By Aidan Lewis, BBC News 22 May 2015 From the sectionMiddle East Islamic State Fears of Shia muscle in Iraq’s Sunni heartland What is Islamic State? Iraq: Growth of the Shia militia Can Iraq’s army dislodge Islamic State? In a ground mission in eastern Syria last weekend, US special forces […]
BY PAUL MCLEARY MAY 26, 2015 – 4:03 PM Shiite militias and Iraqi government forces have started to move into place around the Islamic State-held city of Ramadi in preparation for a highly-publicized but hastily-planned push to wrest the city from the fighters who chased the Iraqi army out earlier […]
AP | May 25, 2015 | JORDAN TIMES A displaced Sunni man fleeing the violence in Ramadi carries a crying child on his shoulders, on the outskirts of Baghdad, on Sunday (Reuters photo) WASHINGTON — The Daesh group’s takeover of the Iraqi provincial capital Ramadi has prompted criticism from Defence […]
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It was when Isis issued a fatwa saying a wife should obey her husband in all matters, including becoming a suicide bomber, that Aysha, a 32-year-old mother of two children, decided to flee her home in Mosul. She recalls that her husband did not ask her directly to be a […]
By Mairi Mackay, CNN April 16, 2015 Story highlights Pentagon releases map showing coalition forces have taken back 25-30% of Iraq territory from ISIS Counterinsurgency specialist Afzal Ashraf on what new data tells us about fight Ashraf: Where it counts (ISIS is) not standing and fighting London (CNN)The Pentagon released […]
Source: pennlive.com The militants who call themselves the Islamic State have created their own religion, their own government and their own brand of terror that has shocked the world. But make […]
By Jörg Diehl, Hubert Gude, Barbara Schmid and Fidelius Schmid http://www.spiegel.de DPA/ Syriadeeply.org Much is known about men leaving Germany to take up arms on behalf of Islamic State. Less has been reported about the flocks of women traveling to Syria to join the jihad. Experts view them as a growing terrorist […]
In the northern Iraqi city of Tal Afar and ISIS stronghold west of Mosul, several hundred Ezidis are being held captive since August last year. After dozens of women, children and in some cases men managed to escape from Tal Afar following an intensification of armed clashes with Peshmerga and HPS forces […]
CJ Werleman Friday 24 April 2015 13:26 BST With the Der Spiegel revelations of how the Iraqi Baathists plotted the rise of Isis, it’s clear regional conflicts are about politics, not Islam This week the German magazine Der Spiegel published documents that struck yet another blow to the thesis that […]
By Denise Natali APRIL 22, 2015 Kurdish Peshmerga forces celebrate on the eve of Newroz Day, a festival marking their spring and the Persian New Year, in Kirkuk on March 20, 2015. (Ako Rasheed / Reuters) Within Iraq and Syria, the U.S.-led campaign against the Islamic State(ISIS) relies heavily on […]
By Denise Natali APRIL 22, 2015 Kurdish Peshmerga forces celebrate on the eve of Newroz Day, a festival marking their spring and the Persian New Year, in Kirkuk on March 20, 2015. (Ako Rasheed / Reuters) Within Iraq and Syria, the U.S.-led campaign against the Islamic State(ISIS) relies heavily on […]
Russia says ISIL emergence outcome of US ‘activities’ in Mideast Wed Apr 22, 2015 1:30PM Source: Press TV Russia’s foreign minister says the emergence of the ISIL Takfiri terrorists stems […]
Rare photos shows Western fighters working alongside Kurdish forces HEATHER SAUL Wednesday 22 April 2015 A team of foreign fighters hailing from Europe, Canada and the US who made the perilous journey to Syria have been photographed alongside Kurdish fighters battling against Isis. Uygar Onder Simsek, a documentary photographer, spent […]
Rare photos shows Western fighters working alongside Kurdish forces HEATHER SAUL Wednesday 22 April 2015 A team of foreign fighters hailing from Europe, Canada and the US who made the perilous journey to Syria have been photographed alongside Kurdish fighters battling against Isis. Uygar Onder Simsek, a documentary photographer, spent […]
Summary Kevin CaseyStacey Pollard| The Daily Star Early media coverage of the actions of ISIS in Libya has centered on the group’s swift seizure of territory and the expansion of […]
OnIslam & News Agencies Wednesday, 01 April 2015 MOSCOW – A leading Russian Muslim group has issued a fatwa against the so-called Islamic State (ISIL) and called it “enemy of Islam”, amid increasing threats to the faith that is mistakenly associated with the militant group. “The followers of ISIS are […]
An Essay By Georg Diez spiegel.de Islamic State is making headlines by destroying historical artifacts in Iraq. But far from being an expression of medieval nihilism, the campaign on culture is a strategy aimed at drawing the West into battle. The destruction is reminiscent of that wrought by the US. […]
Reuters BAGHDAD: Iraq’s request to the U.S.-led coalition for airstrikes in the campaign to retake Tikrit from ISIS insurgents is “imminent,” a senior diplomat from a Western nation that is part of the coalition told Reuters Tuesday. There was no immediate confirmation from the Iraq government. The coalition has been […]
Reuters BAGHDAD: Iraq’s request to the U.S.-led coalition for airstrikes in the campaign to retake Tikrit from ISIS insurgents is “imminent,” a senior diplomat from a Western nation that is part of the coalition told Reuters Tuesday. There was no immediate confirmation from the Iraq government. The coalition has been […]