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[…]
The United States and partner nations launched their first airstrikes against the Islamic State in Syria, as fighting raged Monday between the extremist group and Kurdish forces near the border with Turkey, triggering a surge of tens of thousands of refugees. The Pentagon said a mix of fighter jets, bombers and[…]
From the start, exactly what to call the rebel group that has taken over much of Syria and Iraq has been problematic. At first, many called it the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). However, due to differences over how the name should be translated from the Arabic, some[…]
As the US rallies its allies to launch an all-out war on the so-called Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), conspiracy theories are running deep in Iraq, with Iraqis believing that the rebel group is an invention of the CIA to allow the US interference in the area.[…]
Australia has deployed armed police inside parliament in the face of security threats, after foiling an alleged plot by sympathisers of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group for “demonstration executions” in the country. Previously, security was handled by in-house parliamentary security officers. “There will be armed[…]
France has carried out its first air strikes in Iraq against positions of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, joining a US-led operation to defeat the rebel group. In a statement issued on Friday, French President Francois Hollande said the strike destroyed a logistics depot held by ISIL.[…]
While there has been much focus on the rise of the Islamic State (IS) in the Middle East, a local journalist feels Africa may be vulnerable to the radical group’s ‘subversive ideology’. Simon Allison has pointed to the continent potentially being a prime-target for IS’s continued expansion. Speaking to VOC’s[…]
Australian authorities have carried out their largest “counter-terrorism” raids so far, detaining 15 people to stop an alleged plot by supporters of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) to carry out “demonstration killings” in public. A pre-dawn operation was carried out on Thursday across Sydney and Brisbane[…]
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday criticized the United States for its refusal to send troops into combat in the battle against Islamic State militants he claimed were seeking to “kill humanity.” Speaking in an interview with NBC television in Tehran before heading to the United Nations ahead of next[…]
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