Special to WorldTribune.com, May 19, 2016 By Yossef Bodansky, Senior Editor, Global Information System / Defense & Foreign Affairs Part I, Part II. The initial alienation of grassroots, European-born and educated Muslim youth was a result of the overall deteriorating economic and social conditions throughout Western Europe. But this socio-economic frustration quickly transformed into a […]
Special to WorldTribune.com A terror group based in Russia’s Northern Caucuses region has called on Muslims in the country to kill Russian “apostates.” Caucasus Province, which pledged allegiance to Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in June 2015, has also vowed to attack President Vladimir Putin and implement Sharia law […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) has released a recording in Mandarin Chinese that urges Muslims to “take up weapons to fight.” The propaganda song was posted online by ISIL’s foreign-language media unit, Al Hayat Media Center, according to the SITE Intelligence Group, which tracks terror propaganda. In 2014, ISIL leader Abu […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Iraq on Oct. 11 said it carried out an air strike on a convoy carrying Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. The Iraqi military also said its air force targeted a meeting site and that several senior ISIL leaders were killed. Baghdadi’s convoy was said to be […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United States has reported an attempt to kill the leadership of Islamic State of Iraq and Levant. Officials said U.S. fighter-jets struck a suspected ISIL convoy near the northern Iraqi city of Mosul. They said the attack on late Nov. 7 targeted a 10-truck convoy that included ISIL leaders, […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United States has refrained from targeting the commanders of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, but the Pentagon said air strikes against ISIL have been effective. Officials said the U.S. military has not sought to eliminate ISIL leaders, including chief Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi. Iraq has asserted that […]
Special to WorldTribune.com LONDON — The commander of Islamic State of Iraq and Levant was said to have fled Iraq amid U.S. air strikes on Kurdistan. Officials said ISIL commander Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi left his headquarters in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul around Aug. 10. They said Al Baghdadi, a nomme de guerre, […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United Nations has identified leading members of Al Qaida’s network in Iraq and Syria. The UN Security Council designated six Al Qaida operatives for international sanctions, imposing a travel ban and freezing any assets. The six included leading members of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant as well […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Islamic State of Iraq and Levant, with control over large parts of Iraq and Syria, has set its sights on North Africa. Islamist sources said ISIL has intensified recruiting in several countries in North Africa. They said the recruitment was now meant to help establish sleeper and operational cells in […]
Special to WorldTribune.com LONDON — Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant has decided not to intervene in the Hamas war against Israel. Islamist sources said ISIL rejected several appeals by Al Qaida-aligned militias in the Gaza Strip to send money and weapons to fight Israel. They said ISIL responded that its priority was the […]