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August 28, 2015

News Roundup and Notes: August 28, 2015 by Nadia O'Mara
Friday August 28th, 2015 at 9:25 AM

Before the start of business, Just Security provides a curated summary of up-to-the-minute developments at home and abroad. Here’s today’s news.

IRAQ and SYRIA

An Islamic State suicide bomber killed two Iraqi army generals yesterday as they headed up forces against militant positions in the country’s restive Anbar province, outside of Ramadi, military officials said. [AP; New York Times’ Tim Arango]

The UN is moving forward with its plans to investigate the use of chemical weapons in Syria; Secretary General Ban Ki-moon told the Security Council yesterday that he will set up a three person team to conduct the probe. [AFP]

The YPG has launched an offensive against ISIS into territory in northern Syria, testing the US and Turkey’s plan to establish a “safe zone” in the area which excludes Kurdish forces. [NOW]

Mosul’s top Iraqi army officer stayed on vacation last summer, despite repeated warnings that ISIS was intending to seize control of the northern city. An Iraqi parliamentary report also found that the officer’s units had under a third of the soldiers they were supposed to have on the day of battle, reports Loveday Morris. [Washington Post]

The UN’s humanitarian chief has called on the Security Council to do everything in its power to encourage a diplomatic solution to the conflict in Syria, describing the suffering of civilians there as “needless and immense.” [UN News Centre]

Iraq’s prime minister, Haider al-Abadi ordered the military to make it easier for civilians to get into Baghdad’s Green Zone, a heavily defended district of the city, home to many official buildings. [Reuters]

The targeting of ISIS hacker Junaid Hussain “shows the extent to which digital warfare has upset the balance of power on the modern battlefield,” write Margaret Coker et al, discussing the important role the Briton played in the group’s cyber force. [Wall Street Journal]

Realistic predictions about the duration of the fight against the Islamic State are not well received by the White House or Congress; Dan De Luce explores whether America is “ready for an endless war” against the militant group. [Foreign Policy]

America might find that the price of using Turkish bases to launch strikes against ISIS in Syria “may well be too high in the long run,” opines Eric S. Edelman, adding that the US must use its leverage to pressure Turkish leaders if the country “is to avoid being sucked into the vortex created by a failed Syria policy and [President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s] dogged quest for absolute power.” [New York Times]

IRAN

Tehran appears to have built an extension onto its contentious Parchin military facility since May, a new report from the IAEA says. Any changes to the nuclear site since the UN watchdog last visited in 2005 may jeopardize the agency’s ability to verify Western intelligence alleging Iran carried out weapon tests there over a decade ago, reports Shadia Nasralla. [Reuters]

GOP presidential candidates Ted Cruz and Donald Trump are teaming up to hold an upcoming rally at the Capitol to pressure lawmakers to oppose the nuclear accord. [Politico’s Seung Min Kim]

A “vitriolic divide” among American Jews has emerged over the Iran deal, with some commentators suggesting long-term damage to Jewish organizations, and potentially to US-Israeli relations, report Jonathan Weisman and Alexander Burns. [New York Times]

The fight in Congress over the Iran deal is “all but over” according to Eli Lake and Josh Rogin, who report that opponents are now focused on ensuring there is a vote on the agreement at all. [Bloomberg View]

Whether President Obama succeeds on the Iran deal “by filibuster or sustained veto” could make all the difference to the administration, with a Democratic filibuster constituting a “clear victory” for the president. [Politico’s Edward-Isaac Dovere and Burgess Everett]

The majority of Americans would oppose the Obama administration moving forward with the Iran nuclear deal without Congressional approval, a new poll, released by Secure America Now, has found.

If the accord goes through, Iran’s oil exports will resume, putting Tehran in a better position than the US where producers are still banned from doing so, considers Will Marshall. [The Daily Beast]

The Wall Street Journal editorial board discusses the 1996 Khobar Tower bombings, concluding that “Iran and its proxies have never hesitated to shed American blood.”

OTHER DEVELOPMENTS

NATO opened a new joint training base in Georgia yesterday, aimed at reassuring the country of its allies’ support; it is unclear how far that promise goes however given some nations’ reluctance to bring Georgia into the organization, reports Julian E. Barnes. [Wall Street Journal]

The Taliban’s capture of Musa Qala district in Helmand province constitutes a significant propaganda victory for the insurgent group, even though control brings limited military advantage, reports Emma Graham-Harrison. [The Guardian]

The Obama administration is looking into building a new facility in the US to replace the prison at Guantánamo Bay; the Pentagon has only formally acknowledged that it is looking into US military prisons in Kansas and South Carolina. [Miami Herald’s Carol Rosenberg]

“The Lessons of Anwar al-Awlaki.” In an extended piece, Scott Shane describes the growing influence of the jihadi cleric, killed by a US drone strike in 2011, and asks whether there was another, better, way stop him? [New York Times]

GCHQ “revealed intriguing details about what it did and why” by forcing journalists at the Guardian to completely destroy the information on computers where secret documents provided by Edward Snowden were held, suggests Jenna McLaughlin. [The Intercept]

Democrats are ever-more frustrated with Hillary Clinton’s response to questions about her use of a private email server while in office as secretary of state, as concerns mount over voter doubts about her trustworthiness and honesty. [New York Times’ Patrick Healy et al] And David Ignatius writes that “experts in national-security law say there may be less” to Clinton’s use of a personal server than it appears, at the Washington Post.

Thousands are seeking refuge at the compound of the UN peacekeeping mission in Central African Republic following clashes between rival militias in that country. [UN News Centre]

Rebels and the army in South Sudan have traded accusations about attacks for the second time this week, barely a day after the country’s president signed a peace agreement with the insurgents. [Reuters]

Russia is being forced to scale back its plans for military modernization in the midst of a falling ruble and a weakened economy, writes Thomas Grove. [Wall Street Journal]

A mosque in southern Spain has come under scrutiny following last week’s foiled attack on a French train by a Moroccan man who had worshiped there, reports Raphael Minder. [New York Times]

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Ashton Carter: Pentagon funding new high-tech ventureby Lolita C. Baldor
Friday August 28th, 2015 at 9:24 AM

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NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Defense Secretary Ash Carter will announce Friday that the Pentagon is funding a new venture to develop cutting-edge electronics and sensors that can flex and stretch and could be built into clothing or the skins of ships and aircraft.

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Kirby: Parchin Not a Nuclear Site by Jenna Lifhits
Friday August 28th, 2015 at 9:23 AM

Washington Free Beacon

In a briefing Thursday, State Department spokesperson John Kirby said that the Parchin base in Iran is not a nuclear site.

“It’s important to remember that when you’re talking about a site like Parchin you’re talking about a conventional military site, not a nuclear site,” he said.

Kirby added that Parchin would not face International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) “or other restrictions” on construction, “were they to occur.”

When asked why the Parchin base was included in the report if it was not a nuclear base, he referred reporters to the IAEA.

The IAEA report states that Iran may have extended its Parchin facility since May.

In addition, data given to the IAEA by member states suggests that the site might have been used for hydrodynamic experiments related to nuclear bomb detonations, according to Reuters.

The IAEA has been regularly reporting on nuclear activity in Iran since 2003.

Ex-NATO Chief Leads Push by Retired Military Brass to Kill Iran Deal
Friday August 28th, 2015 at 9:21 AM

In this file photo dated March 19, 2015, US Secretary of State John Kerry holds a negotiation meeting with Iran's Foreign Minister Javad Zarif over Iran's nuclear program, in Lausanne, Switzerland. (AP Photo/Brian Snyder)

Nearly 200 retired military leaders have signed a letter to the House and Senate leaders urging them to kill the Iran nuclear deal.

The letter calls the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action unverifiable and argues it allows Iran too much notice of inspections, does not actually "cut off every pathway" to the country acquiring a nuclear weapons, but makes it more unstable and a greater threat to the U.S.

"In our professional opinion, far from being an alternative to war, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action makes it likely that the war the Iranian regime has waged against us since 1979 will continue, with far higher risks to our national security interests," concludes the letter, which was spearheaded by retired Navy Adm. Leon A. "Bud" Edney, a former Supreme Allied Commander of NATO.

The letter comes about two weeks after 36 retired admirals and generals released an open letter endorsing the deal that the U.S., Britain, France Germany, China and Russia reached with Iran.

The agreement includes measures that would prevent Iran from building a nuclear bomb for 10 to 15 years, with some requirements extending beyond that.

"If the deal is rejected by America, the Iranians could have a nuclear weapon within a year. The choice is that stark," wrote the deal's advocates, among them retired Marine Corps Gen. James "Hoss" Cartwright, a former vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; retired Marine Gen. Joseph Hoar, a former commander of U.S. Central Command; and retired Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Merrill "Tony" McPeak.

At the State Department on Thursday spokesman John Kirby rejected any contention that the 190 retired flag and general officers opposing the deal offered more credible arguments than those supporting it.

"It's not about the numbers. It is however about the facts and the merits of the deal," Kirby said.

Since the agreement was announced last month lawmakers from both parties have come out against it, including key Democrat's such as Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York.

Also signing onto the letter to reject the agreement is retired Army Lt. Gen. William G. "Jerry" Boykin. It was Boykin who, as a Deputy Undersecretary of Defense under President George W. Bush, stirred up controversy early by describing the war on terror in religious terms, claiming that Muslim countries hate the U.S. because it is a Judeo-Christian nation.

"And the enemy is a guy named Satan," Boykin said.

Other signatories include retired Air Force Gen. Richard Secord and retired Adm. John Poindexter, both of whom were linked to the Iran/Contra scandal of the Reagan administration.

A number of the signatories to both letters have affiliations with think tanks or other groups related to national security and Middle East policy.

Cartwright is with the Center for Strategic and International Studies and Hoar with the Middle East Policy Council, for example, both Washington, DC, think tanks that emphasize non-partisan analysis.

Edney, who was spurred to write the anti-deal letter after reading the one by agreement advocates, serves on the military committee of the Center for Security Policy, a non-profit organization with a neo-conservative reputation and a pro-Israel bias. Founder Frank Gaffney contends that the Muslim Brotherhood has a long range plan to destroy western civilization

Edney told The Washington Post he "looked at the letter they published, and thought it was very weak." So he put his own views in writing, sent it to other military retirees who, in turn, passed them along to others, according to the paper.

Four other retired flag and general officers on the center's military committee also signed the letter. Roughly an equal number signed who are also on the advisory board of the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs, where Edney is on the advisory board.

-- Bryant Jordan can be reached at bryant.jordan@military.com

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Barack Obama's diplomatic 'reset' has let Vladimir Putin get away with murder
Friday August 28th, 2015 at 9:19 AM

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Putin breaks the arms embargo to Iran by lifting the hold on selling it S-300 missiles. Obama responds by excusing him, saying it wasn't technically illegal and adding, with a tip of the hat to Putin's patience: "I'm frankly surprised that it held this long."

Russia mousetraps Obama at the eleventh hour of the Iran negotiations, joining Iran in demanding that the conventional weapons and ballistic missile embargos be dropped. Obama caves.

Putin invades Ukraine, annexes Crimea, breaks two Minsk cease-fire agreements and erases the Russia-Ukraine border. Obama's response? Pinprick sanctions, empty threats and a continuing refusal to supply Ukraine with defensive weaponry, lest he provoke Putin.

The eastern Europeans have noticed. In February, Lithuania decided to reinstate conscription, a move strategically insignificant — the Lithuanians couldn't hold off the Russian army for a day — but highly symbolic. Eastern Europe has been begging Nato to station permanent bases on its territory as a tripwire guaranteeing a powerful response to any Russian aggression.

Nato has refused. Instead, Obama offered more military exercises in the Baltic States and Poland. And threw in an additional 250 tanks and armored vehicles, spread among seven allies.

It is true that Putin's resentment over Russia's lost empire long predates Obama. But for resentment to turn into revanchism — an active policy of reconquest — requires opportunity. Which is exactly what Obama's "reset" policy has offered over the past six and a half years.

Since the end of World War II, Russia has known that what stands in the way of westward expansion was not Europe, living happily in decadent repose, but the United States as guarantor of Western security. Obama's naivete and ambivalence have put those guarantees in question.

It began with the reset button, ostentatiously offered less than two months after Obama's swearing-in. Followed six months later by the unilateral American cancellation of the missile shield the Poles and the Czechs had agreed to install on their territory. Again, lest Putin be upset.

By 2012, a still clueless Obama mocked Mitt Romney for saying that Russia is "without question our No. 1 geopolitical foe," quipping oh so cleverly: "The 1980s are now calling to ask for their foreign policy back." After all, he explained, "the Cold War's been over for 20 years."

Turned out it was 2015 calling. Obama's own top officials have been retroactively vindicating Romney. Last month, Obama's choice for chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff declared that "Russia presents the greatest threat to our national security." Two weeks ago, the retiring Army chief of staff, Raymond Odierno, called Russia our "most dangerous" military threat. Obama's own secretary of defense has gone one better: "Russia poses an existential threat to the United States."

Turns out the Cold War is not over either. Putin is intent on reviving it. Helped immensely by Obama's epic misjudgment of Russian intentions, the balance of power has shifted -- and America's allies feel it.

And not just the East Europeans. The president of Egypt, a country estranged from Russia for 40 years and our mainstay Arab ally in the Middle East, has twice visited Moscow within the last four months.

The Saudis, congenitally wary of Russia but shell-shocked by Obama's grand nuclear capitulation to Iran that will make it the regional hegemon, are searching for alternatives, too. At a recent economic conference in St Petersburg, the Saudis invited Putin to Riyadh and the Russians reciprocated by inviting the new King Salman to visit Czar Vladimir in Moscow.

Even Pakistan, a traditional Chinese ally and Russian adversary, is buying Mi-35 helicopters from Russia, which is building a natural gas pipeline between Karachi and Lahore.

As John Kerry awaits his upcoming Nobel and Obama plans his presidential library (my suggestion: Havana), Putin is deciding how to best exploit the final 17 months of his Obama bonanza.

The world sees it. Obama doesn't.

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Obama’s Politicized Intelligence by Matthew Continetti
Friday August 28th, 2015 at 8:30 AM

Washington Free Beacon

The anniversary of the U.S. war against the Islamic State passed with little notice. It was August 7 of last year that President Obama authorized the first airstrikes against ISIS in Iraq, a campaign he expanded a month later to include targets in Syria. So far this month, the president has deliveredremarks on the Voting Rights Act, his deal with Iran, the budget, clean energy, and Hurricane Katrina. ISIS? Not a peep.

Obama’s quiet because the war is not going well. Despite the loss of Tikrit earlier this year, theIslamic State’s western boundary is stable, and its eastern boundary now encroaches on Damascus. The president’s air campaign is one of the most limited and desultory America has fought in decades—ranking last in daily averages of strike sorties and bombs dropped. In late July, when the Turks permitted America the use of their air bases to launch attacks on ISIS, a “senior administration official” told the New York Times that the decision was “a game changer.” In the ensuing days the number of airstrikes in Syria actually fell.

The growing number of U.S. advisers—there are now more than 3,300 American military personnel in Iraq—has been unable to repair the damage wrought on the Iraqi Army by sectarian and political purges after our 2011 withdrawal. Even as the administration brags about killing more than 10,000 ISIS terrorists, a number that strains credulity, the Caliphate has become more deeply entrenched in its territory, and inspires attacks abroad.

Meanwhile the congressional authorization that the president sought is dead. One of our most gifted generals predicts the conflict will last “10 to 20 years.” And now comes news that the Pentagon is investigating whether intelligence assessments of ISIS have been manipulated for political reasons. “Analysts,” reports the Daily Beast, “have been pushed to portray the group as weaker than the analysts believe it actually is.” This sort of dishonesty helps no one—except a president whose primary concern is leaving office with his reputation for ending wars intact, and the military brass who wish to remain in his good graces.

What’s especially galling about this allegation is that Obama and the Democratic Party have spent years spuriously accusing President Bush of lying the United States into war in 2003. Spend a moment thinking of what the news cycle would be if George W. were still our president and the Pentagon inspector general opened an investigation into whether the bureaucracy was sprucing up intelligence to make it politically palatable: The chorus of “Bush lied, people died” would be deafening, Congress would demand investigations, the national security leak machine would start humming, John Conyers would reconvene his mock impeachment hearing, and the entire controversy would be set against the backdrop of antiwar marches and publicized denunciations of militaristic policy. What have we instead? ABC’s Good Morning America mentioned the Pentagon investigation. No other broadcast network did.

It’s an unanticipated consequence of Barack Obama’s presidency: his immobilization of the antiwar legions, the way his election immediately neutered the zealots who, if a Republican were in office, would be marching against drone strikes and mass surveillance and war in Afghanistan and air war in Libya, Syria, Iraq and proxy war in Yemen. What does it say about the left that the most spirited attacks on Obama national security policy have come from the right: On drones, surveillance, and congressional authorization for war, you are far more likely to hear criticism from Ted Cruz or Rand Paul than from the politicians who rode into office denouncing Bush’s misadventure in Iraq. The protestors who flooded New York in 2004 and fell to the ground at the D.C. “Die-In” in 2007—they either support the president or are too busy with Occupy Wall Street and Black Lives Matter to care.

Obama has thus been allowed to wage a war for more than a year not only without the authorization he called for but also without the accountability that pressure from his left would bring. He’s flying solo, and below him are an endless, inconclusive war, a terrorist state built on sharia law and sex slavery, rampant chemical weapons use, civilian casualties, and a refugee crisis that is causing social, economic, and political instability in Europe. The only thing missing from this picture is outrage—elite fury over the geopolitical and humanitarian results of the president’s evasive policy, of doing only the bare minimum necessary to convince people that you aren’t ignoring the problem.

There’s no outrage because the media, our bipartisan political establishment, and indeed the American people themselves are unwilling to face the scope of the challenge the Islamic State presents. To uproot it we would have to send U.S. ground forces to Iraq in large numbers, not just special forces operating in tandem with unrestricted air support. We would have to retake and hold ground lost in the years since we departed Iraq, and we would have to commit to remaining in Iraq and Syria for a long time. To deal a blow to radical Islam that would deter recruitment, stop the bandwagon effect, and secure America from attack by militants and their fellow-travelers would require a military and economic commitment the United States, and least of all our president, is simply not prepared to make.

Easier to perform the illusion of activity, of success and advance, so that all the boxes are checked, all our consciences placated. Easier to pretend that the problem of ISIS can be “contained” and that our new ally Iran can handle the situation in its emerging capacity as regional hegemon. Easier to go about our business, to spin or outright ignore the war our country has been waging in Iraq and Syria for more than a year. So much easier not to worry about what’s happening over there—until, that is, the enemy attacks us here.

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Here are your top stories for Thursday, August 27th: WDBJ-TV holds a moment of silence on-air; Police in Austria find a truck of decomposing bodies; Jurors begin deliberating in the NH prep school sexual assault case; Tropical Storm Erika shifts south.

Two-Day ceasefire agreed by warring sides in three Syrian towns: sources
Thursday August 27th, 2015 at 5:22 PM

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BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian insurgents, the army and Lebanese group Hezbollah agreed on a 48-hour ceasefire in the rebel-held town of Zabadani near Lebanon's border and two Shi'ite villages in Idlib province, sources close to negotiations on both sides said on Wednesday.

British hacker for Islamic State killed in U.S. drone strike in Syria: sources
Thursday August 27th, 2015 at 5:22 PM

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A British hacker who U.S. and European officials said became a top cyber expert for Islamic State in Syria has been killed in a U.S. drone strike, a U.S. source familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.

Hungary scrambles to confront migrant influx, Merkel heckled
Thursday August 27th, 2015 at 5:21 PM

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ROSZKE, Hungary (Reuters) - Hungary made plans on Wednesday to reinforce its southern border with helicopters, mounted police and dogs, and was also considering using the army as record numbers of migrants, many of them Syrian refugees, passed through coils of razor-wire into Europe.

Attack in Ramadi kills two senior Iraqi commanders
Thursday August 27th, 2015 at 5:20 PM

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BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Two senior Iraqi military commanders were killed on Thursday in a car bomb attack north of Ramadi, the capital of Anbar province where pro-government forces are battling Islamic State, a military spokesman on state TV and police sources said.

Italy government puts scandal-hit Rome on tight leash
Thursday August 27th, 2015 at 5:20 PM

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ROME (Reuters) - Italy's government said on Thursday it would put Rome city hall under close supervision following allegations it had fallen under the sway of organized crime, but allowed the beleaguered mayor to stay in office.

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Renewed Kurdish conflict angers Turks, overshadows election
Thursday August 27th, 2015 at 5:19 PM

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ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Clinging to his brother's coffin, draped in the red Turkish flag, Lieutenant Colonel Mehmet Alkan's outburst was a rare public show of defiance from a serving officer as Turkish jets bombard Kurdish militants.

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28/08/15 03:35 from нато Россия - Google News
Эксперт: НАТО не воспринимает Россию полноценным партнером Свободная пресса В докладе под названием «Не допустить войны: как снизить риски военных инцидентов между Россией и НАТО ?» говорится о том, что Совет Россия - НАТО должен срочно ...

» Nato ready to help EU navies on Mediterranean migrants - EUobserver
28/08/15 03:24 from nato - Google News
EUobserver Nato ready to help EU navies on Mediterranean migrants EUobserver Nato remains ready to help clamp down on migrant smugglers in the Mediterranean, as plans to expand the EU's naval military operation get under way. A Nato ...

» СМИ: Центр НАТО в Риге оказался «потемкинской деревней» - Взгляд
28/08/15 02:15 from нато - Google News
Взгляд СМИ: Центр НАТО в Риге оказался «потемкинской деревней» Взгляд Напомним, о предстоящем открытии центра НАТО по вопросам стратегической коммуникации в Риге представители Североатлантического альянса говорили еще в середине прошлого...

» Глава Пентагона: НАТО должно быть ориентировано на сдерживание России - Росбалт.RU
28/08/15 01:32 from нато Россия - Google News
Глава Пентагона: НАТО должно быть ориентировано на сдерживание России Росбалт.RU CC0 Китай проживет без чудес Из державы, вызывавшей суеверное благоговение, Китай одномоментно превратился в страну вопросов. Пришел ли конец китайской мечт...

» Пентагон считает, что НАТО должно взять на себя роль сдерживания России - Комсомольская правда
28/08/15 00:49 from нато - Google News
Комсомольская правда Пентагон считает, что НАТО должно взять на себя роль сдерживания России Комсомольская правда "Поэтому мы создаем то, что я называл новыми правилами игры для НАТО , чтобы вновь взять на себя сдерживающую роль пос...

» US, NATO Forces Join Afghan Effort To Oust Taliban From Helmand - RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
28/08/15 00:32 from nato - Google News
US, NATO Forces Join Afghan Effort To Oust Taliban From Helmand RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty NATO's Resolute Support coalition said U.S. aircraft had dropped bombs on Musa Qala nine times August 27, and that some foreign soldiers wer...

» Пентагон считает необходимым ориентировать НАТО на сдерживание сил России - Mail.Ru
27/08/15 23:34 from нато Россия - Google News
Mail.Ru Пентагон считает необходимым ориентировать НАТО на сдерживание сил России Mail.Ru По его словам, действия России стали «нежелательным развитием со стратегической точки зрения». «Поэтому мы создаем то, что я называл новыми правила...

» Пентагон считает необходимым ориентировать НАТО на сдерживание сил России - Информационное агентство России ТАСС
27/08/15 23:33 from нато - Google News
Комсомольская правда Пентагон считает необходимым ориентировать НАТО на сдерживание сил России Информационное агентство России ТАСС НЬЮ-ЙОРК, 28 августа. /Корр. ТАСС Иван Пильщиков/. США в первую очередь намерены воздействовать на Россию...

» NATO Troops Killed in Afghanistan ID'd as US Special Tactics Airmen - NBCNews.com
27/08/15 22:36 from nato - Google News
NBCNews.com NATO Troops Killed in Afghanistan ID'd as US Special Tactics Airmen NBCNews.com Two Air Force special operations airmen were the NATO troops killed in an ambush in Afghanistan Wednesday, the Pentagon said Thursday. Capt. ...

» Столтенберг и Гарибашвили открыли учебный центр НАТО в Грузии - ГОЛОС АМЕРИКИ
27/08/15 21:55 from нато - Google News
ГОЛОС АМЕРИКИ Столтенберг и Гарибашвили открыли учебный центр НАТО в Грузии ГОЛОС АМЕРИКИ Учебно-тренировочный центр НАТО не направлен против какого-либо из соседних государств, в том числе России. Об этом заявил премьер-министр Грузии И...

» Литва готова поделиться с Украиной опытом вступления в НАТО - УКРАИНСКАЯ ПРАВДА
27/08/15 19:31 from нато - Google News
РБК Украина Литва готова поделиться с Украиной опытом вступления в НАТО УКРАИНСКАЯ ПРАВДА Премьер-министр Литовской Республики Альгирдас Буткявичюс заверил в готовности своей страны поделиться с украинским народом опытом вступления в НАТ...

» Ex-NATO Chief Leads Push by Retired Military Brass to Kill Iran Deal - Military.com
27/08/15 19:10 from nato - Google News
Military.com Ex- NATO Chief Leads Push by Retired Military Brass to Kill Iran Deal Military.com ... Iranian regime has waged against us since 1979 will continue, with far higher risks to our national security interests," concludes t...

» Британский лейборист: НАТО нужно было ликвидировать в 1990 году - РИА Новости
27/08/15 18:15 from нато - Google News
РИА Новости Британский лейборист: НАТО нужно было ликвидировать в 1990 году РИА Новости "Я критикую НАТО , потому что это организация времен Холодной войны, она должна была завершить свое существование в 1990 году вместе с Организац...

» Главный претендент на пост лидера лейбористов предложил Британии выйти из НАТО - Взгляд
27/08/15 18:10 from нато - Google News
Главный претендент на пост лидера лейбористов предложил Британии выйти из НАТО Взгляд Он отметил, что «если НАТО ставит открытую цель - расширяться, российские военные тогда скажут своему руководству: мы также вынуждены расширяться, чтоб...

» Now NATO's Prepping for Hybrid War - Defense One
27/08/15 15:05 from nato - Google News
Defense One Now NATO's Prepping for Hybrid War Defense One Jean-Paul Paloméros, leader of the NATO command that coordinates alliance training, told reporters in Washington Wednesday. “In terms of intensity, this exercise is stronger ...

» Report: War Between Russia, NATO Almost Broke Out 66 Times in Past Year - Breitbart News
27/08/15 14:44 from russia nato - Google News
Breitbart News Report: War Between Russia , NATO Almost Broke Out 66 Times in Past Year Breitbart News Experts believe a war between NATO and Russia almost broke out 66 times in the past year as tensions continue to escalate after Russia...

» NATO Opens Training Center in Georgia amid Russia Tensions - Al-Manar TV
27/08/15 13:37 from Nato Russia - Google News
Al-Manar TV NATO Opens Training Center in Georgia amid Russia Tensions Al-Manar TV The establishment of the NATO -Georgian Joint Training and Evaluation Center, to be based just outside the capital Tbilisi, is part of the confrontation b...

» Jeremy Corbyn backtracks on calls for Britain to leave Nato - Telegraph.co.uk
27/08/15 13:23 from nato - Google News
Telegraph.co.uk Jeremy Corbyn backtracks on calls for Britain to leave Nato Telegraph.co.uk The point I am making is that if Nato sets itself an open target of expansion, the Russian military then say to their leaders 'we've have...

» НАТО создает в Грузии новый центр напряженности - РИА Новости
27/08/15 12:46 from нато - Google News
РИА Новости НАТО создает в Грузии новый центр напряженности РИА Новости Открытие учебного центра НАТО в постсоветской республике, которая не является членом альянса, беспрецедентно. С высокой долей вероятности можно предположить, что зде...

» Столтенберг в ходе открытия встретился с ротой вооруженных сил Грузии, которая прошла переподготовку для сил быстрого реагирования НАТО. - Информационное агентство "Українські Новини"
27/08/15 12:08 from нато Россия - Google News
Информационное агентство "Українські Новини" Столтенберг в ходе открытия встретился с ротой вооруженных сил Грузии, которая прошла переподготовку для сил быстрого реагирования НАТО . Информационное агентство "Українські Новини" Россия , ...

» NATO stages huge airborne drill in Europe, says 'acting in purely defensive ... - RT
27/08/15 11:57 from nato - Google News
RT NATO stages huge airborne drill in Europe, says 'acting in purely defensive ... RT Parachutists of the US-based 82nd Airborne Division began a NATO exercise in Hohenfels near Nuremberg on Wednesday, where joint multinational train...

ISIS News Review

» The Lessons of Anwar al-Awlaki
30/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
Four years after the United States assassinated the radical cleric in a drone strike, his influence on jihadists is greater than ever. Was there a better way to stop him?

» Middle Eastern Zen
28/08/15 12:30 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
Don't worry about the Middle East. Worry about China. The Middle East (unlike a large chunk of your portfolio) will still be around tomorrow.

» Junaid Hussain, ISIS Recruiter, Reported Killed in Airstrike
28/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
Mr. Hussain, a 21-year-old Briton, hacked into American military networks and was a central figure in the Islamic State’s online recruitment campaign.

» ISIS Suicide Attack Kills 2 Iraqi Generals Near Ramadi
28/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
The generals were killed by two explosives-rigged American-made Humvees, dealing another setback to the faltering campaign to retake Anbar Province.

» When ISIS Rapists Win
28/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
A look at the shocking means the Islamic State uses to spread its ideas.

» Archaeologists plan to use 3D imagery to preserve antiquities under threat from Islamic State
27/08/15 18:44 from Islamic State
Sophisticated "Monuments Men" initiative could see 20 million images compiled by 2017 to enable replicas to be constructed if artefacts lost

» Syrian three-day ceasefire agreed as both sides bury dead
27/08/15 12:05 from Islamic State
In parts of southern and northwestern Syria, opposition fighters battling Syrian army and Hizbollah agree respite in order to evacuate their wounded

» British hacker for Islamic State Junaid Hussain 'killed in Syria drone attack'
27/08/15 03:21 from Islamic State
Hussain and his wife, Sally Jones, from Kent, had been dubbed 'Mr and Mrs Terror'

» America’s Dangerous Bargain With Turkey
27/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
By attacking Kurds, Turkey is undermining the United States’ strongest ally in the fight against the Islamic State.

» Op-Photo: Remembering the Ruins of Palmyra
26/08/15 17:49 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
A photograph taken between 1900 and 1920 shows the ruins where Islamic State militants recently bombed an ancient temple.

» Europe’s Myopia on Refugees
26/08/15 12:30 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
The main problem with the migrant crisis is a self-centered Europe that focuses only on its own numbers and disregards the rest.

» The West should swallow its pride and work with Russia to save the Middle East
26/08/15 08:14 from Islamic State
The age of unilateralism is over, and the cynical politics of the past have created only misery. What's needed now is real dialogue and real co-operation

» Islamic State release pictures after 'destroying ancient temple' at Palmyra
26/08/15 02:36 from Islamic State
Extremists blow up Baalshamin Temple at Palmyra World Heritage site in Syria, according to activists, as Isil release images of their destruction

» The Crimes of Palmyra
26/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
The Islamic State’s destruction of Palmyra’s ancient ruins is not only a crime against Syria but a tragedy for collective human history.

» Pentagon Investigates Allegations of Skewed Intelligence Reports on ISIS
26/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
The inspector general is looking into a claim that military officials reworked assessments about the U.S.-led campaign in Iraq against ISIS to be more optimistic, according to several officials.

» Morocco: 14 Arrested in Joint Antiterrorism Raids
26/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
At least 14 people were arrested Tuesday in Morocco and Spain on suspicion of belonging to a cell that recruited fighters for the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.

» Inquiry Weighs Whether Data on ISIS Was Distorted
26/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
The inspector general is looking into a claim that military officials reworked assessments about the U.S.-led campaign in Iraq against ISIS to be more optimistic, according to several officials.

» Inquiry Weighs Whether ISIS Analysis Was Distorted
26/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
The inspector general is looking into a claim that military officials reworked assessments about the U.S.-led campaign in Iraq against ISIS to be more optimistic, according to several officials.

» In Syria, Potential Ally’s Islamist Ties Challenge U.S.
26/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
Ahrar al-Sham opposes the Syrian president and the Islamic State and seems like a logical Western ally, but its links to Al Qaeda trouble American policy makers.

» Turkmen militia enlisted to patrol Syria anti-Isil buffer zone
25/08/15 17:02 from Islamic State
Turkmen groups issue call for volunteers to enlist in proposed police force that will be tasked with policing buffer zone in Syria along Turkey border

» Extremists blow up Baalshamin Temple at Palmyra, in pictures
25/08/15 09:00 from Islamic State
In pics: Isil fighters destroy 2,000-year-old temple of Baalshamin

» 800 potential Isil terrorists back in Europe 'prepared to do anything'
25/08/15 05:57 from Islamic State
The fighters and trainees may not be especially well trained but they are indoctrinated, warn Spanish security experts

» As Turkey Targets Militants, War Grips Kurdish Lands Once Again
25/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
A war that had long been stilled by a truce is now threatening to undo an economic turnaround and adding a battlefield to a region already consumed by chaos.

» ISIS Suspected of Chemical Attack in Syria
25/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
Local rebels and an international aid group accused the militant group of using mustard gas against civilian and rival insurgents in northern Syria last week.

» ISIS Accelerates Destruction of Antiquities in Syria
25/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
The cumulative destruction of antiquities by militants — including a fifth-century monastery and a first-century temple in Syria recently — has reached staggering levels, archaeological experts and antiquities officials say.

» New Report of ISIS Using Poison Gas in Syria
25/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
Local rebels and an international aid group accused the militant group of using mustard gas against civilian and rival insurgents in northern Syria last week.

» ISIS Speeds Up Destruction of Antiquities in Syria
25/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
The cumulative toll inflicted on antiquities by militants, who destroyed a fifth-century monastery and a first-century temple recently, has reached staggering levels, archaeologists and officials say.

» Martyrs and maniacs
24/08/15 13:29 from Islamic State
Telegraph View: Khaled al-Asaad died a martyr to a cause far greater than anything Isil's maniacs can ever aspire to

» Islamic State 'destroy ancient temple' at Palmyra
24/08/15 08:00 from Islamic State
Extremists blow up Baalshamin Temple at Palmyra World Heritage site in Syria, according to activists

» Palmyra: history of Isil's ancient site destruction in Syria and Iraq
24/08/15 07:28 from Islamic State
As Islamic State reportedly seizes the ancient Syrian ruins of Palmyra, The Telegraph looks at the sites already destroyed by the extremist group

» France train attack: As it happened on Sunday August 23
24/08/15 02:26 from Islamic State
The Telegraph can reveal the name of the first heroic passenger to wrestle a weapon from the high-speed train gunman: Frenchman Mark Moogalian

» France train attack: Mystery man who wrestled AK-47 from train gunman revealed - as it happened
24/08/15 02:05 from Islamic State
The Telegraph can reveal the name of the first heroic passenger to wrestle a weapon from the high-speed train gunman: Mark Moogalian. Follow latest developments

» France train attack: Mystery man who wrestled AK-47 from train gunman revealed
24/08/15 02:05 from Islamic State
The Telegraph can reveal the name of the first heroic passenger to wrestle a weapon from the high-speed train gunman: Mark Moogalian. Follow latest developments

» Islamic State Blows Up Ancient Temple at Syria’s Palmyra Ruins
24/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
Islamic State militants have destroyed the Baalshamin Temple at the ancient ruins of Palmyra in Syria, realizing one of archaeologists’ worst fears.

» ISIS Blows Up Ancient Temple at Syria’s Palmyra Ruins
24/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
Islamic State militants have destroyed the Baalshamin Temple at the ancient ruins of Palmyra in Syria, realizing one of archaeologists’ worst fears.

» An Opening for Diplomacy in Syria
24/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
There are signs that Syria and its backers are finally realizing that only a political solution can stave off further collapse and stop ISIS.

» France train attack: Mystery man who tackled AK-47 assault rifle from train gunman revealed - live
23/08/15 20:35 from Islamic State
The Telegraph can reveal the name of the first heroic passenger to wrestle a weapon from the high-speed train gunman: Mark Moogalian. Follow latest developments

» Islamic State 'used mustard gas in the battle around Aleppo in Syria'
23/08/15 14:08 from Islamic State
Doctors say they treated patients with suppurating blisters, raising fears Isil are using chemical stockpiles belonging to Saddam Hussein and Bashar al-Assad

» Islamic State accused of using mustard gas in the battle around Aleppo in Syria
23/08/15 14:08 from Islamic State
Doctors say they treated patients with suppurating blisters, raising fears Isil are using chemical stockpiles belonging to Saddam Hussein and Bashar al-Assad

» France train attack: Gunman's father says he has no idea what his son is thinking - live
23/08/15 12:56 from Islamic State
Ayoub El-Khazzani's father Mohamed weeps as he exclusively tells the Telegraph of his shock and how his son was a "good boy and very hardworking". Follow latest developments

» France train attack: American heroes describe drama of tackling Moroccan gunman Ayoub El-Khazzani - live
23/08/15 12:25 from Islamic State
French police were reportedly warned more than a year ago about the radical views of Ayoub El-Khazzani, the 25 year-old Moroccan who attempted a massacre on a high-speed train

» France train attack: First picture emerges of Moroccan gunman Ayoub El-Khazzani - live
23/08/15 12:08 from Islamic State
French police were reportedly warned more than a year ago about the radical views of Ayoub El-Khazzani, the 25 year-old Moroccan who attempted a massacre on a high-speed train

» 'Jihadi John' reveals his face for the first time
23/08/15 12:02 from Islamic State
Mohammed Emwazi, who is thought to have carried out dozens of beheadings for the terror group Islamic State, sheds trademark balaclava in new video, say reports

» France train attack: As it happened Saturday August 22
23/08/15 07:04 from Islamic State
Attacker armed with Kalashnikov shouted "give me back my gun" as he was foiled by three Americans, including two off-duty servicemen - follow live updates

» Inside Kacanik, Kosovo's jihadist capital
23/08/15 04:00 from Islamic State
Tiny town boasts only 30,000 people, yet two dozen local men have gone to fight jihad in Iraq and Syria

» France train attack: Americans hailed as heroes, gunman 'had ties to Isil'
23/08/15 01:09 from Islamic State
Attacker armed with Kalashnikov shouted "give me back my gun" as he was foiled by three Americans, including two off-duty servicemen - follow live updates

» Gay and Marked for Death
23/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
It’s time for enlightened countries to address a human-rights chasm.

» Paris train gunman's links to Syria
22/08/15 16:05 from Islamic State
Jihadi terrorist was known to four separate intellgience agencies - but was allowed to travel to Syria and freely around Europe

» All-American heroes of train terror drama
22/08/15 15:42 from Islamic State
Like action film warriors, a trio of US holidaymakers risked their lives to disarm a knife and gun-wielding terrorist and wrestle him to the ground

» Phone Encryption: Balancing Privacy and Protection
22/08/15 12:30 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
Regulation cannot prevent the use of encryption by criminals, but it can limit the public's ability to protect themselves.

» As War Sows Chaos on Ground, It Can Lead to Cleaner Air, Study Says
22/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
A paper published in the journal Science found that Middle Eastern cities involved in wars or other crises showed fewer pollutants in the air.

» Study Finds Surprising Byproduct of Middle Eastern Conflicts: Cleaner Air
22/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
A paper published in the journal Science found that Middle Eastern cities involved in wars or other crises showed fewer pollutants in the air.

» Airstrike Kills a Deputy to ISIS Leader, U.S. Says
22/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
The White House said Fadel al-Hayali was second in command to the militant group’s leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.

» US failed to protect us, says commander of Pentagon-trained rebels in Syria
21/08/15 17:00 from Islamic State
Exclusive: Lack of US help meant we had to beg al-Qaeda for mercy, says Captain Ammar al-Wawi of the Division 30 brigade in Syria

» Islamic State's path of destruction through Syria and Iraq
21/08/15 13:33 from Islamic State
How Islamic State jihadists are destroying some of the Middle East's most spectacular and precious archaeological and cultural sites

» Catholic monastery in Syria 'destroyed by Isil bulldozers'
21/08/15 08:48 from Islamic State
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant seized Al-Qaryatain town and monastery Mar Elian earlier this month, kidnapping local Christians

» We stood by while others carved up Syria
21/08/15 01:30 from Islamic State
Doing nothing two years ago was a huge gamble - and every imaginable disaster has come to pass

» The Islamic State Is Forcing Women to Be Sex Slaves
21/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
The Islamic State’s leaders publicize their enslavement of women and girls in their official publication, offering a theological argument - disputed by some scholars - for why the rape of infidels is allowed.

» ISIS Affiliate Claims Responsibility for Cairo Bombing
21/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
At least 20 people were wounded in an attack on a branch of the Egyptian security agency, adding to a wave of militant violence in the capital over the summer.

» Egyptians Adapt as Cairo Is Redefined by a String of Bomb Attacks
21/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
At least 29 people were wounded in an attack on a branch of the Egyptian security agency, adding to a wave of militant violence in the capital over the summer.

» Jeremy Corbyn 'to apologise over Iraq war' if he becomes leader, as he compares Isil attacks to America's actions
20/08/15 17:00 from Islamic State
Labour leadership frontrunner under pressure to explain 2014 comments when he compared Isil's behaviour in Iraq with America's actions in the country

» Jeremy Corbyn compares Isil attacks to America's actions in Iraq and calls for 'political compromise'
20/08/15 14:24 from Islamic State
Labour leadership frontrunner under pressure to explain 2014 comments when he compared Isil's behaviour in Iraq with America's actions in the country

» Isil murders scholar who hid treasures of Palmyra
20/08/15 09:10 from Islamic State
Isil extremists behead revered antiquities scholar Khaled al-Asaad in ancient Syrian city of Palmyra, says government official

» ISIS Beheads Syrian Antiquities Scholar in Palmyra
20/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
Militants beheaded one of Syria’s most prominent antiquities scholars and hung his body from the ancient town’s Roman columns, state media and activists said.

» ISIS Said to Behead Syrian Antiquities Scholar in Palmyra
20/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
The body of Khaled al-Asaad was then hung from one of the town’s Roman columns, Syrian state news media and an activist group said.

» Shielding Syrian Antiquities, to a Grisly Death at ISIS’ Hands
20/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
The body of Khalid al-Asaad, the city’s retired director of antiquities, was hung from a Roman column, the state news media and an activist group said.

» Car Bomb Explodes Near a Security Building in Cairo
20/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
The blast was the latest in a series of attacks that have unnerved Egyptians and underscored the challenges facing the government in its campaign against Islamist militants.

» Syrian Expert Who Shielded Palmyra Antiquities Meets a Grisly Death at ISIS’ Hands
20/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
The body of Khalid al-Asaad, the city’s retired director of antiquities, was hung from a Roman column, the state news media and an activist group said.

» Palmyra's hero preserved our heritage while he lived and saved it in death
19/08/15 16:36 from Islamic State
Khaled al-Asaad, who was murdered by Islamic State jihadists, died for the rest of us, writes Dan Snow

» Isil 'beheads top archaeologist in Palmyra' after he refused to give up secrets of its treasures
19/08/15 08:45 from Islamic State
Isil extremists behead antiquities scholar Maamoun Abdulkarim in ancient Syrian city of Palmyra, a government official said

» Isil 'beheads top archaeologist in Palmyra' after refusing to give up secrets of its treasures
19/08/15 08:45 from Islamic State
Isil extremists behead antiquities scholar Maamoun Abdulkarim in ancient Syrian city of Palmyra, a government official said

» Isil 'beheads top archaeologist in Palmyra'
19/08/15 08:45 from Islamic State
Isil extremists behead antiquities scholar Khaled al-Asaad in ancient Syrian city of Palmyra, a government official said

» The return of the Yazidis
19/08/15 04:00 from Islamic State
In the last few months, a quiet project has set up rat runs for the thousands of people still held as hostages - or worse - by Isil. Gradually, the Yazidis are coming home.

» ISIS Video Urges Turks to Revolt Against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan
19/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
A seven-minute video called President Recep Tayyip Erdogan an infidel for collaborating with Western powers in their attacks on the Islamic State.

» New Elections in Turkey Almost Certain as Threats From ISIS and Kurds Grow
19/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
Talks aimed at forming a coalition government ended, and an Islamic State video called on Muslims to revolt against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

» Libya Asks Arab League Countries to Help Battle Islamic State
19/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
An appeal that risks new regional entanglements in what is already at least a three-way conflict among the Islamic State and two rival Libyan factions.

» Elections Seem Likely in Turkey as ISIS Threat Rises
19/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
Talks aimed at forming a coalition government ended, and an Islamic State video called on Muslims to revolt against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

» Islamic State jihadis 'behead top archaeologist in Palmyra'
18/08/15 17:40 from Islamic State
Isil jihadis behead antiquities scholar in ancient Syrian city of Palmyra, a government official has said

» Isil calls on supporters to fight 'traitor' Turkey
18/08/15 06:47 from Islamic State
Call to arms in Islamic State video comes after Ankara allied itself with Washington against the jihadist group

» Jihad and Girl Power: How ISIS Lured 3 London Teenagers
18/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
An online culture that blends youthful rebellion with radical religiosity helped draw popular, high-achieving friends to Syria.

» Iraq: Monitoring Group to Investigate Possible Chemical Weapons Use by ISIS
18/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
The group responsible for monitoring adherence to the global ban on chemical weapons said that it had contacted Iraq over reports of the possible use of such munitions there.

» Religion Meets Rebellion: How ISIS Lured 3 London Teenagers
18/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
An online culture that blends youthful rebellion with radical religiosity helped draw popular, high-achieving friends to Syria.

» Religion Meets Rebellion: How ISIS Lured 3 London Girls
18/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
An online culture that blends youthful rebellion with radical religiosity helped draw popular, high-achieving friends to Syria.

» Horrified by ISIS’ Use of Sex Slaves
18/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
Readers call on the international community to take action against the systematic rape of Yazidi women and girls.

» Jihad and Girl Power: How ISIS Lured 3 London Girls
18/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
An online culture that blends youthful rebellion with radical religiosity helped draw popular, high-achieving friends to Syria.

» ISIS Lures 3 Teenage Girls: Reporter’s Notebook
18/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
Katrin Bennhold provides a close-up look at the reporting she did on a front-page story about three Londoners who left their childhood homes for Syria.

» US-trained Syria rebels do a deal with al-Qaeda-linked group
16/08/15 15:25 from Islamic State
Seven members of a US-trained rebel group, Division 30, including the commander, abducted last month have been released by al-Qaeda's affiliate in Syria

» US to withdraw Patriot missiles from Turkey in October
16/08/15 09:55 from Islamic State
The Nato mandate for the mission will run out in October but the US promised Patriot assets and personnel to Turkey could be returned within one week if necessary

» Libya Seeks Airstrikes Against ISIS Branch
16/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
At least 46 people were killed in recent days in clashes among the Libyan branch of the Islamic State, a rival Islamist group and forces loyal to the internationally recognized government in two Libyan cities, residents and medics say.

» Hillary Clinton Fires Back Against Jeb Bush on Rise of ISIS
15/08/15 16:47 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
Mrs. Clinton said that Jeb Bush, in criticizing the Obama administration’s withdrawal of troops from Iraq, had failed to mention his brother’s pledge to withdraw forces by the end of 2011.

» Life in Cairo - a correspondent's notebook
15/08/15 16:00 from Islamic State
The murder of a Western hostage just outside the city this week will change everything

» Islamic State confirmed to have used mustard gas against Kurds in Syria
15/08/15 11:25 from Islamic State
American analysts confirm that Islamic State used chemical weapons on a Kurdish militia

» Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in 60 seconds
15/08/15 03:20 from Islamic State
Who is Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State? Here's what is known about him in 60 seconds

» British widow who left the UK to join Isil now stranded in Turkey and desperate to come home
15/08/15 02:00 from Islamic State
Shukee Begum, widowed after her her husband was killed fighting for ISIL, wants to return to Britain with her young family

» Disbelief in Mississippi at How Far ISIS’ Message Can Travel
15/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
The arrests of a young couple suspected of trying to travel from Mississippi to Syria to join the Islamic State have confounded their friends and neighbors.

» Why ISIS Trumps Freedom
15/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
Young European Muslims join Islamic State to escape alienation and the unbearable weight of individual choice.

» Young Mississippi Couple Linked to ISIS, Perplexing All
15/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
The arrests of a young couple suspected of trying to travel from Mississippi to Syria to join the Islamic State have confounded their friends and neighbors.

» ISIS Held U.S. Aid Worker as Sex Slave Before Death
15/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
Details of Kayla Mueller’s captivity, including her repeated rape by the leader of the Islamic State, were pieced together by American officials.

» Brooklyn Man Accused of Supporting ISIS Pleads Guilty
15/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
Adburasul Hasanovich Juraboev, 25, who admitted to plotting to provide material to the Islamic State terrorist group, could face up to 15 years in prison.

» ISIS Held U.S. Aid Worker as Sex Slave Before Fatal Airstrike
15/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
Details of Kayla Mueller’s captivity, including her repeated rape by the leader of the Islamic State, were pieced together by American officials.

» ISIS Held Kayla Mueller, U.S. Aid Worker, as Sex Slave Before Fatal Airstrike
15/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
Details of Ms. Mueller’s captivity, including her repeated rape by the leader of the Islamic State, were pieced together by American officials.

» Islamic State leader raped American hostage Kayla Mueller, US officials say
14/08/15 16:06 from Islamic State
Mueller was killed in February but according to US officials, she was forced to have sex with Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi during the time she was held

» Islamic State militants used mustard gas against Kurdish forces, US officials believe
14/08/15 14:49 from Islamic State
The reports that Isil used the searing chemical weapon are credible, say Pentagon sources to US media

» There's a food crisis coming. Are we ready?
14/08/15 06:59 from Islamic State
Global warming means bad harvests of the kind which helped spark the Arab Spring are increasingly likely - and could cause world-wide unrest

» Isil used chemical weapons against Kurds in Iraq, say German troops
14/08/15 04:28 from Islamic State
German troops involved in coalition training mission in Iraq report that Isil fighters have used chemical weapons on a Kurdish militia

» Analysis: 'Islamic State will use any weapon they can to spread panic'
14/08/15 03:25 from Islamic State
Reports of chemical weapons being used on Kurdish troops are part of group's terror strategy

» Sex, divorce and infidelity: Meet the Muslim women bloggers tackling taboos
14/08/15 03:00 from Islamic State
A new wave of Muslim female bloggers is tackling issues traditionally considered taboo by their communities, and trying to shatter stereotypes around their culture. Alia Waheed speaks to some of them

» ISIS Enshrines a Theology of Rape
14/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
Claiming the Quran’s support, the Islamic State codifies sex slavery in conquered regions of Iraq and Syria and uses the practice as a recruiting tool.

» Truck Bomb Kills Nearly 60 at Market in Baghdad
14/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
The Islamic State claimed responsibility for the blast in the Shiite neighborhood of Sadr City, which came just after dawn as shoppers were stocking up for the weekend.

» Truck Bomb Kills About 60 at Market in Baghdad Neighborhood of Sadr City
14/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
The Islamic State claimed responsibility for the blast in the Shiite neighborhood of Sadr City, which came just after dawn as shoppers were stocking up for the weekend.

» Bomb Claimed by ISIS Kills Dozens in Baghdad
14/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
The Islamic State claimed responsibility for the blast in the Shiite neighborhood of Sadr City, which came just after dawn as shoppers were stocking up for the weekend.

» U.S. and Turkey Face Questions in Anti-ISIS Effort
14/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
Two weeks after the United States and Turkey announced the plan, it is unclear which forces will fight the jihadists and what support they will receive.

» Egypt: 2 Groups Handled Hostage, Croatia Says
14/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
A Croatian expatriate worker believed to have been beheaded by the Islamic State’s Egyptian affiliate was initially abducted by a different group that demanded a ransom.

» Kidnapping and Sex Slavery: Covering ISIS’s Religious Justification for Rape
14/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
Rukmini Callimachi discusses how she worked to tell the stories of Yazidi women and girls, held as sex slaves by the Islamic State.

» Your Friday Evening Briefing
14/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
Here’s what you need to know.

» Kidnapping and Sex Slavery: Covering ISIS’ Religious Justification for Rape
14/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
Rukmini Callimachi discusses how she worked to tell the stories of Yazidi women and girls, held as sex slaves by the Islamic State.

» U.S. Jets Meet Limit as Iraqi Ground Fight Against ISIS Plods On
13/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
No matter how advanced, American aircraft can go only as fast as their less experienced, much slower partners on the ground: the Iraqi security forces.

» ISIS Affiliate in Egypt Says It Has Beheaded a Croatian Man
13/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
The claim, if confirmed, would be the first time during a two-year jihadist insurgency that extremists in Egypt had abducted and killed a foreigner.

» ISIS Affiliate in Egypt Says It Has Beheaded Croatian Prisoner
13/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
The claim, if confirmed, would be the first time during a two-year jihadist insurgency that extremists in Egypt had taken captive and killed a foreigner.

» The Iraqi Prime Minister’s Gamble
13/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi’s plan to overhaul the political system is gutsy, but not without peril.

» Your Thursday Evening Briefing
13/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day.

» Top general: US boots on the ground may be needed to defeat Isil
12/08/15 22:47 from Islamic State
Raymond Odierno, American army chief of staff, says proposal should be put to Barack Obama if progress is not made soon

» Name, emails and passwords of Foreign Office and council staff 'hacked by Isil'
12/08/15 14:51 from Islamic State
Most of the apparently hacked data relates to American military and diplomatic personnel, however the details of workers at Croydon and Stockport councils and the Foreign Office were also said to be on the list

» Iraq and Syria: How many foreign fighters are fighting for Isil?
12/08/15 08:33 from Islamic State
Where do the estimated 20,000 foreign fighters in Iraq and Syria come from, and how many of them are still out there?

» Isil claim to have beheaded Croatian hostage in Egypt
12/08/15 07:41 from Islamic State
Tomislav Salopek, 31, was kidnapped in the early hours of July 22 as his car left Cairo

» Iraqi Parliament Unanimously Approves Government Overhaul
12/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
The elimination of several high-level positions and sectarian quotas in political appointments is meant to transform Iraq’s corrupt political system, but it could further alienate Sunnis.

» Syria: Islamic State Frees 22 Assyrian Christians
12/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
ISIS seized more than 200 Assyrians in February when its fighters overran more than a dozen villages near the northeastern city of Hasaka.

» Newlyweds Are Accused of Planning to Join ISIS
12/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
The couple were on their way to the airport in Columbus, Miss., on Saturday when they were arrested by F.B.I. agents after unwittingly making travel plans with undercover federal agents on social media.

» New Diplomacy Seen on U.S.-Russian Efforts to End Syrian Civil War
12/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
Envoys, including from Middle Eastern powers, have been meeting recently to try to head off a Syrian collapse that could strengthen the Islamic State.

» Iraqi Parliament Backs Overhaul of Government
12/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
The elimination of several high-level positions and sectarian quotas in political appointments is meant to transform Iraq’s corrupt political system, but it could further alienate Sunnis.

» Jeb Bush Blames Clinton and Obama for Iraq’s Decline
12/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
In a blistering attack, Mr. Bush said the early withdrawal of American troops set the stage for the chaos now sweeping the region.

» Jeb Bush Blames Hillary Clinton and Obama for Iraq’s Decline
12/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
In a blistering attack, Mr. Bush said the early withdrawal of American troops set the stage for the chaos now sweeping the region.

» Who Threatens America Most?
12/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
Obama administration officials need to agree on what the biggest national security threats are before they can develop the right strategies.

» Your Wednesday Evening Briefing
12/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day.

» The new Dad's Army taking the fight to Islamic State
11/08/15 13:45 from Islamic State
Grandfather Jim Atherton is one of several UK volunteers who have travelled to fight Isil in Syria and Iraq despite no military training. But what impact are they having?

» Turkey's war against the Kurds only helps Isil
11/08/15 13:02 from Islamic State
The upsurge in hostilities between the Turks and Kurds is an unwelcome distraction from the coalition's military campaign to destroy Isil

» Jeb Bush Says Hillary Clinton ‘Stood By’ as Iraq Descended Into Violence
11/08/15 11:23 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
Jeb Bush will deliver a foreign policy speech on Tuesday, when he is expected to say Hillary Rodham Clinton “stood by” as secretary of state when the situation in Iraq deteriorated, creating the conditions that led to the rise of ISIS.

» Donald Trump, Pivoting Toward Policy, Makes Up With Fox
11/08/15 07:58 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
Donald J. Trump appeared on Fox News and talked about defeating the Islamic State and simplifying the tax system, averting any discussion of his war of words in recent days with the anchor Megyn Kelly.

» Donald Trump, Pivoting Toward Policy, Urges Simpler Tax Code
11/08/15 07:58 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
Donald J. Trump appeared on Fox News and talked about defeating the Islamic State and simplifying the tax system, averting any discussion of his war of words in recent days with the anchor Megyn Kelly.

» Online Islamic State recruiters urge would-be jihadists to stay in UK and attack at home
11/08/15 04:08 from Islamic State
In a new strategy, Brits are being encouraged to form gangs and start the long process of creating an Islamic State here

» UK's £2.7bn in aid to countries where Christians are persecuted
11/08/15 02:00 from Islamic State
Four out of five countries on persecution watch list receive aid from British taxpayers

» Gun Battle Breaks Out at U.S. Consulate in Istanbul
11/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
The attack was one of several violent episodes across the country, which some attributed to an uptick in clashes between Turkish security forces and Kurdish militants.

» Gun Battle Breaks Out Outside U.S. Consulate in Istanbul
11/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
The attack was one of several violent episodes across the country, which some attributed to an uptick in clashes between Turkish security forces and Kurdish militants.

» Nusra Front Announces Withdrawal From Front Line Against ISIS in Syria
11/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
The Nusra Front, the Syrian affiliate of Al Qaeda, said it disagreed with plans by Turkey and the United States to clear the Islamic State from an area along the Turkish border.

» New Jersey Man Charged With Plotting to Support ISIS
11/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
Nader Saadeh, 20, who lived in Rutherford, N.J., until he left the United States in May, was charged with conspiracy and seeking to provide material aid to a terrorist group.

» Gun Battle Erupts Outside U.S. Consulate in Istanbul
11/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
The attack was one of several violent episodes across the country, which some attributed to an uptick in clashes between Turkish security forces and Kurdish militants.

» Time to Reassess Sinai Peacekeeping Force
11/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
International peacekeepers in Egypt’s Sinai are under greater threat and tasked with an increasingly obsolete mission.

» Attackers in Istanbul Open Fire Outside U.S. Consulate
11/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
The attack was one of several violent episodes across the country, which some attributed to an uptick in clashes between Turkish security forces and Kurdish militants.

» Mississippi: Two Face Charges of Trying to Join Militant Group
11/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
Jaelyn Delshaun Young, 19, and Muhammad Oda Dakhlalla, 22 were arrested on charges that they tried to travel abroad to join the Islamic State militant group.

» Iraq: Deadly Bombs Strike in East
11/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
Two bomb attacks hit eastern Iraq on Monday night, killing at least 42 people, officials said.

» The Donald and Decadence
10/08/15 15:19 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
How Trump’s sort of populist nationalism differs from the European variety.

» I only joined Isil because my wedding was called off, admits ex-jihadist
10/08/15 14:35 from Islamic State
German named only as Ebrahim HB, 26, vowed ahead of his trial to reveal Isil's inner workings - but instead tells a more prosaic secret

» Tunisia Deserves Support
10/08/15 12:30 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
Letters to the International New York Times.

» Yazidis left to their fate in Iraq: 'The world has forgotten us'
10/08/15 03:00 from Islamic State
A year after Islamic State's siege of Mount Sinjar alerted the world to the fate of the Yazidi people, the Iraqi MP who highlighted their plight tells Richard Spencer that they have been abandoned

» British grandfather leaves family and daschunds to join militants fighting Isil in Iraq
10/08/15 02:11 from Islamic State
Jim Atherton, 53, of Tyne and Wear, is fighting alongside a Christian militia called Dwekh Nawsha

» British grandfather leaves family and dachsunds to join militants fighting Isil in Iraq
10/08/15 02:11 from Islamic State
Jim Atherton, 53, of Tyne and Wear, is fighting alongside a Christian militia called Dwekh Nawsha

» Iraq’s Premier, Facing Protests, Proposes Government Overhaul
10/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi’s proposals could be a turning point in the dysfunctional politics of Iraq that have persisted since the American invasion in 2003.

» Change in Militant Tactics Puts Tunisians on Edge
10/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
Recent attacks have provoked a security crackdown that has Tunisians wondering if they can fight terrorism without giving up hard-won freedoms.

» Kurdish Role in Fighting ISIS in Syria Is Crucial to U.S., but Is Alarming Turkey
10/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
Even as Kurds are assisting in the campaign against the Islamic State in Syria, Turkey, a latecomer to the U.S.-led mission, is also bombarding Kurdish insurgent positions.

» Premier Haider al-Abadi, Facing Protests, Proposes Iraqi Government Overhaul
10/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
Mr. Abadi’s proposals could be a turning point in the dysfunctional politics of Iraq that have persisted since the American invasion in 2003.

» Inside Syria: Kurds Roll Back ISIS, but Alliances Are Strained
10/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
Even as Kurds are assisting in the campaign against the Islamic State in Syria, Turkey, a latecomer to the U.S.-led mission, is also bombarding Kurdish insurgent positions.

» British granddad leaves family and daschunds to join militants fighting Isil in Iraq
09/08/15 19:12 from Islamic State
53-year-old Jim Atherton, of Tyne and Wear, is fighting alongside a Christian militia called Dwekh Nawsha

» SAS 'took part in Abu Sayyaf Isil raid in Syria'
09/08/15 12:56 from Islamic State
British special forces reportedly carried out daring surveillance mission before the attack

» Busy September Looms for Obama, but First: Two Weeks of Golf
08/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
The president will face likely showdowns on Iran and the budget, not to mention high-profile visitors from Beijing and the Vatican, after a vacation on Martha’s Vineyard.

» Dozens of Syrian Christians Missing From Town Attacked by ISIS
08/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
Contact with the Christians was lost after the jihadists attacked the isolated oasis town of Qariyatain in Homs Province and routed the Syrian Army.

» Fate of Croatian hostage held by ISIL still unknown
07/08/15 22:31 from Islamic State
Deadline passes for execution of Tomislav Salopek, hostage held by Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

» Croatian hostage father makes plea for Isil release as deadline looms
07/08/15 04:54 from Islamic State
Video threatening to murder Tomislav Salopek within 48 hours released by Isil on Wednesday

» Suicide Bomber Kills 13 in Attack on a Saudi Arabian Mosque
07/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
The blast is the most recent in a series of assaults targeting mosques in the kingdom, with the timing often intended to maximize casualties.

» Suicide Bomber Kills 13 at Mosque in Southern Saudi Arabia
07/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
The blast is the most recent in a series of assaults targeting mosques in the kingdom, with the timing often intended to maximize casualties.

» U.S., Citing Militant Threat, Toughens Requirements in Visa Waiver Program
07/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
Countries in the program like Britain and France that have many citizens who have traveled to Iraq and Syria will have to allow more American air marshals on flights and step up data sharing.

» Macedonia Arrests 9 Suspected of Having Ties to ISIS
07/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
Nine people have been arrested and 27 others are being sought in a crackdown on citizens who have gone to fight in the Middle East or have recruited fighters.

» Syrian Foreign Minister Visits Oman, the Regional Conciliator
07/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
In his first trip to Oman since the Syrian conflict began, the minister drew speculation that efforts to find ways to end the war have intensified.

» At Least 15 Die at Saudi Mosque from Suicide Bomber
07/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
The blast is the most recent in a series of assaults targeting mosques in the kingdom, with the timing often intended to maximize casualties.

» Syrian Official’s Visit to Oman May Signal a Diplomatic Opening
07/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
In his first trip to Oman since the Syrian conflict began, the minister drew speculation that efforts to find ways to end the war have intensified.

» Tougher Standards Set for U.S. Visa Waivers, Citing Militant Threat
07/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
Countries in the program like Britain and France that have many citizens who have traveled to Iraq and Syria will have to allow more American air marshals on flights and step up data sharing.

» Britain Charges Radical Preacher With Fomenting Support for ISIS
06/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
Anjem Choudary, some of whose followers have joined the Islamic State, is accused of advocating on behalf of the Islamic State in lectures published online.

» Britain Charges Anjem Choudary, Radical Preacher, With Fomenting Support for ISIS
06/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
Mr. Choudary, some of whose followers have joined the Islamic State, is accused of advocating on behalf of the group in lectures published online.

» Egyptian Militants Tied to ISIS Threaten to Kill Croatian Hostage
06/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
The militants say that unless Egypt releases jailed Muslim women, they will kill the Croatian, who was kidnapped in July while working in Cairo for a French company.

» Britain Charges Anjem Choudary, Radical Preacher, With Aiding ISIS
06/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
Mr. Choudary, some of whose followers have joined the Islamic State, and an associate are accused of advocating on behalf of the group in lectures published online.

» Turkey’s Push Into War Is Seen as Erdogan’s Political Strategy
06/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
Analysts say that by resuming military operations against the Kurds, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is setting the stage for snap elections so his party can regain control of Parliament.

» Kerry Urges Beijing to Halt Actions in South China Sea
06/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
Talking with his Chinese counterpart while at a meeting of Southeast Asian nations, the secretary of state expressed concerns about island-building in disputed waters.

» Isil loyalists threatens to kill Croatian hostage in 48 hours in new video
05/08/15 13:04 from Islamic State
Man identified as Tomislav Salopek, 30, is shown kneeling next to a knife-wielding militant in the video

» Isil loyalists threaten to kill Croatian hostage in 48 hours in new video
05/08/15 13:04 from Islamic State
Man identified as Tomislav Salopek, 30, is shown kneeling next to a knife-wielding militant in the video

» What is life like inside the largest Syrian refugee camp - Zaatari in Jordan?
05/08/15 03:00 from Islamic State
There is a pizza delivery service, a coffee shop where shisha fans can indulge in the habit and a street named Champs-Elysée. But the dangers remain in the camp home to thousands of Syrian refugees

» Inside Zaatari refugee camp: the fourth largest city in Jordan
05/08/15 03:00 from Islamic State
There is a pizza delivery service, a coffee shop selling shisha and a street named Champs-Elysée. But dangers remain in the Zaatari refugee camp that is home to more than 80,000 Syrian refugees

» ISIS or Al Qaeda? American Officials Split Over Biggest Threat
05/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
Those who worry more about the Islamic State emphasize its recruiting power on social media; those more concerned with Qaeda affiliates warn of “mass-casualty” attacks.

» ISIS or Al Qaeda? American Officials Split Over Top Terror Threat
05/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
Those who worry more about the Islamic State emphasize its recruiting power on social media; those more concerned with Qaeda affiliates warn of “mass-casualty” attacks.

» Before ISIS, a Resonant Image of a Captured Flag in Iraq
04/08/15 06:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
For two veterans who served in Iraq in 2008, an image of their squadron commander holding a captured flag stands out from their experience. The flag is now used by the Islamic State extremist group.

» Saving Tunisia From ISIS
04/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
Europe cannot afford to let this fragile democracy fall into a chaos that will feed the Islamic State.

» RAF Tornado jets given reprieve to keep bombing Isil
03/08/15 19:01 from Islamic State
12 (Bomber) Squadron currently leading strike missions in northern Iraq had been due to disband, but will be kept flying because of the demand for Tornados over Iraq

» Former German extremist who vows to reveal inner workings of Isil goes on trial
03/08/15 11:37 from Islamic State
Ebrahim HB - who went to Syria last year - faces ten years in prison if found guilty of membership of a terrorist organisation

» Hundreds of civilians killed by coalition air strikes against Isil in Syria and Iraq
03/08/15 07:00 from Islamic State
In one deadly incident, more than 50 people were killed in an Isil-run prison in Al-Bab in Syria

» Kerry, in Egypt, Discusses Balancing Human Rights and Terror Fight
03/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
Secretary of State John Kerry told the Egyptian authorities on Sunday that they would not be able to defeat terrorism at home unless they showed greater respect for human rights.

» Kerry Warns Egypt Human Rights Abuses Can Hurt Fight Against Terrorism
03/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
Secretary of State John Kerry told the Egyptian authorities on Sunday that they would not be able to defeat terrorism at home unless they showed greater respect for human rights.

» Iraqis Protest Electricity Shortage During Heat Wave
02/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
One of the country’s largest recent grass-roots protests shut down traffic in Baghdad on Friday night, and more protests took place Saturday in southern Iraq.

» 120 Degrees and No Relief? ISIS Takes Back Seat for Iraqis
02/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
One of the country’s largest recent grass-roots protests shut down traffic in Baghdad on Friday night, and more protests took place Saturday in southern Iraq.

» Kurdish fighters flush Isil from key town in Syria
01/08/15 13:18 from Islamic State
Kurdish militia and Syrian Army soldiers have pushed Islamic State out of the city of Hasakeh

» Nusra Front Attacks U.S.-Backed Syrian Rebel Group
01/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
The U.S. trained members of the group to take on the Islamic State, but on Friday they were fighting off an attack from another Islamist faction.

» Rivals of ISIS Attack U.S.-Backed Syrian Rebel Group
01/08/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
The U.S. trained members of the group to take on the Islamic State, but on Friday they were fighting off an attack from another Islamist faction.

» Barack Obama does not want to defeat Isil - yet
31/07/15 15:00 from Islamic State
For American foreign policy, winning the war against Isil quickly would be pointless and potentially disastrous

» US officials admit Isil just as strong as when air campaign began
31/07/15 11:12 from Islamic State
Jihadist group has been successful in recruiting new fighters to replace 10,000 lost during past year, as oil revenue continues to flow, according to latest figures

» Meet the man who is trying to save the Christians of the Middle East
31/07/15 08:37 from Islamic State
Among the ruins left by Islamic State, George Weidenfeld is helping many Coptic Christians - but he can't save the world

» What should we do with all the refugees? Give them their own country
31/07/15 07:28 from Islamic State
A totally new nation could give the Calais thousands - and escapees from warzones across the world - a place they can call home

» Three women conned Isil out of cash. Now they're internet heroes
31/07/15 05:56 from Islamic State
Three Chechen women allegedly conned Islamic State fighters out of thousands of pounds by pretending to be jihadi brides - turning them into 'catfishing' legends

» U.S.-Trained Anti-ISIS Fighters Kidnapped in Syria
31/07/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
The group said its commander and seven fighters had been seized by an affiliate of Al Qaeda in a setback for the U.S. fight against the Islamic State.

» U.S.-Trained Anti-ISIS Commander Kidnapped in Syria
31/07/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
The group said its commander and seven fighters had been seized by an affiliate of Al Qaeda in a setback for the U.S. fight against the Islamic State.

» Kidnapping of Pentagon-Trained Fighters in Syria Is New Hurdle for U.S. Effort
31/07/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
A Pentagon program to train moderate Syrian insurgents has been vexed with problems that have left only a tiny band of fighters ready to do battle.

» Leader’s Abduction Is Just Latest Woe of U.S. Allies in Syria
31/07/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
A Pentagon program to train moderate Syrian insurgents has been vexed with problems that have left only a tiny band of fighters ready to do battle.

» Abductions Hurt U.S. Bid to Train Anti-ISIS Rebels in Syria
31/07/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
A troubled Pentagon program to train Syrian insurgents to fight the Islamic State has produced only a tiny band of fighters ready to do battle.

» Three Chechen women 'conned Islamic State fighters out of thousands of pounds'
30/07/15 14:13 from Islamic State
One of the women admits to seriously considering moving to Syria but backed out after hearing the experiences of others

» Man From Buffalo Area Is Charged With Trying to Aid ISIS
30/07/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
Arafat M. Nagi, from Lackawanna, N.Y., is the latest to be accused of trying to support a terrorist group; he faces up to 15 years in prison.

» Britain Is Losing Against ISIS Recruitment Tactics
29/07/15 14:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
A marketing pitch has swayed hundreds of young British Muslims into believing the Islamic State's utopian vision.

» German boy, 13, 'travelled to Turkey to join Isil'
29/07/15 10:12 from Islamic State
The 13-year-old is believed to be the youngest German to have attempted to join the jihadist group

» What does Turkey's involvement in air strikes mean for Kurds, Isil, Syria and Nato?
29/07/15 08:05 from Islamic State
After the terrorist attack in Turkey last week, Ankara has launched air strikes and allowed the US to use its airbase in Incirlik. King's College London experts and Richard Spencer explain what this change in policy means

» Turkey urged by Nato to show restraint as Erdogan says Kurdish peace process 'impossible'
29/07/15 07:04 from Islamic State
A peace process cannot continue with those who threaten our national unity and brotherhood, says the Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan

» Ethnic Tensions in Xinjiang Complicate China-Turkey Ties
29/07/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
Bilateral trade is growing between Beijing and Ankara, but anti-Chinese sentiment in Turkey appears to be growing as well.

» Turkey’s Fight Against ISIS Explained
29/07/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
Questions and answers about Turkey’s cooperation with the United States in confronting the Islamic State militant group and trying to address the Syrian conflict.

» Turkey’s Focus on Crushing Kurd Extremists Complicates ISIS Efforts
29/07/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ramps up tensions with Kurdish militants, saying he cannot continue a two-year-old peace process with them.

» Florida Man Charged With Planning Terror Bombing
29/07/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
A Florida man has been charged with attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction, an inert bomb that he had been given by undercover F.B.I. agents, the Justice Department said Tuesday.

» Turkey’s Focus on Crushing Kurdish Separatists Complicates the Fight Against ISIS
29/07/15 00:00 from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has ramped up tensions with Kurdish militants, saying he cannot continue a two-year-old peace process with them.

» American charged with planning backpack bomb attack
28/07/15 16:55 from Islamic State
Prosecutors say Harlem Suarez was captured in an FBI sting after declaring support for the Islamic State on Facebook

» Turkey says Kurdish peace process impossible to continue as Nato meets
28/07/15 16:34 from Islamic State
A peace process cannot continue with those who threaten our national unity and brotherhood, says the Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan

» Turkey is paying a high price for its double standards over Islamic State
28/07/15 13:01 from Islamic State
A spate of Isil terrorist attacks against Turkey is the reason President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has agreed to allow US warplanes access to Turkish air bases

» Ex-British boxing champion cleared of plot to fight jihad in Syria
28/07/15 10:35 from Islamic State
Anthony Small, former British and Commonwealth light middleweight champion, cleared of preparing terrorist acts with plot to leave Britain for Syria

» Nato vows to back Turkey against 'terrible acts of terror'
28/07/15 08:09 from Islamic State
Analysts say Turkey has been forced to escalate its war in Syria because of gains by Kurdish fighters

» Isil's propaganda machine has to be destroyed
28/07/15 01:01 from Islamic State
We must exploit the growing outrage in the Muslim world against the Islamists' heinous exploits

» Britain could launch air strikes on Libya, David Cameron warns
27/07/15 05:31 from Islamic State
UK could take military action against Isil in Libya as well as Syria, the Prime Minister says

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» Barack Obama's foreign policy doctrine takes shape - Financial Times
12/04/15 07:55 from Google News
Barack Obama's foreign policy doctrine takes shape Financial Times First-term presidents dislike the idea of a foreign policy doctrine, fearing that it will limit their choices and force them to answer hypothetical questions. But wit...

» Marriage ISIS-Style: Love in the Time of Caliphates - Daily Beast
11/04/15 12:49 from Google News
Daily Beast Marriage ISIS-Style: Love in the Time of Caliphates Daily Beast It's springtime in Mosul, can matrimony be far behind? Even under the blood-soaked tyranny of the so-called Islamic State, people persist in tying the knot. ...

» The Greatest Threat to Our National Security - Breitbart News
10/04/15 14:47 from Google News
Breitbart News The Greatest Threat to Our National Security Breitbart News When President-elect Obama declared that he was going to “fundamentally transform” America, not many Americans understood what that meant. They certainly did not ...

» ISIS News: 9-Year-Old Girl Pregnant After Being Raped By Islamic State Group ... - International Business Times
10/04/15 10:47 from ISIS - Google News
International Business Times ISIS News: 9-Year-Old Girl Pregnant After Being Raped By Islamic State Group ... International Business Times The girl was one of 216 people from the ethnic and religious minority community known as Yazidis r...

» Who is America's Worst Enemy? - Sputnik International
10/04/15 10:42 from Google News
Who is America's Worst Enemy? Sputnik International If Obama's words are anything to go by, among America's worst enemies are ISIL, Ebola, Iran and, of course, Russia which sometimes is even mentioned as enemy number one in t...

» The history of the Islamic State:rise of this Sunni terrorist group-STANLY JOHNY - JK Alternative Viewpoint
10/04/15 08:29 from Russia and ISIS - Google News
JK Alternative Viewpoint The history of the Islamic State:rise of this Sunni terrorist group-STANLY JOHNY JK Alternative Viewpoint It is in this haven that Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi reinvented his struggling group, Al Qaeda in Iraq, as the wo...

» ISIS: the mad, bloody residue of the war on terror - Spiked
10/04/15 07:33 from Russia and ISIS - Google News
Spiked ISIS : the mad, bloody residue of the war on terror Spiked By the end of the summer, ISIS controls a territory larger in size than Great Britain, spreading from Iraq's border with Iran to Iraqi Kurdistan and, thanks to its rol...

» Yazidi women 'gang-raped in public' by Isis fighters, harrowing accounts reveal - Times of India
10/04/15 06:52 from ISIS - Google News
Times of India Yazidi women 'gang-raped in public' by Isis fighters, harrowing accounts reveal Times of India Yazidi women released by Isis this week were gang-raped in public by fighters and tortured by their captors, according ...

» Mosul beckons - The Economist
10/04/15 05:28 from Google News
The Economist Mosul beckons The Economist IN A barren military camp near Mosul in Iraq, 500 balaclava-clad men train for urban warfare under the watchful eye of their leader, a former general in Saddam Hussein's army. They are among ...

» ISIS kills 52 men in Iraq - The Guardian Nigeria
10/04/15 05:07 from Google News
The Guardian Nigeria ISIS kills 52 men in Iraq The Guardian Nigeria ISIS killed 52 men, the majority Iraqi police officers, at the al Qaim border crossing with Syria this week, according to Sohaib al Rawi, governor of Iraq's Anbar pr...

» US official claims invasion of Mosul 'might be some time from now' - Business Standard
10/04/15 02:13 from Google News
US official claims invasion of Mosul 'might be some time from now' Business Standard A United States official has said that the invasion of Iraqi city of Mosul that is under that control of Islamic State (IS) militants "migh...

» ISIS launches English radio - The Nation
09/04/15 19:15 from Google News
The Nation ISIS launches English radio The Nation ISIS has launched English-language radio news bulletins on its Iraqi broadcast service - complete with information on the latest suicide bombings and 'martyrdom operations'. The e...

» US official: Mosul invasion 'might be some time from now' - CNN
09/04/15 18:59 from Google News
CNN US official: Mosul invasion 'might be some time from now' CNN (CNN) Do you remember the talk about plans for Iraqi-led force to try to take back Mosul this spring? Well, you might want to forget it. Nearly three months after ...

» Obama bets his presidency, and the 2016 election, on Iran - THE BUSINESS TIMES
09/04/15 17:58 from Google News
THE BUSINESS TIMES Obama bets his presidency, and the 2016 election, on Iran THE BUSINESS TIMES President Obama's policy in Iraq and towards Iran are becoming central to a heated political debate in Washington - pitting the White Hou...

» Let's give Obama the recognition he deserves - Northern Iowan
09/04/15 17:49 from Google News
Northern Iowan Let's give Obama the recognition he deserves Northern Iowan Believe it or not, the 2016 Presidential Election is just 20 months away. This is an important election for both parties, who will each get the chance to put ...

» Why is ISIS destroying Iraq's cultural heritage? - The Daily Star
09/04/15 17:09 from Google News
Why is ISIS destroying Iraq's cultural heritage? The Daily Star In recent months ISIS has taken to destroying priceless architecture and antiquities in northern Iraq. Since declaring a “caliphate” in June 2014 ISIS has targeted every...

» ISIS Frees 200 Yazidis Near Kirkuk, Iraq, After Months in Captivity - NBCNews.com
09/04/15 15:54 from ISIS - Google News
NBCNews.com ISIS Frees 200 Yazidis Near Kirkuk, Iraq, After Months in Captivity NBCNews.com KIRKUK, Iraq — More than 200 elderly and ailing Yazidis were freed Wednesday by ISIS militants who had been holding them captive since overrunnin...

» The Incredible Obama Doctrine: Speak Softly and Carry a Big Stick (Which You ... - Fox News (blog)
09/04/15 14:18 from Google News
Fox News (blog) The Incredible Obama Doctrine: Speak Softly and Carry a Big Stick (Which You ... Fox News (blog) Last weekend, with the ink on the Iran nuclear deal still being deciphered, the Obama Doctrine fell out of an interview betw...

» Iraqi officials: next battle is regaining Anbar from ISIS - Al-Arabiya
09/04/15 12:13 from ISIS - Google News
Al-Arabiya Iraqi officials: next battle is regaining Anbar from ISIS Al-Arabiya The office of Iraq's Prime Minister said Wednesday the country's “next battle” against Islamic State of Iraq and Syria ( ISIS ) militants, after libe...

» Obama's doctrine and legacy - Amsterdam News
09/04/15 12:01 from Google News
Obama's doctrine and legacy Amsterdam News If President Barack Obama's intention is to forge a legacy, one mainly based on his foreign policy, he has made several decisive steps toward that goal. Several months ago, he reached ou...

» Opinion: Contradictions in Obama's Doctrine - Asharq Alawsat English
09/04/15 11:38 from Google News
Asharq Alawsat English Opinion: Contradictions in Obama's Doctrine Asharq Alawsat English I tried to ignore US President Barack Obama's interview with the New York Times because I was sure it would be part of his propaganda campa...

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