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The Iraqi government has been dealt a big blow in its efforts to push the militants of the Islamic state out of the City of Ramadi and the Anbar province after several Sunni sheikhs and tribes shifted their allegiance to Read more
Iraqi and Syrian government forces have launched separately an offensive to drive away militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) from the cities of Ramadi and Palmyra. The Iraqi government has beeped up its military forces Read more
Training of Syrian rebels by the U.S has begun in Jordan after a delay of several months. The rebels are from groups considered by Washington as moderate. The US defense secretary, Ash Carter, said the trainees will undergo a few Read more
Palestinians are worried about the fighting going in and around the Yarmouk refugee camp believed to be housing around 18000 people. A large part of the refugee camp is under the control of the ISIL and there are reports that Read more
Indian foreign minister Sushma Swaraj and her Bahraini counterpart Sheikh Khalid Bin Ahmed Bin Mohamed Al Khalifa have ended talks with plans to reinforce their defense and military cooperation. Talks between the two officials also centered on issues of common Read more
North Africa security agencies are anxious and very concerned over the setting up of terror training camps in eastern Libya by the extremist religious group of the Islamic State. According to US Army General David Rodriguez, who heads US Africa Read more
Lebanese soldiers have been ambushed in eastern Lebanon, in the remote region of Ras Baalbek, by a group of fighters. The group behind the attack continues to be unknown. A Lebanese security official who is unauthorized to talk to the Read more
ISIL is determined to fight against any armed group that will obstruct its campaign to enlarge its Islamic State. Hundreds of members of the Albu Nimr tribe who tried to stop them were killed and considered to be an example Read more
The United Nations Organization has just published an alarming report on the blatant human rights abuses and “acts of violence of an increasingly sectarian nature” committed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) over a period of Read more
The UAE vice-president and Prime Minister, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashed Al-Maktoum, pointed out that the world cannot extinguish the fires of fanaticism by force alone and that the approach to defeat the Islamic State must necessarily focus on three ingredients, Read more