Islamist militants are closing in on Baghdad after capturing two towns north of Iraq’s capital. Officials said Iraqi soldiers abandoned their posts with no resistance when fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isis) pushed into Diyala province. Militants driving machine gun-mounted pickups entered the towns of ...
Read More »Ayatollah Fadhil al-Milani clarifies position after Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani called for citizens living in Iraq to join military
British Muslims have been urged by one of the UK’s most senior Shia clerics not to fly to Iraq to battle militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isis) currently rampaging through the country. In a video appeal, Muslims were told on Friday they should not get involved in armed ...
Read More »US spreading terrorism in ME: Hezbollah
A senior Hezbollah official Sheikh Naim Qassem says the United States and its regional allies are responsible for the spread of terrorism. On Saturday, the deputy secretary general of the Lebanese resistance movement, Hezbollah blamed the US and its allies for the spread of terrorism in the Middle East. Sheikh ...
Read More »Who is Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the notorious leader of ISIL
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the head of the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) – an al-Qaeda offshoot — has been careful to reveal little about himself and his whereabouts. There are only two authenticated photos of him, and unlike al-Qaeda leaders such as Osama Bin Laden and ...
Read More »ISIL convoy hit in Samarra, 200 vehicles destroyed
Iraqi troops have managed to launch a massive operation against a large number of the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants and destroyed a convoy of at least 200 vehicles belonging to ISIL near city of Samarra, Al-Alam reports. According to Al-Alam reporter, Iraq’s elite counter-terrorism ...
Read More »ISIL Twitter Terror: gruesome Iraq photos and candid selfies of jihadist group members
Shocking images have emerged of the mass execution of Iraqi soldiers detained by militants from the jihadist group Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. The photographs, released on one of ISIL’s own Twitter feeds, show dozens of Shiite soldiers being driven in trucks to a rural area where they ...
Read More »Nearly 300 ISIL terrorists killed in Iraqi army operations
Iraqi military forces have killed nearly 300 Takfiri militants in separate attacks across the country as they get the upper hand in the battle against the militants. According to local media sources, fierce clashes are underway between government forces and the Takfiri militants from the so-called Islamic State of Iraq ...
Read More »Western media’s obfuscation and lies about the situation in Iraq
In the lasts few days, Saudi-funded, Salafi-Wahabi and Deobandi militants in Iraq have seized Mosul and Tikrit, two of the country’s most important cities, and are beginning to drive toward Baghdad. However, as Iraq faces collapse at the hands of the ISIS-ISIL terrorists, Western media continues to misinform and misrepresent ...
Read More »ISIL commander killed in Iraq’s Mosul
A commander of the al-Qaeda splinter Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) has been killed in Mosul as Iraqi forces continue slowing the militants’ advance. Media reports said on Saturday that Abu Omar al-Esseily was killed in an attack against his car in the militant-held city, which is ...
Read More »Iran captures 30 al-Qaeda operatives across nation
A senior Iranian intelligence official has announced the capture of 30 operatives tied to al-Qaeda-linked terrorist groups across Iran over the past month by the nation’s security forces. The Saturday remarks were made by Iran’s Deputy Minister of Intelligence Ali Khazei who added, “The Intelligence Ministry carries out very good ...
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