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Kerry in Paris: US now open to talks with Iran on Islamic State
Tag Archives: Islamic State
Iraq
ISIS Draws a Steady Stream of Recruits From Turkey
Europe
Kurds in Europe Take up Arms Against IS Group
US air campaign against Islamic State expands to southwestern Baghdad
The airstrike likely took place in northern Babil, the Islamic State’s southern front.
Al Qaeda branches urge jihadist unity against US
AQAP and AQIM have issued a joint statement encouraging the jihadists in Syria to unite in the face of the American-led opposition. However, the statement should not be read as an indication that they are breaking ranks from al Qaeda. The two groups also offer their condolences for the Ahrar al Sham leaders who were killed earlier this month.
Al Qaeda official in Syria tweets in solidarity with Islamic State
Abu Sulayman al Muhajir, a member of the Al Nusrah Front’s Sharia Committee, has now joined other al Qaeda members and branches in expressing solidarity with the Islamic State; but such expressions of support are not pledges of loyalty or allegiance.
Iraq
Mideast’s complexities confound US efforts to build coalition against Islamic State
Iraq
Islamic State rebuilds its manpower In Iraq and Syria
Islamic State
Islamic State advertises for fighters from Turkey
France
Islamic State crisis: World leaders pledge Iraq support
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
AQIM defectors pledge loyalty to ISIS
Islamic State
Obama Aide: US Goal to Neutralize IS Threat
Islamic State
Cuts to US defense budget threatened by battle against Islamic State
Christians
Christians of Akkar keep eye on ISIS threat
Islamic State
Kerry says some nations offer ground troops to fight Islamic State
Iraq
White House: Iraq war vote Obama opposed could be used for ISIS strikes
Al Nusrah Front
ISIS Strikes Deal With Moderate Syrian Rebels: Reports
Islamic State beheads British citizen, threatens another
The Islamic State released a video of the beheading of David Cawthorne Haines, a British citizen who was kidnapped while providing security for an aid group in Syria’s Idlib province in March 2013.
Iraq
Struggling to Starve ISIS of Oil Revenue, US Seeks Assistance From Turkey
Iraq
Iraq PM says will protect civilians after US-Iraq air strikes against Islamic State
Kazakhstan
My Son The Jihadist
On the CIA estimate of number of fighters in the Islamic State
It should come as no surprise that the CIA concludes that the Islamic State has upwards of 31,500 fighters.
Islamic State
Nations Trying to Stop Their Citizens From Going to Middle East to Fight for ISIS
Al Nusrah Front
Syrian al Qaeda Moves in Next Door to Israel
Al Qaeda
ISIS may be eyeing up Egypt as its next target, experts say
Iraq
For Assad, US offensive will weaken one foe but bolster others
Iran
US opposes Iran role in coalition against Islamic State
Islamic State
Islamic State’s Twitter silence raises questions
Islamic State
Moderate Muslims’ quandary about Islamic State
Al Nusrah Front
Kerry plays down hopes of imminent anti-Islamic State coalition