ISIS takes control of areas in central Iraqi city
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham took partial control of Samarra after more than 150 fighters stormed the city.
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ISIS suicide bomber kills Anbar Awakening leader
The attack killed Mohammed Khamis Abu Risha, a senior official in the Anbar Awakening who was the nephew of Ahmed Abu Risha.
Iraq
Nearly 800 killed in Iraq’s bloodiest month this year: UN
ISIS again touts French and other foreign suicide bombers
The ISIS has identified two French suicide bombers who executed attacks in Iraq in the past month.
Iraq
Iraq PM calls for “jihad” against Anbar jihadists
AQAP eulogizes 2 Mukallah prison escapees
In the past week, a Twitter account affiliated with al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula tweeted the biographies of two fallen militants who had previously traveled to Iraq.
Libya
US Training Elite Antiterror Troops in Four African Nations
Zawahiri again addresses jihadist infighting in Syria
In a newly released three-page statement, Ayman al Zawahiri again says that the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham (ISIS) owed its allegiance to al Qaeda’s senior leadership before disobeying orders. Any pledges of allegiance collected by the ISIS since then “are null pledges, because they arose from a direct violation of my command as his direct emir,” he states.
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Iraqi Kurdistan makes first oil sale amid exports row
Iraq
The military said it killed 20 Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham fighters during a raid on a camp in Al Sadda near Fallujah. The ISIS executed eight soldiers after stopping their bus in Sulaiman Bek.
ISIS names Danish, French suicide bombers killed in ‘Ninewa Division’
A Frenchman and a Dane were among six foreign suicide bombers who conducted attacks in the Islamic State of Iraq’s northernmost administrative unit in Iraq.
Iraq
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham killed 14 people, including five policemen and soldiers, in attacks in Mosul, Baghdad, and Mahmoudiya. A candidate in the recent election was kidnapped in Baghdad. Iran is calling on Iraq to send more than 3,000 members of the People’s Mujahideen Organization of Iran home to face a […]
Iraq
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham killed five Awakening fighters in Balad and two soldiers in Baghdad. Security forces killed eight ISIS fighters while sinking their boat on the Tigris river south of Mosul. The military destroyed three ISIS camps in Rawa.
Iraq
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham killed 29 people in a series of attacks in and around Baghdad. In one attack, Army officers were executed after being stopped at a fake ISIS checkpoint. Security forces captured six Ansar al Islam fighters in Kirkuk.
Iraq
Kurds could opt out of Iraqi government
Iraq
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham killed 24 people, including three soldiers, in a series of bombings in Baghdad. In Rashad, a suicide bomber killed five soldiers. The ISIS’s spokesman rejected Ayman al Zawahiri’s plea for the group to quit Syria and return to Iraq.
‘Iran owes al Qaeda invaluably,’ ISIS spokesman says
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham’s spokesman confirms that al Qaeda ordered the ISIS to refrain from attacking Iran “to safeguard its interests and supply lines” there.
Iraq
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham captured and then executed 20 Iraqi soldiers in Ain al-Jahash in Ninewa province. The ISIS also killed six policemen, six soldiers, and a member of the Ninewa provincial council in attacks throughout the country.
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Christians persecuted at alarming rate in Iran, Arab world, US report says
ISIS executes 20 Iraqi soldiers
Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham fighters dressed in military uniforms captured 20 soldiers after ambushing their convoy, and shot them in the head shortly afterward.
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Iraqi army faces death, desertions as it struggles with Anbar offensive
Iraq
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham killed 19 people in a series of bombings and attacks in Baghdad, Dujail, Dawr, and Tarmiyah. Six of those were killed by a suicide bomber in Dujail. Awakening fighters discovered the bodies of 11 taxi drivers who were executed.
Iraq
The Iraqi military has launched an offensive to retake the city of Fallujah from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham and allied tribes. Thirteen civilians have been killed in the military’s artillery attacks. The ISIS killed three people in an IED attack at a wedding in Baghdad.
Egypt
Red Cross Says Far More Funds Needed for Syria
Iraq
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham killed 12 people, including two soldiers, in bombings and attacks in Baghdad, Madain, and Yusafiyah. An ISIS suicide bomber killed seven Iraqi soldiers in Hit. The ISIS is also operating secret prisons in Anbar province.
ISIS video shows Zarqawi training camp in Syria
The Abu Musab al Zarqawi Taining Camp is operating in Eastern Ghouta, just outside of the Syrian capital.
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Fallujah-area Iraq unrest kills at least 295 since end of 2013
Iraq
Iraqi troops killed 20 Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham fighters in Al Sajar near Fallujah and a suicide bomber in Mosul. The ISIS killed nine people in attacks in Baghdad, Fallujah, and Tuz Khurmatu, two policemen in Hit, and four soldiers north of Hillah.
Al Nusrah Front says it will comply with Zawahiri’s orders
The Al Nusrah Front has issued a statement saying it will comply with Ayman al Zawahiri’s orders with respect to the ongoing dispute with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham (ISIS).
Zawahiri makes another attempt at reconciliation in Syria
Ayman al Zawahiri offers an olive branch to the head of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham (ISIS), which has been disowned by al Qaeda. But he also details the history of ISIS and its predecessor in Iraq, saying the leadership of this group was a part of al Qaeda.