Iraq
Iraq: cultural cleansing in Mosul
The ISIS militants that have seized Mosul are engaged in a campaign of cultural cleansing—targeting not only the citiy's inhabitants, but its artistic and historical treasures.
Tag: al-Qaeda
Iraq
Iraq: Sufis resist ISIS in Kirkuk
Fighting erupted between ISIS and militants of the Naqshbandi Sufi Order in Kirkuk governorate, as the Sunni rebel coalition that has seized a third of Iraq starts to fray.
Iraq
Obama to send 300 military ‘advisors’ to Iraq
President Obama announced the deployment of 300 US military advisors to Iraq to help government forces beat back the ISIS militants that have seized a third of the country.
Iraq
UN rights chief: evidence of war crimes in Iraq
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said that the numerous executions that have occurred over the past week in Iraq "almost certainly amount to war crimes."
Palestine
ISIS behind West Bank abductions?
Hebron and the West Bank are heavily militarized as Israeli troops hunt for three youths whose abductions have now been claimed (somewhat dubiously) in the name of ISIS.
Iraq
ISIS: too radical for al-Qaeda?
Ayman al-Zawahiri purged ISIS from al-Qaeda and confered the local franchise on the rival Nusra Front. But with the old Qaeda leadership moribund, ISIS now controls much of Iraq.
Iraq
Kurds take Kirkuk, ISIS press offensive
Iraq's contested northern city of Kirkuk was taken by Kurdish forces after being abandoned by the army—while the ISIS offensive is halted just 75 miles outside Baghdad.
Iraq
Iraq: half a million flee Mosul; ISIS advance south
An estimated half a million people have fled Iraq's second largest city, Mosul, since it was seized by ISIS forces—who have since taken Tikrit and are advancing on Baghdad.
Iraq
Iraqi troops repel ISIS assault on Mosul
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) launched an assault on Samarra in central Iraq and then attempted to seize the northern city of Mosul, pointing to a renewed insurgency.
Watching the Shadows
DoD approves war crimes trial for Qaeda leader
The US Department of Defense approved the war crimes trial of Abd al-Hadi al-Iraqi, a leader of al-Qaeda's armed forces in Afghanistan between 2002 and 2004.
Greater Middle East
ISIS behind Brussels Jewish Museum killings?
News that a suspect in the Brussels Jewish museum killings fought in Syria with the insurgent group ISIS comes as European police escalate their crackdown on Syria "returnees."
New York City
Islamophobia at Ground Zero —again?
Protests are mounting over a supposedly Islamophobic video to be screened at New York's Ground Zero museum—yet few have actually seen it. What is the truth here?