Battlefield Gains for IS Raise Fears of Assault on Baghdad | The Islamic State’s disturbingly successful week
WorldViews: Map: The Islamic State’s disturbingly successful week by Swati Sharma Saturday May 23 rd , 2015 at 1:15 PM World: World News, International News, Foreign Reporting - The Washington Post 1 Share Well, the Islamic State had quite a week.After more than a year of clashes with Iraqi forces and with opposition groups in Syria, the militant group claimed two major cities, showing both the Iraqi army's weaknesses and the militant group's growing power.Read full article >> Battlefield Gains for IS Raise Fears of Assault on Baghdad Saturday May 23 rd , 2015 at 11:38 AM Voice Of America 1 Share Reports from Syria say the so-called Islamic State group, also known as ISIS or ISIL, has seized the last government-held border crossing to Iraq. It’s the latest in a series of territorial gains for the group, and there are mounting fears that it could soon launch an assault on the Iraqi capital. H