Tag Archives: ISIS

The Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham has set out a list of rules for residents of Mosul as it seeks to impose its Islamist rules on Iraq’s second city. Referring to the area by its ancient name, Nineveh, the group says it has a clear set of instructions for ...

Top Shia cleric Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Sistani called Friday for Iraqis to take up arms against “terrorists” who have overrun swathes of the country in a major offensive. “Citizens who are able to bear arms and fight terrorists, defending their country and their people and their holy places, should volunteer ...

Militants have seized the Iraqi city of Tikrit as a jihadi offensive sweeps closer to Baghdad, prompting the UN Security Council to convene crisis talks Thursday while the US mulls air strikes on the rebels. The Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) seized the second city of Mosul on ...

Baghdad is in a state of panic. The streets are empty. Gunmen are 20 kilometers (12.42 miles) away from the capital. Popular forces armed by the state are deployed around the city to protect its residents from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). All eyes are on Diyala, ...

The spokesman for the terrorist group, the so-called Islamic State in Iraq and Levant, Abu Mohammed al-Adnani vowed that the battle in Iraq will “rage” in the capital and the holy city of Karbala, a day after the terrorists seized the northern city of Mosul. “Do not relent against your ...

Iran’s president says the Islamic Republic will not tolerate violence and terror as foreign-backed Takfiri militants wreak havoc in northern Iraq. “As the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran, we will not tolerate the [acts of] violence and terror and we fight violence and terrorism in the region and ...

Translation of Sayd Muqtada Al-Sadr’s latest statement following the events of Mosul In the name of Allah After all these policies that have come from here and there, and after the (Sunnis) of Iraq have fallen between the jaws of terrorism and extremism from one side, and irresponsible militias from ...

Iraq-based Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani has voiced his support for the Iraqi army engaged in fighting against the al-Qaeda-linked Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Sistani released a statement on Tuesday, condemning the capture of Nineveh province by the Takfiri militants.  The senior Shia cleric ...

The Iraqi government will provide weapons and equipment to citizens who volunteer to fight against jihadist fighters, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said on Tuesday. Maliki, in a statement broadcast on state TV, said the cabinet has “created a special crisis cell to follow up on the process of volunteering and ...

BAGHDAD — The infantryman and his colleagues were already worn down after six months of fighting militants in western Iraq, men flush with weapons and zeal. Army commanders had no answer for the daily deadly ambushes and no broader strategy for prevailing in the longer war. The final straw was ...