British counter-terrorism police are struggling with “exceptionally high” numbers of investigations and discovering several plots a year, their chief said on Friday. “So far this year we have made 218 arrests and are running exceptionally high numbers of counter-terrorism investigations, the likes of which we have not seen for several[…]
OPINION by Shafiq Morton WHO exactly is ISIS or Da’ish – or to give it its latest acronym – the IS? The Islamic State in Syria (or the Levant), which governs a self-proclaimed Caliphate in the conflict-torn zones of Syria and Iraq, lays claim to a holy war against imperialism.[…]
Shia militias have abducted and murdered scores of Sunni civilians in Iraq in crimes committed in retribution against the actions of ISIL, according to a new report by Amnesty International. The London-based rights group on Tuesday published what it said was evidence that Shia militias abducted civilians in Baghdad, Samarra[…]
The Iraqi army has withdrawn from its last base in the city of Hit in Anbar province following weeks of fighting with the ISIL, leaving the group in full control, security sources have said. Hundreds of troops were pulled out of the base and relocated to help protect the Asad[…]
Fighting between the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group and Sunni militias is raging in the west of Iraq’s Anbar province, with a fierce battle taking place for control of the town of Heet. On Thursday, ISIL said they had entered the town. But Sunni militias, fighting[…]
Retired US general John Allen, who is leading the international effort against Islamic State extremists, said Wednesday that the training of Syrian rebels would be a slow process. “It is going to take a while, it could take years, actually,” Allen said in an interview with CNN. “We have to[…]
Kurdish peshmerga forces backed by US-led air attacks have pushed into territory held by ISIL in Iraq, recapturing several towns and villages that had recently fallen to the group. The peshmerga began their assault on early on Tuesday in the village of Basheer, which ISIL captured in June and has[…]
The number of asylum-seekers in industrialised countries has risen by nearly a quarter, driven by the wars in Syria and Iraq as well as instability in Afghanistan, Eritrea and elsewhere, the UN refugee agency said Friday. In the first six months of this year, the total number of people requesting[…]
U.S. fighter jets and bombers expanded their aerial campaign against Islamic State targets Wednesday, striking its fighters in both Syria and Iraq even as the group pressed their offensive in Kurdish areas within sight of the Turkish border, where fleeing refugees told of civilians beheaded and towns torched. President Barack Obama,[…]
US President Barack Obama on Wednesday led the UN Security Council in approving a resolution demanding that countries take action to stem the flow of foreign jihadists to Iraq and Syria. The resolution unanimously approved by the 15-member council requires all nations to adopt laws that would make it a[…]
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