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US to send up to 275 troops, warships to Iraq: Obama

Tue Jun 17, 2014 09:11:20

President Barack Obama has told the United States Congress up to 275 military personnel will be deployed to Iraq after ISIL terrorists seized control of the country's north.

Residents of Syria’s Kessab returning home after liberation

Tue Jun 17, 2014 08:48:03

Residents of a strategic town in the Syrian province of Latakia have begun returning home, a day after the country’s army retook the area from militants.

At least 300 ISIL militants killed in Iraq’s Tal Afar

Mon Jun 16, 2014 22:08:08

Iraqi troops, backed by volunteer citizens, have killed at least 300 members of the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) terrorist group in fierce fighting in the northern Iraqi city of Tal Afar, security sources say.

Iraqi Sunnis flock to recruiting centers to fight back ISIL

Mon Jun 16, 2014 21:16:45

Thousands of Sunni Muslims have flocked to recruiting centers throughout Iraq to join the battle against the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) terrorists, heeding a call to arms by Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani.

Iraqi troops kill two senior ISIL members in Baquba

Mon Jun 16, 2014 21:14:16

Iraqi troops have gunned down two senior members of the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) terrorist group in Baquba, the provincial capital of Diyala, as Iraqi troops launched fresh counter-attack against ISIL militants, a senior police official said.

Egypt Fatwa Center prohibits Muslims from joining ISIL

Mon Jun 16, 2014 19:03:04

Egypt’s major Islamic center issued a Fatwa banning Muslims from joining the Takfiri terrorists of the so-called Islamic State in Iraq and Levant (ISIL).

Militants infiltrate into Iraq via Saudi Arabia: Official

Mon Jun 16, 2014 17:15:45

Armed elements have infiltrated into Iraqi border areas through Saudi Arabia in a bid to launch further attacks on the country, a senior provincial official says.

ISIL greatest national security threat since 9/11: US MP

Mon Jun 16, 2014 15:39:07

Prominent US Republican lawmakers insist that the recent war-making effort by al-Qaeda-linked ISIL terrorist group in Iraq and Syria pose a major threat not only to Middle East stability but to the US national security as well.

Israeli regime seizes Palestinian parliament speaker

Mon Jun 16, 2014 15:06:57

The Israeli regime has arrested Palestinian Parliament Speaker Aziz Dweik in a wave of abductions in connection with the alleged disappearance of three teenage settlers.

Iraq pounds ISIL positions north of Baghdad

Mon Jun 16, 2014 14:13:47

Iraq’s army has pummeled the positions of Takfiri insurgents in areas north of Baghdad to defuse their plot to sow unrest in the war-torn country.

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