Posts Tagged: Islamic State Iraq
The Islamic State May Soon Be a Direct Threat to Israel
In only four months, the Islamic State (IS) has captured territory larger than the country of Britain, a march unprecedented in modern history, according to...
Iran Reportedly Deploys Rocket and Missile Batteries in Iraq
JNS.org - While the White House insists it is not cooperating with Iran in fighting the Islamic State terror group,The New York Times reported...
Iraqi Officers Say Islamic State Fighters in ‘ Total Collapse’ in Battle for Tikrit
USA Today - Islamic State fighters killed the prominent leader of a Shiite militia in the battle of Tikrit on Saturday, but Iraqi officers said...
Iranians Advisers in Iraq Battle ‘Concerning’ US, Defense Secretary Says
Yahoo/AFP - The presence of Iranian advisers in the Iraq battle for Tikrit is "concerning" to the United States, Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter said...
Syria’s Civil War Could Stabilize Its Region
Population shifts resulting from Syria's four-year-long civil war have profoundly changed Syria and its three Arabic-speaking neighbors: Iraq, Lebanon and Jordan. (Turkey and Israel have changed too, but less so.)...
Report: Senior Islamic State Operatives Killed in US-led Airstrikes in Iraq
Jerusalem Post - A number of prominent Islamic State operatives were killed Thursday in intensive air-strikes by the US-led coalition against the terrorist group in...
Iraqi Assyrian Christians Form Militia to Fight Islamic State
JNS.org - Iraqi Christians have formed a militia to take back their Nineveh Plains homeland from the Islamic State terror group. According to the UK-based Catholic...
Why My Brother Really Died
My brother, Sean Carmeli, was born and raised in South Padre Island, Texas. He grew up in a very warm and loving home, a safe...
Obama Authorizes ‘Targeted Airstrikes’ Against Islamic State Militants in Iraq
JNS.org - U.S. warplanes have begun bombing terrorists from the jihadist terror group Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS) Friday on order by U.S....
