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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 …

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 …

Top Islamic Authority, Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Sistani issued the following statement in relation to the deteriorating state of affairs in Iraq: In the name of Allah, the All-beneficent, the All-merciful. The supreme religious authority (marja’iyyah) is pursuing with deep concern the recent security developments in the Nainawa province and its …

Iraqi forces have found equipment made by Arab countries of the Persian Gulf in Takfiri militants’ hideouts, Iraqi state TV says. The country’s security forces found the equipment in hideouts belonging to the al-Qaeda splinter Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Salah al-Din province, reports said on …

Powerful Iraqi cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has called on his supporters to hold a general military parade across the country next Saturday to enhance unity among Iraqis. “Our beloved country is surrounded by peril and enemies have invaded it. To boost unity and readiness, I call on all of you to …

Heavily armed, well funded, and organized as a professional, standing army, the forces of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) swept southward into Iraq from Turkey and northeastern Syria, taking the cities of Mosul and Tikrit, and now threaten the Iraqi capital city of Baghdad itself. The United …

The number of people killed after extremist militants overran Mosul earlier this week may run into the hundreds, U.N. human rights spokesman Rupert Colville said Friday, highlighting disturbing reports including the suicide of four women after being raped by ISIL militants. He said his office had reports the killings included …

All aspects of the conflict in Bahrain can easily—and erroneously—be framed in sectarian terms: An overwhelming Shia Muslim majority is ruled by a Sunni Muslim royal family who bestow privileged, expedited citizenship on (Sunni) foreign nationals. These non-Bahrainis are then employed in the security sector to enforce authoritarian rule and …

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 …