Islamic State Fills Coffers From Illicit Economy in Syria, Iraq.
THE RIGHT NEWS, FRONT AND CENTER.. Turkeys foreign ministry said the amount of oil authorities have seized along the Turkey-Syria border has surged by 300% since the start of the Syrian uprising in 2011. ���We are trying to. Earlier this month, the United Nations placed on a sanctions list six citizens it said were involved in funding or recruiting for Islamic State and Nusra Front���al Qaedas official Syrian arm���imposing a travel ban and freezing their assets.
Islamic State crucifies two, executes 23 others in push for.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based monitoring organization, and residents in Syrias east said that fighters from the al-Sheitaat tribe in eastern Deir al-Zor had tried to resist Islamic States advance this month. In al-Shaafa, a town on the banks.. After the Boston Marathon bombings a nationally syndicated (syndicated here in our region) and Fox News contributor told Robert Spencer and the audience the following: ���Well a friend of mine who uhm��.
Obama Administration May Announce More Troops To Iraq.
WASHINGTON, Aug 12 (Reuters) - The Obama administration may announce on Tuesday a decision to send more military advisers to Iraq, U.S. officials said, as the United States helps confront radical Islamist militants who. The 15-member council unanimously adopted a resolution that aims to weaken the Islamic State - an al Qaeda splinter group that has seized swaths of territory in Iraq and Syria and declared a caliphate - and al Qaedas Syrian wing Nusra Front.
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Nasser Haj Mansour, a defense official in Syrias Kurdish region, said the fighters captured the Christian village of Tal Maghas in Hassakeh province, which had been under the control of Islamic State militants. Haj Mansour and. (Reuters) - About $1 million provided by the CIA to a secret Afghan government fund ended up in the hands of al Qaeda in 2010 when it was used to pay a ransom for an Afghan diplomat, the New York Times reported on Saturday. Al Qaeda��.
ISIS selling Yazidi women in Syria, according to report.
SOHR says it could confirm at least 27 cases in which women were ���sold and married��� for about $1,000 each to ISIS militants in Aleppo and Raqqa suburbs and Al-Hassakah. Tens of thousands of Yazidis fled to Mount Sinjar��.
French carrier joins fight as US reviews anti-IS effort
. strikes in Syria. Another 73 fighters from Al-Qaedas Syrian affiliate Al-Nusra Front had been killed, as had 62 civilians, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. US military officials have said they want Iraqi forces to launch.
US Claims ISIS Demoralized by Airstrikes; Militants Selling Christian.
While U.S. officials say Islamic State, or ISIS, has been demoralized by losses it has suffered in Iraq and Syria due to ongoing American airstrikes, reports suggest that its militants are turning Christian churches into torture chambers and selling.
The True Story Of What Happened To The Assyrian Christians
The offensive underlines the emergence of the well-organised Syrian Kurdish militia as the main partner for the U.S.-led alliance against Islamic State in Syria while the Christians were ill-armed and without much support from the U.S.-led coalition.. that they were transferred to the village of Umm Al-Masamir where on the following day they were taken to Shaddadi, an area under the control of ISIS adding that the estimated number of abducted around 300 Christians.
Obama Administration May Announce More Troops To Iraq, Officials Say
WASHINGTON, Aug 12 (Reuters) - The Obama administration may announce on Tuesday a decision to send more military advisers to Iraq, U.S. officials said, as the United States helps confront radical Islamist militants who threaten Iraqi minorities and the .
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On Friday, Syrian opposition officials said the rebels had received a new shipment of anti-tank weapons and other arms, although they give varying accounts of the sources of the recently received arms.. The administration knows, for example, that al Qaeda, which has active cells in Libya, will try to exploit the power vacuum that will come with a weak or ousted Gaddafi... Other minorities, such as the Christians, Druze and Kurds, have split or tried to stay neutral.
Israel Establishes Syrian Rebel Base in Israel, Treats.
Some time ago, I reported about a FoxNews story which filmed Israeli commandos inside Syria, returning from operation in support of Golani Syrian Druze forces opposed to Assad. The latest report shows not only that Israel��.
Obama: We Broke The ISIL Seige Of Mt. Sinjar In Iraq
Correspondent for Britains The Sunday Times Hala Jaber reports that Kurdish and Yazidi officials say the death toll from the Islamic States attack on the Iraq village of Kocho on Friday is higher than previously estimated... The 15-member council unanimously adopted a resolution that aims to weaken the Islamic State - an al Qaeda splinter group that has seized swaths of territory in Iraq and Syria and declared a caliphate - and al Qaedas Syrian wing Nusra Front.
Timeline of events related to the Islamic State of Iraq and the.
On April 8, 2013, having expanded into Syria, the group Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) adopted the name Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham... By March, ISIL forces had fully retreated from Syrias Idlib province after battles against the Syrian rebels... 2 July: Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the self-proclaimed caliph of the new ���Islamic State��� (ISIL), said that Muslims should unite to capture ���Rome��� in order to ���own the world���.
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Around 4:30 a.m., a 300-strong force of Salafist fighters from the mainly Sunni Bab al-Tabbaneh neighborhood, which backs the uprising in Syria, tried to launch an offensive against gunmen loyal to President Bashar Assad in the. He spoke from Jordan, where his forces had just received a new shipment of 35 tons of weapons from Saudi Arabia; Idriss said these weapons will help, but they arent advanced enough to combat Assads tanks and planes in Qusair.
White House: We Didnt Threaten Families Of Slain US Journalists With.
The parents of James Foley and Steven Sotloff say the administration warned them against going to the media or raising a ransom to try to free their sons, both of whom had been kidnapped by the Islamic State, the terrorist group in Syria sometimes.
Pentagon spokesman on fighting ISIS: I think we are in this for a matter of.
While ISIS has been the focus of most of the strikes in Syria, other terror targets have been hit. The U.S. military said the al Qaeda-linked Khorasan Group also was targeted when the strikes in Syria began Tuesday morning. And the terror group al.
Obama Authorizes Airstrikes In Iraq Against Islamic Militants
Correspondent for Britains The Sunday Times Hala Jaber reports that Kurdish and Yazidi officials say the death toll from the Islamic States attack on the Iraq village of Kocho on Friday is higher than previously estimated. A Kurdish official.
U.S., Kurds Free Thousands Of Trapped Yazidis
U.S. Defense officials announced Wednesday that U.S. and Kurdish operations in Iraq had broken the siege on Mount Sinjar in Iraq, making it possible for thousands of the Yazidi people trapped there by raiding Islamic State militants to escape, the.
ISIS Captures Christians: Piece By Piece, Middle Eastern Christianity Is Being.
Islamic State jihadists laid siege to a string of Christian Assyrian villages, along the Khabour River, in northeastern Syria, kidnapping or killing scores of residents. Those abducted are now in imminent peril and thousands more who were expelled have.
500000 Iraqi civilians flee Mosul fighting, migration group says
American-trained Iraqi government forces fled in the face of the onslaught by the fighters, believed to be from the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, an al Qaeda splinter group also known as ISIS and ISIL. The militants now��.
Syrian Kurds Issue Womens Rights Decree in Defiance of ISIS
In a welcome challenge to the barbaric gender apartheid practiced by ISIS, Hamas, Hezbollah, and all the Al-Qaeda offshoots, a group of Kurds in northeastern Syria have issued a womens right decree which calls for ���equality between men and women in.
Syria Comment �� Archives Islamic State Officially Admits to.
The Islamic State issues an official article detailing their enslavement of Yazidi women, and justifying it according to early Islamic slavery practice.. Ras��lull��h (sallall��hu alayhi wa sallam) said, ���Allah marvels at a people who enter Jannah in chains��� [reported by al-Bukh��r�� on the authority of Ab�� Hurayrah]... War mongers can not wait for Kobani to fall so they can start pushing for a NFZ in northern Syria, US top generals are not interested as of now (fox news):.
Al Qaeda kidnaps 300 Kurds in Syria, Syrian official says
``They left women and children but they kidnapped 300 men and young people, Idris Nassan, an official in the Kobani area told Reuters. ``They captured them in Tuqad village, (12 miles) west of Aleppo and then they moved them to al-Dana town in Idlib .
Fears Remain For Yazidis Still Trapped In Mountains
Kurdish officials told the Associated Press that Syrian Kurdish fighters opened a safe passage from the mountains Thursday night, allowing some 20,000 Yazidis to make their way toward refuge in Syria. Kurdish TV station KurdSat released footage it said .
Islamic State, Al Qaeda Agree to Stop Fighting Each Other and Team Up Against.
A U.S. official with access to intelligence about Syria said the American intelligence community has not seen any indications of a shift in the two groups strategy, but added that he could not rule out tactical deals on the ground.. A second source.
M of A - Position Changes On Syria - Moon of Alabama
. the attack on Syria is failing: France said on Thursday there were no signs that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is about to be overthrown, something Paris has been saying for months was just over the horizon... And if erdogan survives the syria crisis hell be more than glad to suck all the opportunities to support snackbar-mercs while guiding turkey into a new ottoman era into syria, Iraq qnd Iran, fighting off the Kurds once and for all. So.MMedvedev obviously��.
U.S. Military Says Airstrikes Destroy Islamic State Vehicles Near Mosul Dam
Correspondent for Britains The Sunday Times Hala Jaber reports that Kurdish and Yazidi officials say the death toll from the Islamic States attack on the Iraq village of Kocho on Friday is higher than previously estimated. A Kurdish official.
Catharsis Ours: War watch May 31 , 2014 -- Syria in focus.
War watch May 31 , 2014 -- Syria in focus -- Al-Qaeda Kidnaps Nearly 200 Kurds from North Syria 193 Kurds Taken in Latest Raid on Kurdish Village , Russia warns US that arming Al Qaeda rebels in Syria will be another mistake... Libya General Says Pro-Coup Rallies Give Him.. These senior officials further say that they expect support in this new policy from previous opponents, i.e. from Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states. Let us hope that this is true. Amen.
The fissures that divide Iraq are widening, and may soon tear it apart
Theyve endured war with Iran that killed a million people, genocidal campaigns against Iraqi Kurds and Shiites, a decade of punishing economic sanctions, two Gulf wars that led to U.S. occupation, years of sectarian fighting, and now occupation of.
How Islam Is Ambushing the West
Meet the terrorist outfit ���du jour,��� the Khorasan group, which is described by U.S. officials as a network of seasoned Al Qaeda terrorists with battlefield experience mostly acquired in Pakistan and Afghanistan and now working in league with Al Qaedas.
U.S. Begins Airstrikes Against Islamic Militants In Iraq
Correspondent for Britains The Sunday Times Hala Jaber reports that Kurdish and Yazidi officials say the death toll from the Islamic States attack on the Iraq village of Kocho on Friday is higher than previously estimated... The 15-member council unanimously adopted a resolution that aims to weaken the Islamic State - an al Qaeda splinter group that has seized swaths of territory in Iraq and Syria and declared a caliphate - and al Qaedas Syrian wing Nusra Front.
Military Considering Sending Additional Troops To Iraq, Officials Say
According to a senior U.S. official, the number of additional troops currently under discussion would be fewer than 300, but there has been no final decision yet by Pentagon leaders. Officials said that the forces, if approved, would mainly provide.