UN report: Up to 30,000 ISIS members still in Syria, Iraq

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UN report: Up to 30,000 ISIS members still in Syria, Iraq

by WorldTribune Staff, August 14, 2018 As many as 30,000 jihadists make up a “covert version” of the Islamic State (ISIS) terror organization in Syria and Iraq, according to a UN report. While a large number of ISIS fighters and commanders have been killed in battle, thousands of others and have left the immediate conflict […]

On election day in U.S., a fight to the death with ISIL rages in Raqqa, Syria and Mosul, Iraq

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On election day in U.S., a fight to the death with ISIL rages in Raqqa, Syria and Mosul, Iraq

by WorldTribune Staff, November 8, 2016 As U.S. voters headed to the polls to elect President Barack Obama’s successor on Nov. 8, U.S.-backed forces pushed toward Raqqa in Syria and Mosul in Iraq amid heavy resistance from Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL). The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) alliance said it had advanced south […]

ISIL, said to fear uprising, executes 300 by firing squad in Mosul

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ISIL, said to fear uprising, executes 300 by firing squad in Mosul

Special to WorldTribune.com Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) has executed 300 people in Mosul, Iraq. “Daesh (ISIL) terrorists executed 300 people by firing squad in Mosul,” said Mahmoud al-Sourji, a spokesman for Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces on Feb. 7. Those executed were “Iraqi police personnel, army troopers and civilian activists,” Arabic-language al-Sumaria satellite television network […]