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US, UN condemn ISIL militants as threat to entire region

Wed Jun 11, 2014 09:26:34

Militants who have seized Iraq's second city of Mosul pose a threat to the entire region, the United States has warned, voicing deep concern about the "extremely serious" situation.

ISIL: The gravest threat in Iraq and Syria

Wed Jun 11, 2014 08:56:55

With thousands of Arab and foreign militants and a commander with designs on the leadership of al-Qaeda, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) has become the gravest threat in Iraq and Syria.

Ayatollah Sistani calls for Iraq army support against Takfiris

Wed Jun 11, 2014 07:25:55

Iraq-based Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani voices his support for the Iraqi army engaged in fighting against the al-Qaeda-linked Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).

In Pictures: ISIL militants show Iraq’s Mosul under their control

Tue Jun 10, 2014 20:01:29

Militants from the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and Levant have published pictures on the social networks, showing the Iraqi oil-rich city of Mosul after the group attacked and occupied the whole area.

‘Saudi and Turkish intelligence behind Mosul unrest’

Tue Jun 10, 2014 19:06:29

An Iraqi parliamentarian says Saudi Arabia, Turkish intelligence and former Iraqi vice president Tariq al-Hashimi are behind the deadly turmoil Iraq is facing these days.

Israel’s Knessent approves force-feeding Palestinian hunger-strikers

Tue Jun 10, 2014 16:25:17

Israeli authorities have given initial approval to a law to enable the force-feeding of Palestinian prisoners on a long hunger strike, drawing fierce criticism from human rights activists.

Maliki declares state of emergency after Mosul falls to ISIL

Tue Jun 10, 2014 16:04:14

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has issued a state of emergency throughout the country, after Iraq’s oil-rich city of Mosul fell to the hands of a radical militants group.

ISIL militants seize Iraq's second-largest city Mosul: Report

Tue Jun 10, 2014 13:51:14

Gunmen have seized Iraq's second-largest city as troops threw away their uniforms and abandoned their posts, officials said, in another blow to the authorities, who appear incapable of stopping militant advances.

Hezbollah lethal firepower is more than many states: Israeli army chief

Tue Jun 10, 2014 12:42:19

Hezbollah has more lethal firepower than all except the most major countries in the world, declares Lieutenant General Benny Gantz, the chief of staff of the Israeli army.

US arms creating Somalia-style warlords in Syria: FSA

Tue Jun 10, 2014 11:18:52

A commander of the so-called Free Syrian Army (FSA) has warned that the growing US arms shipments to Syria are creating myriad Somali-style warlords in the war-torn country.

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