of prisoners, and the details of the group’s 18 core tenets.
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The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham took control of Tal Afar in northwestern Iraq. The military claimed it killed 20 ISIS fighters in airstrikes in Balad and an ISIS commander from Algeria and four aides in Fallujah. The military also claimed it retook Jurf al Sakhar and killed 28 ISIS fighters.
ISIS ‘a transnational jihadist group’
Thomas Joscelyn discusses Iraq, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham, its goals to establish a caliphate and current offensive in Iraq, the destabilizing influence of Iran, and the West’s lack of strategy to deal with jihadism.
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham’s quiet war minister
Little is publicly known about the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham’s war minister. But he was appointed in April 2010 and the war ministry he leads has been in charge of planning the group’s operations in the past.
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Iraq forces blunt ISIS advance, US Embassy bolsters security
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The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham’s Salahaddin Division released photographs of the execution of scores soldiers captured at Tasfirat prison in the city of Tikrit. The ISIS killed 15 people in bombings in Baghdad, and launched attacks on Tal Afar and Tarmiyah. The military claimed it killed 80 ISIS fighters in airstrikes in […]
ISIS takes control of Tal Afar
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham continues to consolidate its grip on Ninewa province.
Iraq
Syria pounds ISIS bases in coordination with Iraq
ISIS photographs detail execution of Iraqi soldiers
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham’s Salahaddin Division released photographs that detail the capture of a military base and the execution of scores of soldiers.
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Iraqi soldiers who fled ISIS advance accuse officers of treason
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Turkey paying price for jihadist highway on border
Muslim Brotherhood
Sunni Clerics Criticize Iraq Shiite Call to Arms
Analysis: ISIS, allies reviving ‘Baghdad belts’ battle plan
The Islamic State of Iraq appears to be using the same plan it implemented in 2006, when it seized Baghdad’s surrounding “belts” and launched attacks into the capital.
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Iraq crisis: despite decapitations and deaths thousands return willingly to city held by ISIS terrorists