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UK supports US decision to strike ISIL, but does not plan to join

Fri Aug 8, 2014 16:57:36

British Prime Minister David Cameron has welcomed US President Barack Obama's decision to authorize air strikes against extremists militants from the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) in north of Iraq.

US president orders airstrikes against ISIL in Iraq

Fri Aug 8, 2014 11:30:05

President Barack Obama has authorized US airstrikes in northern Iraq, warning they would be launched if needed to defend Americans from advancing ISIL Takfiri terrorists and protect civilians under siege.

Kurdish fighters wage counteroffensive against ISIL in Iraq

Fri Aug 8, 2014 09:49:19

Kurdish fighters have launched a fierce counteroffensive against the Takfiri ISIL terrorists in northern Iraq.

ISIL terrorists seize Iraq's largest Christian town

Thu Aug 7, 2014 20:13:32

ISIL terrorists have seized Iraq's largest Christian town and surrounding areas, sending tens of thousands of panicked residents fleeing in what has been referred to a humanitarian disaster.

ISIL crimes spark mass Iraqi Christians exodus in Qaraqosh

Thu Aug 7, 2014 13:41:38

The ISIL militant group took over Iraq's largest Christian town Qaraqosh and surrounding areas on Thursday and sent tens of thousands of panicked residents fleeing towards autonomous Kurdistan, officials and witnesses said.

Kurds unite to oust ISIL, rescue stranded Iraqi Yazidis

Thu Aug 7, 2014 09:30:12

Kurds from Iraq, Syria and Turkey joined forces in north Iraq Wednesday to try to reclaim areas lost to ISIL militants and rescue thousands of civilians stranded in mountains without food or water.

ISIL terrorists continue attacks against Iraqi Christians

Wed Aug 6, 2014 21:13:58

Militants from the Takfiri ISIL cult in Iraq have continued their assaults on Christian areas in the northern parts of the country, eyewitnesses say.

Several ISIL terrorists killed in Sinjar airstrike

Wed Aug 6, 2014 13:54:10

Several members of the ISIL terrorist group have been killed and dozens more wounded in an Iraqi army airstrke in the northwestern town of Sinjar.

ISIL committing genocide in Sinjar, taking Yazidi women for 'jihad' marriage

Wed Aug 6, 2014 12:24:39

Reports say the ISIL Takfiri militants are carrying out a "genocide" in Sinjar, a small town northwest of Iraq that was once home to Iraqi minority community, Yazidis.

ISIL a threat to the whole Middle East: UNSC

Wed Aug 6, 2014 09:37:05

The United Nations (UN) Security Council has lashed out at the crimes committed by the ISIL Takfiri group inside Iraq and Syria, calling it a threat to the whole region.

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