World View: Egypt Faces Two-Front War with Airstrikes in Libya
The airstrikes were revenge attacks after a terror group linked to the Islamic State (IS or ISIS or ISIL or Daesh) released a video portraying the beheading of 21 Egyptian Coptic Christian fishermen who had gone to Libya to earn money to send back home.
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Several thousand Kurdish Peshmerga forces and some 1,000 Iraqi commandos fought for and won control of Mosul Dam Tuesday, August 19, 2014.. (CNN) ��� The United States launched a series of airstrikes Wednesday against ISIS forces in Iraq, the same day President Barack Obama vowed to act against the militant group following its beheading of an American journalist and its threat to kill.. Man who claimed detectives gave him 2 black eyes caught on vid���
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Kurdish Peshmerga fighters celebrate atop an army vehicle as they move towards the Syrian town of Kobani from the border town of Suruc, Sanliurfa province (Reuters / Yannis Behrakis). efficient��� than actual US military forces, McFate pointed out they provide the government with plausible deniability, dont count as ���boots on the ground,��� and can be used on risky missions in order to avoid the politically problematic issue of US soldiers coming home in body bags.
Peshmerga Fighters Enter Syrias Kobani To Join ISIS Fight
Earlier in the day a Kurdish official blamed Ankara for the delay of the peshmerga force deployment for days. The official with Syrias powerful Kurdish Democratic Union Party, or PYD, claimed Turkish leaders had been hoping that militants from the.
ISIS Beheads Kurdish Fighter, Threatens To Behead Obama
The video shows damage in the city following its shelling by Kurdish Peshmerga forces in late January 2015, and then shows an ISIS fighter beheading a captured Kurdish soldier in retaliation for these hostilities. Before executing the. head of one of your soldiers. You are killing children and bombarding civilians, while claiming that this is forbidden in your constitution.���. John Bynum on 21 Egypt Christians Praised Christ Before Beheadings: Should Islam take over��.
ISIS beheading: What should US do?
Follow her on Twitter @FridaGhitis. The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of the author. (CNN) -- American journalist James Foley was murdered, beheaded by an English-speaking member of ISIS, the extremist group that calls itself.
Officials: U.S. airstrikes pound ISIS militants firing at Iraqs Yazidis
WASHINGTON (CNN) ��� American warplanes pounded extremist Sunni fighters in northern Iraq on Saturday in what officials described as an effort to defend minority Yazidis ���being indiscriminately attacked,��� strikes that came just as President Barack.
ISIS launches attack on oil-rich northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk.
. commander of the Peshmerga brigade located in Kirkuk. Photos posted by ISIS purportedly show the groups militants in control of parts of south and southwest Kirkuk, burning tents that had been used by Peshmerga troops.
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Aki Peritz and Joshua W. Walker, Special to CNN Aki Peritz is a former CIA counterterrorism analyst and coauthor of Find, Fix, Finish: Inside the Counterterrorism Campaigns that Killed bin Laden and Devastated Al Qaeda.. But Turkeys recent bombing of the PKK sites within its borders combined with Ankaras reported decision to skip the meeting where 22 other nations are coordinating an anti-ISIS military response with the U.S. are troubling on many levels.
Obama to reveal Isis strategy ��� but pledges no Iraq war.
Barack Obama will soon announce his plan to tackle Isis, which may include sending more support to Kurdish peshmerga troops fighting Isis in Iraq. Photograph: Ahmed Jadallah/Reuters. Julian Borger and Patrick Wintour.
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Kurdish Peshmerga fighters assemble at a shrine on Iraqs Mount Sinjar on Friday, December 19. The Kurdish military said that with the help of coalition airstrikes, it has cleansed the area of ISIS militants. ISIS has been advancing in Iraq and Syria.
US airstrikes hit ISIS near Mosul Dam
A Peshmerga colonel told CNN the operation began early Saturday with Kurdish forces advancing toward the dam as the United States carried out airstrikes. The U.S. military confirmed a mix of fighter jets and drones carried out nine airstrikes on.
ISIS claims to behead 21 Peshmerga soldiers
In a new propaganda video, the terror group claims to have beheaded at least 21 captured Kurdish Peshmerga soldiers in Iraq. CNN cannot independently confirm the authenticity of this video. The video includes scenes showing Peshmerga prisoners still .
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Hundreds of Syrian army and Kurdish Peshmerga soldiers have also been beheaded.. On February 15, 2015, ISIS released a video showing the beheading of 21 captured Egyptian men.. ISIS later published an official document outlining the rules of proper sex slave etiquette claiming Question: Is it allowed to have intercourse with a female slave who has not reached puberty?. CNN Host: Right-Wing Extremists May Be More Dangerous Than ISIS (VIDEO).
An entire army thirsty of blood: ISIS posts video of beheading
We by allahs grace are Islamic caliphate with authority and power���an entire army thirsty for your blood,��� Islamic State figure tells Japan. ��� Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) January 31, 2015��.
New York Times: ISIS hostages were tortured before beheadings
In the moments before his death, American James Foley stares into the camera, head held high, after being forced to read a script, in which he blames his death on the United States. A masked man wielding a knife then decapitates him. As horrifying as .
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Watch Fareed Zakaria GPS, Sundays at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. ET on CNN Fareed speaks with Admiral James Stavridis, former supreme allied commander at NATO and author of The Accidental Admiral, and Daniel Benjamin, a former coordinator for counterterrorism at the. Theyve got Peshmerga coming from the north, theyve got Iraqi security from the south, theyve got bombing in the west.. I think that they were surprised a bit by the reaction to the decapitations.
ISIS claims beheading of American journalist - InterAksyon
American journalist James Foley is beheaded by ISIS on video after reading message that his real killer is America CNNs breaking news account said over Twitter. The cable news channel also noted that Foleys execution��.
Egyptian warplanes bomb ISIS targets in Libya after killings of Christians
The warplanes hit 10 targets used for training and storage in ISIS Libyan stronghold of Derna, Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry told CNN. Avenging Egyptian blood and punishing criminals and murderers is our right and duty, the Egyptian.
Obama on ISIS in Syria: We dont have a strategy yet.
Later, ISIS posted a video that it says shows captured Peshmerga soldiers wearing orange clothing similar to that worn by by American journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloff in other videos posted by the militant group. Three masked men appear to decapitate an orange-clad man in front of a mosque in Mosul. In the video, titled ���A message with. CNN could not independently confirm the claims or the authenticity of the videos. Fighting flares near Mosul Dam.
Why The Fight For Kobani Is Hurting ISIS
The groups losses in Kobani coincide with other military setbacks in Iraq, where IS is fighting government forces, peshmerga and Shiite militias aided by Iran and the Lebanese Hezbollah group. The aura of invincibility that built up with its advances.
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. was recently released by ISIS militants. Jordan is one of a handful of Middle Eastern nations taking part in the U.S.-led military coalition against ISIS.. ISIS militants are seen through a rifles scope during clashes with Peshmerga fighters in.
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Canadian aircraft have also flown dozens of aerial refueling and reconnaissance missions in support of the anti-ISIS fight, and its cargo aircraft have been used to deliver military aid from Albania and the Czech Republic, the Canadian military said.
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Australian officials, responding to a request by the U.S., said���they will send 600 troops���to a global coalition fighting ISIS���Australias Prime Minister Tony Abbott said it was Haines beheading that compelled Australia to act. British Prime.
Egypt Strikes at ISIS-Affiliated Targets in Retaliation for.
In retaliation for the reported beheading of over one dozen Coptic Egyptians, Egypt attacked ISIS-affiliated sites in eastern Libya Monday.. The military targeted training camps in the city of Derma. There was no word as to the extent of damages.. The bombings come after a Libyan jihadi group claiming alliance with ISIS released a video purportedly showing the beheadings of 21 Coptic Christians. The video. According to todays CNN/ORC poll. 57% of Americans��.
Poll: Most disapprove of Obama handling of ISIS
And Egypt launched a second round of airstrikes against Islamic State strongholds in Libya on Monday, in retaliation for a video released Sunday that appeared to show ISIS militants beheading a group of 21 Egyptian Christians. Obama issued a statement .
Networks Refuse to Cover Christian Cities in Iraq Falling to.
First, it aired a full, 3-minute-and-1-second report from CNN senior international correspondent Nic Robertson at the top of the 6:30 a.m. half hour and then a 21-second news brief during the 8:00 a.m. hour. [MP3 audio here; Video below]. Jihadists moved in overnight to claim several Christian towns, forcing tens of thousands to flee, having pushed back Kurdish peshmerga troops, who are stretched thin across several fronts in Iraq. The Catholic archbishop in the��.
Iraqs Dubai Is on Pause
The military situation, at least, is better than it was a few months ago. U.S. airstrikes from outside Erbil to near Mount Sinjar have allowed Kurdish Peshmerga fighters to take back some of the territory they lost to the Islamic State in August, when.
US Drone Strike Kills 4 al-Qaida Rebels in Yemen
Officials said Kurdish peshmerga forces found the gravesite Sunday, with the bodies of men, women and children.. The effort came in the aftermath of the jihadists beheading of Japanese journalist journalist Kenji Goto, whose mutilated body.
Horrifying! Reports: ISIS threatens caged Kurdish fighters.
In a grim echo of the terrible fate which befell Jordanian pilot Lieutenant Muath al-Kaseasbeh the captives, reportedly Peshmerga fighters, are dressed in orange jumpsuits and shackled in cages. Just as. ISIS video claims to show 17 Kurdish fighters in caged procession | Daily Mail Online http://t.co/4WtshXw4gG. Unfortunately, ISIS already beheaded 21 Coptic Christians in Libya back in January... The AUMF is frankly more of a political issue than a military one.
US airstrikes on ISIS part of operation to retake key Iraqi dam
There were conflicting reports from Kurdish officials about whether its military force, known as the Peshmerga, had begun a ground operation to retake the dam. Mosul Dam. A colonel with the Peshmerga told CNN the operation began early Saturday with Kurdish forces advancing toward the dam as the United States carried out airstrikes against ���mobile ISIS positions.��� The dam.. Video claims ISIS militants have beheaded American hostage Peter Kassig �� News.
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By Letta Tayler, Special to CNN Editors note: Letta Tayler is a senior researcher at Human Rights Watch. You can follow her Follow @LettaTayler. The views expressed are her own. Sunday. Authorities in Kurdistan, an autonomous region of northeastern Iraq that has designs on the oil-rich Nineveh Plains, have dispatched 1,500 Kurdish peshmerga troops to al-Hamdaniyah to keep ISIS at bay. But the security officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said that��.