
A witness of the Iraqi army’s efforts to seize back Ramadi described a macabre scene, telling CNN dogs were eating the heads of the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) jihadists killed in the fight, while those who survived are trying to use civilians, including kids, as “human shields.”
by Edwin Mora4 Jan 2016, 7:23 PM PST0

The long-awaited push to retake the Iraqi city of Ramadi from the Islamic State is under way, and it has given the Iraqis a chance for payback against the ISIS militants who routed them over the past few years.
by John Hayward23 Dec 2015, 6:36 PM PST0

Pentagon spokesman Col. Steve Warren highlighted what may be a forged document to insist that the Islamic State is in “desperation” mode and “beginning to feel the pressure” of the U.S.-led coalition’s efforts against the terror group.
by Jordan Schachtel and Edwin Mora22 Dec 2015, 3:47 PM PST0

On Sunday, the Iraqi air force claimed it was able to target the convoy of ISIS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi with an air strike. The status of the self-proclaimed “caliph” is unknown.
by John Hayward12 Oct 2015, 7:27 AM PST0

The Shiite militia movement in Iraq known as Hashd al-Shaabi, or Popular Mobilization Units, has launched an attack to retake Fallujah from the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL), prompting the jihadist group to declare a state of emergency inside the city, Rudaw reports quoting an Iraqi military source.
by Edwin Mora15 Jul 2015, 12:49 PM PST0

The Islamic State has “launched a wide-scale attack on Iraqi security forces in Ramadi in an apparent attempt to take the rest of the key central Iraqi city,” according to Governor Suhaib al-Rawi.
by John Hayward15 May 2015, 8:42 AM PST0

Every recent news story about the battle against ISIS in Iraq has taken pains to quote the administration’s assessment that about 25 percent of the Islamic State’s territory has been recaptured. Pushing them out of Tikrit was a significant milestone, although it took considerably longer than planned.
by John Hayward15 Apr 2015, 8:33 PM PST0

Islamic State terrorists burned forty-five people to death in the ISIS-held town of Al-Baghdadi, a local police chief told the BBC.
by Jordan Schachtel17 Feb 2015, 12:46 PM PST0

A follow-up to Friday’s story about tribal leaders from Iraq’s Anbar province pleading with the Obama Administration for direct military support: those leaders now say Iraqi troops in the region are perhaps only “hours” away from crumbling against the ISIS assault.
by John Hayward15 Feb 2015, 12:49 PM PST0