North Africa
Libya: US warplanes join battle for Sirte
US warplanes launched a new round of air-strikes against ISIS targets in the Libyan city of Sirte—the first such strikes carried out in support of local ground forces.
Tag: ISIS
Iraq
Iraq: keep abusive militias out of Mosul campaign
Human Rights Watch urged Iraqi military commanders to prevent abusive sectarian militias from participating in the campaign to retake the city of Mosul from ISIS.
Europe
Fascist imperative behind relentless terror
There is common political content to all the relentless terror attacks—whether they come from the Islamist right or Islamophobie right, they are equally part of the global reaction.
Afghanistan
Afghanistan: ISIS claims massacre of Hazaras
ISIS claimed responsibility for twin suicide blasts that killed at least 80 and wounded 230 Shi'ite Hazaras who were gathered in Kabul for a protest demonstration.
Greater Middle East
Syria: US closing ranks with Assad regime
Under the new US-Russia coordination in Syria, the Pentagon will direct greater firepower against ISIS and Nusra Front in what analysts call a "boon for the Assad regime."
Central Asia
ISIS hand seen Kazakhstan attacks
A team of gunmen killed three security officers and two civilians in an attack on an office of the National Security Committee in Kazakhstan’s commercial capital Almaty.
Greater Middle East
Erdogan dictatorship in wake of coup attempt?
With a post-coup purge of his enemies now underway, Erdogan is positioned to push through his proposed constitutional change that would establish an autocracy in Turkey.
Greater Middle East
Turkish coup attempt: kismet for Erdogan?
Erdogan paradoxically summoned his supporters to take the streets to defeat a coup attempt—after crushing the Gezi Park protests and unleashing terror against the Kurds.
Europe
France extends state of emergency after Nice attack
President Francois Hollande announced that he will extend the state of emergency for another three months in light of the Nice attack—just hours after saying he would lift it.
Iraq
Iraq: 560 more US troops for Mosul offensive
The US will send an additional 560 troops to Iraq to help secure a newly retaken air-base as a staging hub for the long-awaited offensive to retake Mosul from ISIS.
Iraq
Demand war crimes trial for ISIS leaders
Human Rights Watch called on the Iraqi and Kurdish Regional Government authorities to prosecute ISIS fighters for war crimes against the Yazidi minority.
Greater Middle East
ISIS executes civil resistance media activists
ISIS executed five media activists in Syria's eastern province of Deir Ezzor, warning that anyone who tries to document the group's atrocities will never be safe from retribution.