Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — The Islamic State of Iraq and Levant has intensified attacks on Syrian rebels amid the offensive by the regime of President Bashar Assad. Opposition sources said ISIL, which broke from Al Qaida, expanded operations against Sunni rebels amid the Syrian Army offensive in the north. They said ISIL was killing […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — Iraq has requested U.S. military intervention. The administration of President Barack Obama has confirmed an Iraqi request for U.S. military operations to stop the advance of Al Qaida’s Islamic State of Iraq and Levant. Officials said Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al Maliki relayed an urgent request for U.S. air strikes. […]
Special to WorldTribune.com BAGHDAD — Al Qaida-linked jihadists, despite threats by Iran and the United States, have continued their advance toward the Iraqi capital. Al Qaida’s Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant has moved closer to Baghdad amid air and ground operations by the Iraqi military. At the same time, Iraqi sources said the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The U.S. government fears its nationals could be abducted in the Al Qaida offensive in Iraq. Officials said the administration of President Barack Obama was mulling an evacuation of up to 20,000 Americans in Iraq. They said many of them were advising the Iraqi military, including in central Iraq. The […]
Special to WorldTribune.com BAGHDAD — Al Qaida, in a stunning defeat for the U.S.-trained military, has captured a leading city in Iraq. On June 10, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant raided and captured Iraq’s second largest city. The Baghdad government acknowledged that nearly 1,000 ISIL fighters, armed with surface-to-air as well as […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant has formed a corridor from Syria to Iraq. Opposition sources said ISIL, deemed the most powerful Al Qaida franchise in the Middle East, has captured a swathe of territory from the northern city of Aleppo to the Iraqi border. They said the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — Al Qaida’s leading militia in the Levant has claimed a presence in the Gaza Strip. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant said it established bases in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip in 2014. In a statement ISIL, deemed the most powerful Sunni Islamist force in the region, was training […]
Special to WorldTribune.com BAGHDAD — Iraq’s autonomous region of Kurdistan has sought to seal its border with Syria. The Kurdistan Regional Government has completed a barrier meant to block infiltration of Al Qaida from Syria. The barrier spans 17 kilometers and consists of a huge trench that blocks foreigners. “This is part of Iraqi government […]
Special to WorldTribune.com BAGHDAD — Al Qaida has increased operations in a northern Iraqi province. Security sources said Al Qaida’s Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant expanded its presence in the Diyala province. The sources said ISIL was targeting Iraqi officials, politicians, and police in the northern Sunni-dominated province. “ISIL has moved from Anbar […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — Al Qaida’s Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant is fighting to stop a Sunni rebel offensive in Syria. Opposition sources said ISIL has launched a major attack on Islamist militias amid an offensive against the regime of President Bashar Assad in the coastal Syrian province of Latakia. The sources […]