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ISIL militants threaten US, UK with terror attacks

Tue Jun 17, 2014 10:22:59

Terror alerts, 9/11-style bombings and murders of British citizens will soon come to London’s streets, according to chilling threats from UK citizens fighting alongside with the so-called the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the most violent terrorist group operating in Syria and Iraq.

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.

World Cup 2014: Iran bags 1st point, holding Nigeria 0-0

Tue Jun 17, 2014 07:50:30

Nigeria and Iran have become the first sides to draw at the 2014 World Cup as they played out a turgid 0-0 draw in Curitiba.

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.

ISIL torches churches, rapes women in Mosul: EUSR

Mon Jun 16, 2014 21:07:12

The European Union Special Representatives (EUSR) in Iraq said on Monday that terrorists belonging to the Al-Qaeda-offshoot group of Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) have torched several churches in northern city of Mosul and raped at least five women.

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).

‘Blair has finally gone mad’: London mayor

Mon Jun 16, 2014 17:19:20

London Mayor Boris Johnson has launched a stinging attack on former British prime minister Tony Blair over his claims that the current conflict in Iraq is not linked to the West's 2003 invasion.

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