A senior administration official warned earlier this week that the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham (or Levant) is a “transnational threat” and “an increasing threat to us.” Iraq has exploded in violence since the withdrawal of American troops. The official said 38 suicide bombers have launched attacks in the last month alone.
Five car bombs north of Baghdad killed 19 people and wounded scores more; police blamed al Qaeda. The bodies of three women who had been blindfolded and shot in the head were found in a Shiite neighborhood in Baghdad. Car bombs in Baqouba killed five people. Gunmen targeting a patrol in Mosul killed a soldier […]
Kurds in Iraq, Syria work as shield against al-Qaeda
The ISIS killed 24 people in a series of suicide attacks and bombings in Tarmiyah, Mosul, Abu Ghraib, and Baghdad; in Tarmiyah, a pair of suicide bombers killed 12 soldiers and Awakening members, and in Mosul, another suicide bomber killed three policemen and four civilians. Security forces captured six ISIS operatives in Babil.
Al Qaeda’s Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant killed 11 people in bombings in Baghdad, Fallujah, and Abu Ghraib. Al Qaeda fighters also gunned down an Awakening leader and his son in Jalam. Four al Qaeda fighters and two tribesmen were killed during a clash in the Abou al-Khanajer Valley.
Rebel clashes highlight complexities of Syria’s civil war
Al Qaeda’s Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham killed 54 people in a series of bombings and attacks in Baghdad. Twelve Iraqis, including soldiers, were killed in a suicide assault on a base in Mosul.
Syrian Kurds capture border crossing with Iraq
Al Qaeda Sets Sights On Iraq’s Anbar Province
In Syrian civil war, emergence of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria boosts rival Jabhat al-Nusra
Syrian government news agencies claimed that Abu Muhammad al Julani was killed, but the al Qaeda group denied the reports.
Turkey, Iraq eye closer cooperation on Syria as relations thaw
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham killed nine people in bombings in Yusafiyah and Baqubah, and three soldiers in an IED attack in Tal al Rumman. Security forces launched an offensive against the ISIS in the western part of Anbar; five ISIS fighters, including a Tunisian, were captured in Albu Aitha. Two large […]
Violence Reverses Gains in Iraq
A suicide bomber killed four policemen and three civilians while blowing up a bridge on the border with Jordan. Security forces captured eight al Qaeda operatives, including a senior leader, near the Syrian border. Awakening forces captured six al Qaeda fighters near Rutbah.
Al Qaeda’s Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham killed 14 people in bombings that targeted civilians in Baghdad and Madain. Members of a human rights organization in Fallujah known as Herak launched a campaign called “We are against al Qaeda.”
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham executed three suicide attacks in Mosul, Jurf al-Sakhar, and Rutba, and an armed attack in Ramadi, killing 22 Iraqi security personnel. The ISIS killed three civilians in a mortar attack in Hit. Security forces captured 19 “terrorists” in Ninewa.
Suicide bombers struck in Mosul, Rutba, and Jurf al-Sakhar. Since Oct. 1, the ISIS has used at least 25 suicide bombers in Iraq.
Kurdish rebels threaten new fight in Turkey as Syria clashes intensify
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham killed seven policemen in a suicide assault in Fallujah. Two suicide bombers and several fighters were also killed in the attack. Since Oct. 1, the ISIS has used 22 suicide bombers in Iraq.
Since Oct. 1, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham has used 22 suicide bombers in Iraq.
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham killed three members of Rawa’s local council and three policemen in a complex attack that included eight suicide bombers. An ISIS suicide bomber killed 35 Iraqis in an attack in Baghdad.
The ISIS has not had difficulty in recruiting and deploying suicide bombers to conduct complex assaults in either Iraq or Syria.
Insight Into How Insurgents Fought in Iraq
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham killed 44 people in a series of bombings and attacks in Baghdad, and 15 more in the village of Mwafaqiya in Ninewa province. In one of the attacks in Baghdad, a bombing at an amusement park killed six children. Security forces captured a senior al Qaeda leader […]
Al Qaeda strikes fear into Iraq’s government-backed Sunni militia
Al Qaeda killed 61 Iraqis in a series of suicide and car bombings throughout the country. Three policemen were killed in a clash with al Qaeda in Mosul. An Awakening leader in Madain and his driver were killed in an IED attack.
Insight Into How Insurgents Fought in Iraq
Al Qaeda in Iraq killed three children in an IED attack in Hamdaniyah and two soldiers in a mortar attack on a military base in Mosul. Security forces killed three al Qaeda fighters in a raid in Siniyah. Prime Minister Maliki will meet with President Obama on Nov. 1.
Jihadists flooding into northern Syria put Turkey on edge