A prominent Iraqi cleric has said that militants from the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) must be expelled from the country before it gets too late. Sheikh Abdul Mahdi al-Karbalai who is a representative of Iraq’s top Shia cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, said the al-Qaeda-linked ...
Read More »Iraqi army regains control of Diyala province: Comdr
Iraq’s army has regained full control over towns in Diyala province that Takfiri militants had overrun a few days ago This comes as Iraqi security forces continue to fight the militants from the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) by launching counter-offensives in the city of al-Muqdadiyah. ...
Read More »Muslim woman murdered in Colchester was a Saudi international student
A Muslim woman who was beaten to death in Colchester on Tuesday has been identified as an international student from Saudi Arabia. The victim, Nahid Al-Mane’a is said to be a Saudi international student at the University of Essex who had only recently come to the UK in pursuit of her ...
Read More »Two million Iraqis volunteer to fight ISIL
More than 2 million Iraqis have volunteered to fight against militants from the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), Iraqi Energy Minister Hussein al-Shahristani says. The government has no capacity to process any more volunteers, he adds. “No one knows when this battle will end, but we will ...
Read More »Iran will do everything to protect holy shrines in Iraq: Rouhani
President Hassan Rouhani says Iran would do whatever it takes to protect revered Shia Muslim holy sites in Iraq against ISIL terrorists fighting the Baghdad government. “Dear Karbala, Dear Najaf, Dear Kadhimiyah and Dear Samarra, we warn the great powers and their lackeys and the terrorists, the great Iranian people ...
Read More »‘Is ISIL really ‘Sunni’? Not at all’
The Western media describes ISIL – the ultra-extremist terrorists destabilizing Iraq and Syria – as “Sunni militants.” Headlines read: “Sunni Islamist Militants Seize Mosul.” “Sunni militants capture northern Iraqi town.” “Iraq Army Tries to Roll Back Sunni Militants’ Advance.” The corporate media casts the fighting in Iraq as a Sunni ...
Read More »Hundreds of ISIL terrorists, top commander killed in Iraq airstrikes: Video
Warplanes attacked the militants of the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant as they appeared to be parading near Fallujah, a city that has been under the control of the terrorists since January. One of the ISIL leaders, identified as Yasser Nayi, was among those killed in the ...
Read More »ISIL militants threaten US, UK with terror attacks
Terror alerts, 9/11-style bombings and murders of British citizens will soon come to London’s streets, according to chilling threats from UK citizens fighting alongside with the so-called the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the most violent terrorist group operating in Syria and Iraq. The threat comes from ...
Read More »Nasrallah: ISIS would be in Beirut if not for Hezbollah intervention
Jihadist forces marching towards Baghdad would today be in Beirut had Hezbollah not intervened in the war in Syria, party chief Hassan Nasrallah was quoted as saying by As-Safir newspaper Tuesday. “If [Hezbollah] hadn’t intervened in Syria the right way and at the right time, ISIS would be in Beirut now,” Nasrallah ...
Read More »Gruesome ISIS atrocities: Video shows Iraqi soldiers insulted, then executed (GRAPHIC)
Militants taking-over parts of Iraq make no bones about broadcasting their reign of terror. Fresh footage from the ISIS-occupied territories shows Iraqi soldiers being taunted and executed by exuberant militants. Videos were published on one of the jihadist websites which appear to show the same event. A group of five ...
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