ISIS
Peter Kassig's Family 'Damaged' About His Death
Kat De Guzman | | Nov 18, 2014 09:04 PM EST |
American Peter Kassig was the most recent victim of the brutal beheadings of the Islamic State of Iraq in the Levant (ISIL) militants and his family has released a statement about his death and they pressed that they are damaged about the situation they are in now.
White House Confirms ISIS Beheading of American Peter Kassig
Christian George Acevedo | | Nov 17, 2014 01:40 AM EST |
U.S. President Barack Obama confirmed Sunday that American aid worker Peter Kassig has been beheaded by militant extremist group ISIS.
Obama Calls Hostage Beheading by ISIS ‘Pure Evil’
Vittorio Hernandez | | Nov 17, 2014 01:10 AM EST |
Even though the third American beheaded by the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) had converted to the Islam faith, the extremist organization nevertheless decapitated the 26-year-old former soldier who was known eventually as Abdul-Rahman Kassig.
Reports of White Widow's 'Agonizing' Death Still Unconfirmed
Dan Weisman | | Nov 14, 2014 03:48 PM EST |
British authorities are still trying to confirm reports from Ukraine that Samantha Lewthwaite, the terror suspect known as the White Widow, "has ended in a bad way."
ISIS, al Qaeda Hold Terror Summit to Join Forces Against Enemies
Vittorio Hernandez | | Nov 14, 2014 11:43 AM EST |
A bigger common enemy is enough for two current foes to temporarily set aside their differences and agree to band together to beat that mutual problem. Such was the action taken by the Islamic State of Syria and Iraq (ISIS) and the al Qaeda which agreed to a ceasefire on Nov. 2 during a meeting in Syria.
Obama Writes Secret Letter To Iranian Leader, But No Military Cooperation Involved
Vittorio Hernandez | | Nov 06, 2014 09:27 PM EST |
The U.S. and Iran were once on the opposite side of the Middle East war, but with the Islamic State extremists in Iraq and Syria now their common enemy, U.S. President Barack Obama made the rare move to write a secret note to Iran Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamanei.
Al Qaeda Master Bomb-Maker Believed Killed in U.S. Air Raid
Dan Weisman | | Nov 06, 2014 09:17 PM EST |
U.S. airstrikes on the Khorasan group in Syria reportedly killed a French bomb-maker believed to be the head of the terror group's bomb-making operations.
Al Qaeda Training Indian Militants For Big Terror Plots -Intel
Bianca Ortega | | Nov 06, 2014 05:13 AM EST |
Terrorist group Al Qaeda is believed to be training Indian militants in preparation for big terror plots in New Delhi, based on testimony of suspects and intercepted communication between the group itself and the Indian Mujahideen (IM).
ISIL Militants Abused Kurdish Children -Human Rights Watch
Kat De Guzman | | Nov 05, 2014 01:35 AM EST |
The Islamic State of Iraq in the Levant (ISIL) militants, also known as Daesh, reportedly abused and tortured the Kurdish children they have captured earlier this year from the Syrian town of Kobani.
Peshmerga, Syrian Rebels Push Back Islamic State In Kobani
Christl Leong | | Nov 04, 2014 02:47 AM EST |
Iraq's Kurdish Peshmerga forces and moderate Syrian militia have joined the fight against an Islamic State advance in Kobani on Saturday, a move that could tip the scales in favor of Kurds in the struggle for control over the embattled border city.
IS Kills 322 Iraqi Tribe Members In Worst Bloodshed In Months
Vittorio Hernandez | | Nov 03, 2014 12:00 AM EST |
The Islamic State (IS) militants quenched their thirst for blood by killing 322 Iraqi tribe members over the weekend. Not content with the murder, members of the group also dumped some of the corpses of their victims in a well in western Anbar province.
IS Kills 322 Iraqi Tribe Members In Worst Bloodshed In Months
Vittorio Hernandez | | Nov 03, 2014 12:00 AM EST |
The Islamic State (IS) militants quenched their thirst for blood by killing 322 Iraqi tribe members over the weekend. Not content with the murder, members of the group also dumped some of the corpses of their victims in a well in western Anbar province.
Iraqi Kurdish Fighters Reinforce Kobani As US Air Strike Continue
Dan Weisman | | Nov 01, 2014 05:01 PM EDT |
With U.S. airplanes pounding Islamic State fighters around Kobani, much-awaited Iraqi Kurdish forces joined the battle after passing through a once-reluctant Turkey to fight.
ISIS Blamed For Two Mass Graves Unearthed In Iraq, 220 Slain Bodies Found
Kat De Guzman | | Oct 31, 2014 01:42 AM EDT |
The Islamic State (ISIS) is held responsible for executing Iraqis after a security forces unearthed a mass grave in western Baghdad Thursday and said that the execution might be caused by the tribe's refusal to give up its territory.
Peshmerga Forces Head To Turkey To Help Defend Kobani
Ren Benavidez | | Oct 28, 2014 05:49 PM EDT |
A group of Kurdish Peshmerga fighters has left for Turkey, where they will cross the border to Syria in order to help in the fight against the Islamic State militants who are trying to overrun the town of Kobani.
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