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‘Is ISIL really ‘Sunni’? Not at all’

Wed Jun 18, 2014 07:39:02

The Western media describes ISIL – the ultra-extremist terrorists destabilizing Iraq and Syria – as “Sunni militants.”

Iraq PM dismisses senior security commanders

Tue Jun 17, 2014 22:21:30

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki dismissed four of his top security officers on Tuesday for abandoning their "professional and military duty" a week after the fall of the northwest city of Mosul to the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant militants, the government said.

Turkey evacuates Basra consulate over ISIL threat

Tue Jun 17, 2014 21:26:55

Turkey said it evacuated its consulate in the southern Iraqi city of Basra on Tuesday for security reasons, a week after foreign backed militant group of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) attacked its mission in Mosul and kidnapped several dozen Turks.

Two million volunteered to fight against ISIL: Iraqi minister

Tue Jun 17, 2014 20:56:29

More than 2 million Iraqis have volunteered to fight against militants from the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), Iraqi Energy Minister Hussein al-Shahristani says.

Hezbollah prevents ISIL reaching Beirut: Nasrallah

Tue Jun 17, 2014 19:27:36

Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah said the resistance groups’ members’ intervention in Syria had kept an al-Qaeda splinter group that has seized territory in Iraq from spreading west into Lebanon, a newspaper reported on Tuesday.

Iraqi troops repel ISIL terrorists attack in Baquba

Tue Jun 17, 2014 18:06:59

Government troops said they repelled an attempt by militants belonging to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) to seize Baquba, capital of Diyala province north of Baghdad, in heavy fighting overnight.

ISIL opens clandestine branch in Jordan: reports

Tue Jun 17, 2014 17:31:34

Sources said on Tuesday that the terror organization of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) has opened a clandestine branch in Jordan to prepare for its expansion into the region.

Saudi responsible for terrorists’ financing: Iraq cabinet

Tue Jun 17, 2014 16:54:57

Saudi Arabia should be held responsible for militant financing and crimes committed by insurgent groups in Iraq, the Baghdad government charged on Tuesday.

Hundreds of ISIL terrorists, top commander killed in Iraq airstrikes: Video

Tue Jun 17, 2014 12:26:33

More than 350 ISIL terrorists have been killed in airstrikes in the western province of al-Anbar, the Iraqi army's regional operations command says.

Turkey paying price for supporting terrorists in Syria

Tue Jun 17, 2014 11:43:49

After capturing Mosul in Iraq’s north, the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant raided the Turkish consulate, the only diplomatic mission in the city, and took 49 people hostage, including Consul General Ozturk Yilmaz.

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