ISIL

Saudi repeats call for US strikes on Syrian government

Jun 18, 2016 01:46

The Saudi foreign minister has repeated Riyadh's call on the US to carry out airstrikes against the Syrian government, echoing a similar request by dozens of US diplomats who broke ranks with the White House to push for military action against Damascus.
Bombing, clashes leave 12 police dead in northern Iraq

Jun 17, 2016 09:38

At least a dozen Iraqi police officers, including a commander, were killed in a bomb attack as well as clashes with the ISIL Takfiri terrorists in the northern province of Salahuddin, a source said Friday.
Iraqi troops retake govt. compound in center of Fallujah

Jun 17, 2016 09:30

Iraqi forces have retaken the main government compound in the center of Fallujah from ISIL terrorists, symbolizing government control of the city.
Daesh planning more terrorist attacks in West: CIA chief

Jun 17, 2016 01:46

John Brennan, the director of the Central Intelligence Agency, has acknowledged that the US-led campaign against Daesh (ISIL) has failed to reduce the group’s terrorism capability, saying the group is planning more attacks in the West.
Iraqi forces retake several Fallujah areas from Daesh

Jun 17, 2016 01:20

Iraqi government forces have managed to retake several areas in and around Fallujah from the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group as they are pushing toward the heart of the strategic city in the beleaguered western province of Anbar.
Iraq’s Fallujah facing ‘humanitarian disaster’ amid food crisis: NGO

Jun 16, 2016 16:21

The Daesh-held Iraqi city of Fallujah is facing a “humanitarian disaster” as many of its hunger-stricken residents remain trapped with no “safe passage” to make their way out, a prominent NGO warns.
ISILstill slaughtering Izadis in Iraq, Syria: UN panel

Jun 16, 2016 16:10

A United Nations investigative panel has urged action against crimes committed by the ISIL terrorist group against the Izadi minority in Iraq and Syria, stressing that the Takfiri militants are still committing genocide against the Kurdish-speaking community.
Seven Iraqi soldiers killed in a bomb blast south of Baghdad

Jun 15, 2016 09:59

At least seven Iraqi soldiers have been killed after a bomb hit a military checkpoint south of the capital city of Baghdad.
German, French special forces in Syria 'an aggression'

Jun 15, 2016 09:45

The Syrian government says French and German forces are present in northern Syria, condemning it as an act of "aggression."
Iraqis fleeing Fallujah lack water, Doctors Without Borders says

Jun 14, 2016 15:27

Doctors Without Borders says thousands of Iraqi civilians fleeing Fallujah lack access to adequate water, raising the likelihood of epidemics such as cholera.