Tag Archives: Syria


Al Qaeda

Obama asks UN to help ‘dismantle this network of death’ in Iraq and Syria







Bahrain

Obama, After Airstrikes in Syria, Says US Will ‘Take the Fight’ to ISIS


Iran

US told Iran of intent to strike Islamic State in Syria



Syria

The US launched 14 air and cruise missile strikes against the Islamic State in Raqqah, Hasakah, and Dier al Zour, and eight more strikes against the Al Nusrah Front and the Khorasan Group near Aleppo. An Al Nusrah commander known as Abu Yusuf al Turki is reported to have been killed. More than 70 Islamic […]


US airstrikes target Al Nusrah Front, Islamic State in Syria

Jihadists on Twitter have posted pictures of Al Nusrah Front locations struck in the US bombing campaign in Syria. The strikes are aimed at the so-called Khorasan group, which has been planning attacks against the US and its interests, as well as a number of other targets. Jihadists claim that al Qaeda veterans have been killed in the bombings.



Iraq

Fears in Lebanon rise over Western plans to defeat IS


US air war against jihadists in Syria begins

Airstrikes targeted Islamic State command and control centers in Raqqah, the jihadist group’s de facto capital in eastern Syria, as well as arms caches, supply depots, and ground units near the Iraqi border. Also, the US hit al Qaeda’s Khorasan Group near Aleppo.


France

US, France propose UN sanctions on 15 foreign Islamist fighters



France

Islamic State urges attacks on US, French citizens, taunts Obama



Iraq

US military struggles to preserve options in Islamic State fight




Iraq

US political promises against ground troops clash with military realities


Iraq

Islamic State ihadists, looters threaten ancient sites in Iraq, Syria



Syria

At least 18 Islamic State fighters, including one Chinese, were killed and five armored personnel carriers were destroyed by Kurdish forces in northern Syria, where the IS took over three more Kurdish villages, in addition to the over 60 villages already seized in the area. The IS executed 11 Kurds near Ayn al Arab, including […]




Iraq

Interview with Ahmad Chalabi on Islamic State, Iraq and Syria