Posts Tagged: ISIS Iraq
Kerry: Any Iranian Military Action Against ISIS is ‘Positive’
Daily Mail - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry welcomed any Iranian military action against Islamic State jihadists in Iraq as "positive" after the Pentagon...
#JSIL: Another Obscene Israel Analogy
JNS.org - For several decades now, Israel's enemies have actively and willfully defamed the Jewish state by comparing its actions to the atrocities...
U.S. Airstrike Hits ISIS Target in New Phase of Military Action Against Iraqi Militants
NBC News - The U.S. carried out an airstrike near Baghdad on Monday as the beginning of intensified action against ISIS militants in Iraq, defense...
Israeli President Rivlin Says Israel Has Duty to Stop ISIS
Arutz Sheva - Israel has a "responsibility" to stop Islamic State (IS; formerly known as ISIS), President Reuven Rivlin stated Friday. "Fighting evil, in the form...
CIA Now Estimates Number of Islamic State Fighters Could Total 31,500
Fox News - The CIA said Thursday that the number of Islamic State fighters has grown to as many as three times previous estimates, a...
Israeli Spy Beheaded in the Sinai, Note on Corpse Says
JNS.org - Residents in Egypt's war-torn Sinai Peninsula said they found a beheaded corpse with a note by Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis, an Islamic State-linked...
In Speech, Obama Outlines Strategy to ‘Degrade and Destroy’ ISIS
New York Times - President Obama on Wednesday authorized a major expansion of the military campaign against rampaging Sunni militants in the Middle East, including...
Kerry Arrives in Iraq for Top-Level Anti-ISIS Coalition Talks
New York Times - Secretary of State John Kerry arrived here on Wednesday for top-level talks to forge a coalition against the Sunni militants who...
British Feminism, Jihadi-Style
Aqsa Mahmood is young woman from Scotland. The daughter of Pakistani-born parents who built a successful business in the U.K., she grew up with...
Islamic State Wins Support From Jordanian Pol, Shocks Saudis
Ruthless violence from the terrorist organization Islamic State (IS, or ISIS) is dividing people in the Muslim world, as shown by two recent clips from...
U.S. Launches New Airstrikes Against Islamic State Militants in Iraq
Washington Post - Backed by U.S. airstrikes that began in Iraq late Saturday, Iraqi special forces, allied tribesmen and local police launched a ground offensive...
Iran’s Khamenei Backs Cooperation With U.S. to Fight Islamic State Militants
BBC - Iran's Supreme Leader has approved co-operation with the U.S. as part of the fight against Islamic State in northern Iraq, sources have told...
Lawmakers Say Congress Must Authorize Any Strike Against Islamic State
New York Times - A bipartisan group of lawmakers on Wednesday called for Congress to debate and vote on whether to authorize President Obama to...
Aggressive Propaganda Helps Islamic State Lure Followers Away From Al-Qaida
Battlefield success by the Islamic State, formerly the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), may be translating into a competition with al-Qaeda for brand loyalty...
