World’s least peaceful nations – top 6 all in Middle East region
If the world seems a more violent place to you than it was five years ago, you may be right. In a new report, the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) wrote that global peace has declined 5 percent since 2008, mostly because of the growing number and intensity of internal conflicts around the world […]
Four million refugees have fled Syrian conflict – UN
More than four million Syrians – a sixth of the population – have fled abroad to escape the conflict in their country, the United Nations has said. A surge in the number of people crossing into Turkey has increased the total by one million in just 10 months. More than seven million others have been […]
Secret to IS success – They infiltrate their targets, unleash mayhem and fight to the death
Bearded and wearing bright blue bandanas, the Islamic State group’s “special forces” unit gathered around their commander just before they attacked the central Syrian town of al-Sukhna. “Victory or martyrdom,” they screamed, pledging their allegiance to God and vowing never to retreat. The IS calls them “Inghemasiyoun,” Arabic for “those who immerse themselves.” The elite […]
45 ISIS fighters die after eating ‘poisoned’ iftar meal
Iraqi media reported on Tuesday that 45 Islamic State fighters died after eating a Ramadan fast-breaking meal in the city of Mosul in Iraq. Citing the spokesman of the Kurdish Democratic Party, reports said that it was unclear if it was a case of deliberate poisoning or food poisoning. According to the Kurdish party spokesman, […]
800 Christians join Shiite militias battling ISIS
The Hashd al-Shaabi Shiite militias, also called Popular Mobilization Units, are training 800 Christian volunteers to battle ISIS in its stronghold Mosul, a source from the Babylon Battalion told the Iraqi Al-Mada newspaper. “As local forces prepare for the Mosul operation to clear out ISIS gunmen, 800 Christian volunteers have also joined the Battalion of […]
Obama says US intensifying anti-ISIL campaign in Syria
US President Barack Obama has said that the US-led coalition battling fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) was “intensifying” its campaign against the armed group’s base in Syria. Speaking at the Pentagon on Monday, Obama said that recent territory losses by the ISIL group show that the armed group will […]
Obama on ISIS: “Ideologies are not defeated with guns, they are defeated by better ideas”
Via RCP, bear in mind that one of the can’t-miss ideas recently floated by a former Obama administration advisor is that gay marriage might defeat ISIS. This is the sort of thing you say when you’re trying to break it to people that victory in the new war won’t come soon, and may not come […]
US-led coalition “successfully engaged multiple targets” in ISIL’s Raqqa
The US-led coalition “successfully engaged multiple targets” in the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group’s de facto capital of Raqqa in northern Syria, US officials said. Coalition jets conducted at least 16 raids on Sunday, which destroyed ISIL-controlled structures and transit routes in Syria, Brett McGurk, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern […]
Senior ISIL Commander Abu Mohammad Flees to Turkey
A senior commander of the ISIL Takfiri terrorist group fighting against the government forces in Deir Ezzur province, Eastern Syria, fled to neighboring Turkey. “Amer al-Naklavi nicknamed Abu Mohammad fled Deir Ezzur into neighboring Turkey,” local sources said on Saturday. Al-Naklavi was commander of Jund al-Rahman terrorists group in the Eastern parts of Deir Ezzur […]
Syrian Army kills over Hundred ISIS militants in Aleppo in one day
The Syrian army continued its military operations against the Takfiri terrorist groups in the city of Aleppo in Northern Syria on Friday, and killed tens of militants in heavy clashes. More than 100 Takfiri terrorists were killed and 14 of their vehicles were destroyed in different parts of Aleppo, including Hleiseh, al-Jabboul, Ein al-Hanash, Deir […]
