The groups in the video are operationally capable and conducting attacks, some likely including fighters that have returned from Syria. . ISIS began to claim attacks by these groups in Philippines in April 2016. ..…
Al-Baghdadi declared that the two groups were merging under the name the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). ... Thus, the Islamic State operated in Syria since August 2011 under the designation of al-Nusra Front and it subsequently changed its name to the Islamic State of Iraq and..…
The 7-page DIA document states that al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI), the precursor to the ‘Islamic State in Iraq,’ (ISI) which became the ‘Islamic State in Iraq and Syria,’ “supported the Syrian opposition from the beginning, both ideologically and through the media.” . ... ISI..…
The only significant development following the killing of bin Laden was the birth, spread, and subsequent hegemony of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (“ISIS”)—an organization that made al-Qaeda pale in comparison when it came to savagery and atrocities. . ..…
In April 2013, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of ISI, declared that his group and Al-Nusra had merged under the name Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), and later Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). ..…
Then suddenly – as if on cue – Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi – alleged leader of the so-called “Islamic State in Iraq and Syria” (ISIS) was resurrected after US claims he had died years early, and provided the US with the perfect pretext to militarily intervene in Syria anyway. . ... The..…
Robin Wright, “Chaos in Syria: ISIS Detainees Escape as the U.S. Pulls Out,” The New Yorker, October 13, 2019, available at https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/chaos-in-syria-isis-detainees-escape-as-the-us-pulls-out. . ..…
-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and Kurdish PYD gains in northern Syria. ISIS may intend to incite broader conflict within Turkey in order to forestall this development. ..…
As result, Turkey has now evaded Syria, ISIS detainees have escaped, and Kurds have announced new with Damascus, victory for Syrian Bashar al- Assad, and Russia, and Iran.. ..…
When in 2015 Ankara began to crack down at home and secure its border with Syria, ISIS was dealt a major blow. . ..…
ISIS grew to fill the vacuum and established the Caliphate incorporating 1/3 of Iraq and half of Syria. ISIS conducted the slaughter and enslavement of the Yazidis. 600,000 people whose lives and culture was obliterated by ISIS while Obama, Clinton, and Brennan simply stood to the side,..…
Despite losing its territorial “caliphate,” the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) solidified its insurgent capabilities in Iraq and was resurging in Syria this quarter… CJTF-OIR [Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve (CJTF-OIR)] said that ISIS in Iraq was able to..…
Asbat Al-Ansar (Lebanon) . iSiS (Iraq) . iSiS (Syria) . iSiS (Cauacus) . iSiS (Libya) . iSiS (Yemen) . iSiS (Algeria) . iSiS (Philippines) . ..…
Similarly, in response to the spread of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), the U.S. marshalled a broad political and military international coalition that has successfully destroyed the physical Islamic caliphate, which at its peak in 2014 controlled Syrian and Iraqi territories..…
Bruce Hoffman, director of the Center for Security Studies at Georgetown University, sees Afghanistan as a possible new base for IS now that it has been driven from Iraq and Syria. . 'ISIS has invested a disproportionate amount of attention and resources in Afghanistan,' he said, pointing to..…
Syria . ISIS claimed the city of Raqqa, in north-central Syria, as the capital of its so-called “caliphate” in January 2014. ..…
The five entities recommended for EPC designation include the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), the Taliban in Afghanistan, al-Shabab in Somalia, and new to the list this year, the Houthis in Yemen and Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) in Syria. . ..…
When the press found the mass graves of Sunni Muslims in Syria, ISIS was blamed and Iran avoided war crime charges. . ..…
In addition to those murdered directly and indirectly in the war, several million refugees were scattered across the Middle East, including over a million into Syria. ISIS grew from the ranks of the disbanded Iraqi army. This fiasco appeared as it was to all the world, the gasp of a dying..…
-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, the Islamic State in Iraq & Syria (ISIS) has been ousted from every inch of territory in Syria. ... However, President Obama did offer a more achievable strategy to address the threat posed by the rise of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria..…
For the last several days, US President Donald Trump and his administration have been staging multiple victory laps over what it describes as the final defeat of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). . ..…
During an address to a joint session of Congress in 2015, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu explained American and Israel’s shared foes in the Middle East were not only the Iranians but also a radical Islamic militant group plaguing the region, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria..…
Others argue that it was a necessary step to ensure unity of the people of Rojava in the face of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria(ISIS) attacks and some form of international recognition. . ..…
TEHRAN (FNA)- The father of Hoda Muthana, the Alabama woman who fled the country to join the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS or ISIL), is suing the Donald Trump administration seeking his daughter’s return to the US. . . . . ..…
Despite the liberation of ISIS-held territory Iraq and Syria, ISIS remains terrorist threat and action is imperative to address this shared security challenge, .. ..…
By conquering sections of Syria, ISIS amassed war chest of $2 billion that it used to bankroll its conquest of sections of Iraq.23 Amidst Sunni against Maliki, ISIS struck alliance with ex- Baathists in Naqshbandi and Awakening Councils. ..…
Out of the cauldron of sectarianism rose the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), which has conquered large sections of both countries, triggering the United States to launch yet another war to stabilize the region’s existing order. . ..…
In Syria, ISIS killing of four American soldiers Manjib on January shows the ability to remain active even outside the territory it still controls. ..…
Soon ISIS-led military parades marched through the streets of Raqqa, Syria. . ISIS was a significant military threat to the world, certainly not the “junior varsity” that President Barack Obama suggested it was. ..…
. • threats of persecution, genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes against members of Iraqi or Syrian religious or ethnic groups that are minorities in Iraq or in Syria with respect to whom the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has committed such crimes in Iraq or Syria..…
Reduced to its last bastions Syria, ISIS and its comrades await the moment United States exits Afghanistan.. ..…
Russian Foreign Ministry on Syria, ISIS and Libya . by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) . ..…
My senator then expressed support for counterterror operations, for, that is, ‘conducting limited, targeted operations designed to deter violent extremists that pose a credible threat to America’s national security, including al-Qaeda and its affiliates, the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria..…
My senator then expressed support for counterterror operations, for, that is, “conducting limited, targeted operations designed to deter violent extremists that pose a credible threat to America’s national security, including al-Qaeda and its affiliates, the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria..…
My senator then expressed support for counter-terror operations, for, that is, “conducting limited, targeted operations designed to deter violent extremists that pose a credible threat to America’s national security, including al-Qaeda and its affiliates, the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria..…
My senator then expressed support for counterterror operations, for, that is, “conducting limited, targeted operations designed to deter violent extremists that pose a credible threat to America’s national security, including al-Qaeda and its affiliates, the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria..…
France experienced several religion-related terror attacks in 2015, including the Jan. 7 shooting at the offices of the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo and the Nov. 13 attacks claimed by the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) at the Bataclan concert hall and various other locations..…
BARACK OBAMA claims his war on the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is necessary to stop the menace of terror and oppression. ... The enemy in this new war is the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), a reactionary military force and would-be state that grew..…
On the other side are troops from the Free Syrian Army (FSA) and its erstwhile allies the Nusra Front, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), and other extreme Salafist militias. ..…
Recently, Andrew Sullivan has been flogging the idea that Islamic State Iraq and Syria ( ISIS or now just. ..…
Erdogan practically broke off diplomatic relations over U.S. support for the Kurds, it’s main fighting force in Iraq and Syria against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria [ISIS]. ..…
Despite its recent territory and manpower losses in Iraq and Syria, ISIS remains a major threat to the United States. . ..…
July 5 in Syria — ISIS suicide bomber killed as many as 30 people, wounded at least 40. . . ..…
THE U.S. government and its rivals Russia and Iran, along with their respective proxies, are united in carrying out a major offensive against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS). . ... IN SYRIA, ISIS exploited the catastrophe caused by Bashar al-Assad's..…
According to top U.S. military officials, not only is al Qaeda back in the mix, planning operations with the Taliban, but the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has emerged as an additional threat. . ..…
In Syria ISIS could not coexist with al-Nusra or any other Islamist group because that would have challenged its monopoly on the scared and on the global jihadist project as well. ... After capturing Mosul and other cities in Iraq and Syria, ISIS presented Christians in..…
In Washington, Little promptly fell into line, executing an apparent about-face over Labour’s previously stated policy on the Middle East and the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). . ..…
A recent opinion poll commissioned by the BBC and performed by the market research firm ORB across all 14 governates of Syria found that 82 percent of those surveyed believe that the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), with which the government of President Barack Obama is ostensibly at..…
But the effort to link the radically opposed doctrines of al Qaeda and Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) with white supremacy continues. . ..…
By September 2014, the rebel movement Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS)—also known as ISIL or IS—proved to be a legitimate threat to the US and its allies. ..…
BLACK SMOKE hangs over the Kurdish city of Kobanê in northern Syria, visible from the nearby Turkish border, as people organized into the Kurdish People's Protection Unit (YPG) make their stand against forces of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS). . ..…
Recently, with the emergence of the Islamic State (IS), formerly known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), the West-created monster, Christians in the city of Mosul in northern Iraq, as well as parts of Syria seized by the group,..…
Battlefield success by the Islamic State, formerly the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), may be translating into a competition with al-Qaida for brand loyalty among jihadist recruits. . ..…
A panel of seven members from various Muslim and Christian organizations came together on Tuesday to condemn the atrocities perpetrated by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and other outfits responsible for creating and supporting them, at a press conference held at Islam gymkhana..…
More than 100 Dutch Muslims have joined the resistance battling dictator Bashar al-Assad, most of them becoming members of terrorist groups Jabhat al-Nusra, an al-Qaida affiliate, or the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), the most violent of the Islamic terrorist groups, now waging a..…
The events in Iraq, where the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has been mounting an offensive against the ill-prepared Iraqi army, raises important questions about political Islam and about the response to it by both Middle Eastern governments and the West. . ..…
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is a brutal jihadist group on par with the most ruthless branches of al-Qaeda. ..…
With the radical Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) taking over four more towns in western Iraq and along the Syrian border over the weekend, U.S. policymakers are arguing over how grave a threat the group poses to the United States. . ..…
Facing setbacks Syria, ISIS shifted its focus over the year to waging war on US-backed Baghdad, with the perspective of carving out Islamic-based state from parts of Syria, Iraq and Lebanon.. ..…
The crisis in Iraq continued this weekend with Sunni insurgents fighting under the banner of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) continuing their push toward Baghdad. ..…
In a video posted on YouTube, fighters affiliated to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) were pictured holding up the head of a bearded man before a crowd in Aleppo, claiming that he was an Iraqi Shia fighting for President Assad. . ..…