(AFP) Iraqi forces struggled to regain ground lost last month to jihadist-led militants and politicians remained divided Monday despite mounting pressure to unite and agree on a new leadership. Nearly a month after militants led by the group now calling
KELE BI Iraq (Reuters) – A grave, freshly dug and adorned with pebbles, is the modest tribute to one more sacrifice in the long history of struggle for an independent Kurdish state. Hogir Fathi was looking forward to home leave
(Reuters) – Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said on Sunday a referendum on the independence of Iraq’s Kurdish region would lead to a “catastrophic” break up of the country, which is facing an onslaught by Sunni Islamist militants. The comments
The jihadist Islamic State group has expelled more than 30,000 people from their homes in the eastern Syrian town of Shuheil, a monitoring group said on Sunday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said IS had “forced out” some 30,000
Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) slammed President Barack Obama’s foreign policy for the rise of ISIS in Iraq. “This is not like a hurricane or earthquake” he said. “This didn’t have to happen. This is
London’s century-old process for fixing gold prices, tainted by a rigging scandal and attacked by critics as old-fashioned, goes under the spotlight this week in key talks aimed at modernising the process. Analysts said that the market price of gold,
Iran said Sunday it supports Nuri al-Maliki’s bid to stay on as Iraq’s premier but that it is ready to back any other candidate chosen by parliament in Baghdad. Maliki’s “State of Law coalition won first place in the last
In what served as a confirmation of troop presence in Iraq, Iranian state media reported the death of an Iranian military pilot defending the city of Samarra, Iraq from jihadists associated with the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS,
A video purported to show Islamic State (IS) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi delivering a July 4 sermon in Mosul, and ordering Muslims to “obey” his calls for “jihad,” is being described as “indisputably” fake by an Iraqi government spokesman. As
The Big and Lethal Lies are coming at us faster and harder than ever before. ISIS has just crucified eight Muslim men for not being “extreme” enough in their Islamic practice. They kept their bodies on display in a
BBC Newsnight interviewed an Iraqi advisor on ISIS, Hisham al-Hashimi about an extensive network of safe houses throughout Baghdad waiting with detailed plans for their leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi to declare the “zero hour” which will launch a highly coordinated
Three weeks ago, President Obama promised that the United States “will not be sending U.S. troops back into combat” in Iraq. But Foreign Policy magazine (FP) just reported that Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Martin Dempsey acknowledged that
BEIRUT (AP) — The military chief of Syria’s main Western-backed rebel group warned Saturday that the country risked a “humanitarian disaster” if allies do not send more aid to help his moderate forces halt the advance of Islamic militants. Extremist
Sunni Muslim religious scholar Yusef al-Qaradawi said on Saturday that the declaration of an Islamic caliphate by jihadists fighting the governments in Syria and Iraq violates sharia law. Last Sunday, the jihadists declared an “Islamic caliphate” in areas they control
I’ve always had Muslim housekeepers. They’re clean and they don’t steal things. But do I worry about coming home one day to discover bomb-making equipment alongside the prayer mat and Koran that are now permanent fixtures in my living room?
Islamist terrorist groups may try to “out-jihad” each other with spectacular attacks on the West, according to an article by Quilliam think-tank member Charlie Cooper. Writing for the Left Foot Forward website, Cooper – who works for the counter-extremism think
Here’s an interesting headline: “You soon may not need citizenship to vote in the US; just become a New Yorker.” Who wrote that headline? And who published it? Some nativist right-winger? No, it’s an article by Ron Hayduk, a professor at
Here in Boone, NC, the most perfect and beautiful spot in all of America (and therefore the universe), the sky is blue and the air is cool and dry. For that reason, a movie festival is probably not on my
Perhaps more than any other jihadist terror group in the world, the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS–or, as they now refer to themselves, the Islamic State), boasts a great variety of nationalities in its ranks and a significant
More than 100 British imams have signed an open letter urging UK Muslims not to join jihadi fighters in Iraq and Syria, according to Sky News. The letter comes during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, and against the backdrop
BAGHDAD (AP) — More than 40 Indian nurses who were trapped by in territory captured by Islamic militants who have overrun much of Iraq in recent weeks are safe and will fly home this week, an Indian official said Friday.
Kurdish representatives seemed unwilling to move back to the “pre-June 9” Iraqi governing structure that entails taking orders from Baghdad. A Kurdish representative said after a meeting with Secretary of State John Kerry in Washington Wednesday, “we are not ready
While the jihadist terror group Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham is regarded one of the most media-savvy jihadist organizations to ever exist, its leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, is a recluse that rarely poses for the group’s many propaganda videos.
The jihadist terrorist group Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) claims to represent the interests of Sunni Muslims in Iraq, Syria, and the greater Middle East. One Sunni Mufti boldly debunked that claim on Lebanese television station Al Mayadeen,
You might have seen some online chatter about a new series of elevated terror warnings at international airports. The UK Telegraph explains what it’s all about: Terrorists are plotting to use new stealth bombs in laptops and even humans to
