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Tripoli (AFP) - Egypt and several western states on Sunday urged their citizens to leave Libya amid spiralling violence after two weeks of fighting in the capital Tripoli left 97 people dead. Washington evacuated its embassy staff on Saturday, with. Oil giants Eni and Repsol have evacuated expatriates from Libya following escalating violence at Tripolis airport, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal. Spains Repsol withdrew its expatriates on Friday by road��.
Western Leaders Fear-Monger to Mobilize Support for Air.
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US Urging Allies to Join Strikes on Syria
The U.S. is seeking commitments from allies to join in airstrikes on Syria before it launches attacks against Islamic State targets, American officials said, reflecting concerns about acting unilaterally. The administration hopes that one or two allies.
Arab States Skeptical of US Plan to Combat Islamic State Militants
Leading states, including Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Jordan, also are seeking a White House pledge to more aggressively pursue Islamist militias in other countries, in particular Libya, Egypt and Tunisia.. Saudi Arabias King.
Pentagon Planning Points to Possible Anti-Syria US Military.
The Pentagon envisions a multi-year campaign of air strikes inside Syria and assistance to anti-Assad fighters to destroy the Islamic State. But given US policy to topple���. Felicia Schwartz and Dion Nissenbaum, ���U.S. eyes wider action on Islamic state,��� The Wall Street Journal, August 21, 2014; Carol E. Lee, Dion Nissenbaum and Jay Solomon, ���U.S. sets goal to destroy Islamic militants,��� The Wall Street Journal, September 5, 2014. 7. Dion Nissenbaum, ���U.S.��.
US, Arab allies begin air strikes against Islamic State
The US and five Arab countries also launched air strikes on Islamic State militant targets in Syria. US officials said the strikes were. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal on Sunday, during his trip to New York for the annual United Nations General Assembly, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah Al- Sisi reiterated his support for the US war against Islamic State militants. He, however, called on.. Playing the Libyan card: The Qatari-Turkish Axis. January 8, 2015��.
Egypt Strikes Islamic State Targets in Libya
Egypts air force struck multiple Islamic State targets near the eastern coastal city of Derna in Libya on Monday morning following the release of a video that purportedly showed the decapitation of 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians���a development that.
4 Takeaways From the Fight Against ISIS After the Death of Jordans Pilot
Islamic States savage burning of Jordanian pilot Muath al-Kasasbeh demonstrates the strengths and the weaknesses of an organization whose state-like structure makes its vulnerable yet resilient in a turbulent Middle East. The main takeaway from this.
Pace of Air Campaign in Syria Expected to Slow
. U.S. aircraft around the Mosul Dam in Iraq. In Iraq on Wednesday and Thursday, operations grew more intense. The U.S. Central Command announced 11 strikes in Iraq that struck targets near Kirkuk, Baghdad and Erbil, including an Islamic State tank.
Iran denies Khamenei letter to Obama
Iran has denied reports that supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei wrote to U.S. President Barack Obama in response to an October letter mooting cooperation against Islamic State of Iraq and Syria militants. The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.
Pentagon Envisages Military Campaign including Air Strikes.
Obama, and the United States top soldier, Martin Dempsey, have warned that ISIS cannot be defeated without military action against Islamic State targets in Syria. [6] For weeks, US. August 22, 2014. 6. Felicia Schwartz and Dion Nissenbaum, ���U.S. eyes wider action on Islamic state,��� The Wall Street Journal, August 21, 2014; Carol E. Lee, Dion Nissenbaum and Jay Solomon, ���U.S. sets goal to destroy Islamic militants,��� The Wall Street Journal, September 5, 2014.
Inside The War Against The Islamic State; Wall Street.
Inside The War Against The Islamic State; Wall Street Journal Weekend Interview With U.S. Special Envoy In The War Against The Islamic State -- Gen. John Allen. ���Anticipating a strike on Baghdad, the potential fall of the capital, the U.S. Embassy evacuated 1,500 civilians,��� mr. Rago writes. ���At the time,��� he says, one measure of strategic neglect is. Saudi Arabia, or Jordan were feared to be the next targets of the Islamic State.��� ���Those calamities were interrupted,��.
Political News and Views: Egypt bombs IS in Libya after.
Egypt says it has bombed Islamic State targets in Libya, hours after the group published video showing the apparent beheadings of 21 Egyptian Christians. State TV said the dawn strikes had targeted camps, training sites and��.
Egypts President Backs Global Campaign Against Islamic State Extremists
Mr. Sisi cited terrorist threats in Libya, Sudan, Yemen and the Sinai Peninsula as mirroring the danger posed to the Middle East and the West by Islamic State, which is also known as ISIS or ISIL. He also said he is pursuing economic development.
News Roundup and Notes: January 29, 2015
Islamic State offshoots in countries such as Egypt, Yemen, Algeria, and Libya function autonomously, but are setting up increasingly close ties with the Islamic State leadership in Syria, according to diplomats and security officials. [Wall Street.
News Roundup and Notes: February 2, 2015
The U.S. and Coalition military forces carried out two airstrikes against Islamic State targets in Syria on Jan. 30. Separately, the U.S. and partner nations carried out a further four strikes in Iraq. [Central Command]. The Iraqi premier has. The.
US Says Arab States Could Launch Strikes on Islamic State
WASHINGTON���Leading Middle East countries are prepared to join the U.S. in conducting air strikes on Islamic State targets in Iraq and Syria, according to senior U.S. and Arab officials, suggesting a strengthening of the Obama administrations.
Libya Invaded | Opinion Maker
The United States, France and Britain began air strikes and missile attacks on Libyan targets Saturday, initiating a war of aggression that threatens to destabilize North Africa and the entire Middle East. The first two.. The Wall Street Journal wrote: ���A lot of factors drove the shift, they say, including the administrations concern about being out of step with the changes sweeping the Arab world and of being outmaneuvered by the U.K. and especially France������ What lies��.
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CONCERNS ABOUT LIBYA Egypt, the most populous Arab state, has not taken part directly in the U.S.-led air strikes against Islamic State targets in Iraq and Syria, focusing instead on the increasingly complex insurgency��.
Om Kolthoum of Egypt - Pan-African News Wire
The Egyptian army announced in a statement Monday morning it has conducted air strikes against Islamic State targets in Libya including training camps and arms depots. On Sunday night President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi said��.
US set to launch air strikes on senior Isis terror chiefs in Syria
The United States was said to be considering air strikes aimed at eliminating individual leaders of Islamic State as Turkey came under mounting pressure to stem the flow of jihadists across its border into Syria. As Washington on Saturday. According to US military officials cited in the Wall Street Journal, the time needed to mount strikes at high-value targets, such as individual leaders, could be an hour, or as much as a week. The official added: If its based on��.
The Caliphates Colonies: Islamic States Gradual.
The port city is equipped with Sharia courts, and an ���Islamic Police��� force which patrols the streets in all-terrain vehicles. A wall has been built in the university to separate female students from their male counterparts; and, the��.
Apparent Airstrikes Hit Islamic State Targets Near Kobani
SURUC, Turkey���A barrage of apparent airstrikes hit Islamic State targets near the besieged Syrian city of Kobani Sunday morning, officials there said, helping local defense forces hold off the advancing extremists amid warnings that the city is on the.
Libyan capital under Islamist control after Tripoli airport seized
Those fears were heightened after Dawn officials vowed retaliation against Egypt and the United Arab Emirates, whom they blame for air strikes by unidentified jets, Saturday morning, which killed 17 Misrata militias.. From The Wall Street Journal. BEIRUT���The extremist group Islamic State captured a major air base in Syria in the northeastern province of Raqqa, driving out regime forces and gaining full control of an entire province for the first time in the countrys��.
Are the Airstrikes Against ISIS Working? - NBC News.com
In the weeks since the United States mounted its first airstrikes against ISIS and pledged to ���degrade and destroy��� the militants, it appears the Sunni extre.
US, Iraq readying assault to recapture Mosul: report
The United States and Iraq have started preparing for an offensive by summer to recapture the Iraqi city of Mosul, which was taken by militants belonging to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) last June, the Wall Street Journal reported on.
US, Arab Allies Launch Airstrikes Against Islamic State Targets in Syria
Using Tomahawk cruise missiles fired from Navy ships in the Persian Gulf and Red Sea, U.S. Air Force fighter planes, armed drones and allied aircraft, the strikes hit nearly two dozen targets in parts of Syria controlled by Islamic State militants, the.
News Roundup and Notes: January 26, 2015
22 the U.S. and Coalition military conducted 12 strikes on Islamic State targets in Syria and separately a further 13 in Iraq. [Central Command: here. [Wall Street Journals Matt Bradley and Jun Hongo] Rather than a ransom, the Islamic State now.
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12, 2001 Americans were still in shock when Bill Bennett told CNN that we were in ���a struggle between good and evil,��� that the Congress must declare war on ���militant Islam,��� and that ���overwhelming force��� must be used. Bennett cited Lebanon, Libya,. The Wall Street Journal immediately offered up a specific target list, calling for U.S. air strikes on ���terrorist camps in Syria, Sudan, Libya, and Algeria, and perhaps even in parts of Egypt.��� Yet, not one of Bennetts six��.
Syrian Bomb Plot Marked Deadly Turn in Civil War
Two dozen people, including past and current regime officials, opposition leaders, activists and rebels, and politicians in neighboring countries with ties to Mr. Assad told The Wall Street Journal the bombing grew out of a split between the Assad.
International forces ready to strike Libya ��� RT News - RT.com
. and Canadian planes. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said that a no-fly zone over Libya requires ���certain actions be taken to protect the planes and the pilots, including bombing targets like the Libyan defense systems.. Egypts military has begun shipping small arms such as assault rifles and ammunition to Libyan rebels ��� with Washingtons knowledge, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday with reference to US and Libyan rebel officials. Gaddafis forces��.
Islamic State Captures Major Air Base in Syria From Government
BEIRUT���The extremist group Islamic State captured a major air base in Syria in the northeastern province of Raqqa, driving out regime forces and gaining full control of an entire province for the first time in the countrys civil war. The takeover of.