Tag Archives: ISIS

With thousands of Arab and foreign militants and a commander with designs on the leadership of al-Qaeda, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) has become the gravest threat in Iraq and Syria. Despite the loss of two leaders, and earning the fury of even the core al-Qaeda ...

Influential Iraqi Shia cleric, Muqtada al-Sadr, has called for the formation of a special force to defend religious sites in Iraq. Sadr, who once ran the powerful Mahdi Army, said in a statement on Wednesday that he was ready to help create “peace units to defend the holy sites of ...

Latest reports out of Iraq confirm that the ‘Islamic State of Iraq and Sham’ have taken over Mosul. Situated in the north of Iraq, Mosul is Iraq’s 3rd largest city. Situated in Ninevah province, the city has long been a base of ISIS & has been a stronghold for supporters and ...