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Syrian media warn of new doors of war being opened by US

Tue Sep 9, 2014 20:48:20

Syrian media has criticized certain Arab governments for giving Washington prior agreement for military action against radical groups which are widely reported to be operating inside Syria and Iraq with support of Saudi Arabia and the US itself.

ISIL arms are marked “property of US Govt”

Tue Sep 9, 2014 16:34:19

From the moment the US began sending lethal arms to Syrian militant factions, there were a chorus of people expressing fears that those arms would end up in the “wrong hands,” and US officials insisted they were going to carefully vet everyone who got those weapons.

More than 100 children abducted by ISIL from Iraqi orphanage

Sat Sep 6, 2014 19:36:58

Takfiri radicals from the ISIL terrorist group have abducted at least 100 Shia and Izadi children at an orphanage near the troubled northern Iraqi city of Mosul.

Obama says US will degrade and destroy ISIL

Thu Sep 4, 2014 19:06:40

The United States will fight ISIL until it is no longer a threat in the Middle East and beyond, President Barack Obama said after the terrorist group executed a second American journalist on camera.

Britain considers direct arming of Kurdish fighters but not Iraq gov’t

Thu Sep 4, 2014 18:52:36

Prime Minister David Cameron sayshis country is considering providing arms directly to Kurdish forces fighting ISIL Takfiris in northern Iraq, but didn't confirm cooperating with the Iraqi government in its battle against the same threat.

Mass kidnapping of villagers by ISIL in north of Iraq

Thu Sep 4, 2014 18:01:29

Takfiri ISIL radicals have kidnapped dozens of villagers in north of Iraq after people burned one of their positions along with a flag, police and witnesses said.

People in this Iraqi town decided to fight ISIL radicals

Sat Aug 30, 2014 18:14:38

As radical militants rampaged across northern Iraq in June, seizing vast swaths of territory and driving hundreds of thousands of people from their homes, the Shiite Turkmens living in the hardscrabble town of Amirli decided to stay and fight.

Terrorist attack in Britain ‘highly likely’

Fri Aug 29, 2014 21:49:25

The British government has raised the level of terrorism threat from substantial to “severe,” meaning that a terrorist attack is considered “highly likely,” due to recent developments in Iraq and Syria.

Kurdish fighters recapture 7 villages from ISIL in N Iraq

Fri Aug 29, 2014 15:31:38

Iraqi Kurdish forces have recaptured seven villages from the grip of the ISIL Takfiri militants near a strategic dam in the northern city of Mosul.

Iraqi jets bomb IS hideouts around Amerli

Wed Aug 27, 2014 18:37:17

Iraqi fighter jets have targeted several hideouts of the so-called Islamic State terrorists besieging Shia Turkmen town of Amerli, security sources say.

15 Australian militants killed in Iraq, Syria

Wed Aug 27, 2014 17:26:50

At least fifteen Australian citizens are killed in Iraq and Syria while fighting along the Takfiri militants in the Arab countries.

Iraqi Sunnis take up arms against ISIL radicals

Fri Aug 15, 2014 22:18:58

25 prominent Sunni tribes have taken up arms against radical militants and their allies in west of the Iraqi capital, a tribal leader and officers have said.

Philippines radicals pledge alliance to ISIL terrorist group leader

Fri Aug 15, 2014 18:02:42

Hardline in the Philippines have pledged allegiance to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the extremist militants who now control large swath of Iraq and Syria.

Thousands of Izadis prefer war-torn Syria over ISIL-ravaged Iraq

Fri Aug 15, 2014 16:21:18

Tens of thousands of Izadi Kurds in Iraq have fled the radical ISIL-fueled violence in their homeland and sought refuge in northern Syria.

Blast hits checkpoint near Iraq premier-designate's house

Wed Aug 13, 2014 16:50:26

A bomb explosion has hit a checkpoint near the house of Iraq’s Prime Minister-designate Haidar al-Abadi in the capital, Baghdad.

Maliki orders armed forces to stay out of politics

Tue Aug 12, 2014 19:46:04

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has ordered Iraq's security forces to stay out of a "political crisis" over who will form the next government, amid fears they could intervene.

Army-backed Kurdish forces block ISIL advance in north of Iraq

Tue Aug 12, 2014 18:24:49

Kurdish Peshmerga forces backed by the Iraqi air force have blocked advancement of by ISIL Takfiri terrorists in two areas in northern Iraq.

How many Americans are at the ranks of ISIL? US not sure

Tue Aug 12, 2014 18:10:22

FBI Director James Comey says it is not clear for the agency that how many Americans have successfully joined the ISIL extremists in Iraq and Syria, but he does know it’s an “urgent threat.”

Kuwait Airways to avoid Iraq airspace

Sun Aug 10, 2014 14:51:38

Kuwait Airways says it will no longer overfly Iraq in the wake of US air strikes on militant positions there, the latest company to re-route its flights.

Hundreds of Yazidi women taken hostage by ISIL in Mosul

Sat Aug 9, 2014 18:54:56

Hundreds of Yazidi sect women have been captured by militants from the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) terrorist group, according to media reports citing Iraqi officials.