Iraq launches offensive on ISIS in Tikrit, Mosul - HotAir.
Iraqi security forces retook the city of Tikrit on Saturday, a local tribal leader and state media said, as they went on the offensive against the Sunni extremist militants who have seized swaths of northern and western Iraq.. the Salahuddin Operation Command, said the immediate objective is Tikrit, the hometown of former dictator Saddam Hussein and one of two major cities to fall to the al-Qaida breakaway Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and allied Sunni militants.
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On 14 September, Islamic State insurgents publicly executed eight Sunni men in the village of al-Jumasah, north of Tikrit, for allegedly plotting against the group. This violence is certainly aimed at intimidating local Sunni��.
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Earlier this week, Prime Minister Maliki revealed that Iraq purchased jets from Russia and Belarus in order to help its fight against Sunni militants from the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIS/ISIL). At the same time, Maliki criticized the US for... The witnesses said that the government forces drive to retake Tikrit had been hampered in part my the large number of improvised explosive devices laid on the approach to the city. The witnesses said that security forces��.
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On 15 August, the Islamic State reportedly executed 80 members of the Yazidi community in the village of Kocho and kidnapped dozens of women before regrouping in Tal Afar. The siege of Mount Sinjar. The next days could therefore witness clashes closer to the capital in an effort to shift some of the ISFs focus away from the North, while Iraqi troops launch operations to retake Tikrit from the south. Central. On 12.. Ad. Iraq Business Council Libya Business News��.
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Iraq retakes dam at Mosul. Really? Just explain to me how aerial bombardment works on ISIS fighters holding a fixed position like the dam. Remember, if the dam breaks then the Tigris valley will be flooded with a 60 foot wall of water... The writer has swept into the equation all Islamic jihadist movements and not just the Islamic State, because policy makers need to properly understand the nature of the conflict that we are involved in, along with what and whom we��.
Iraq crisis: Forces battle to drive Islamic State fighters from Tikrit, Saddam.
Sunni Muslim fighters led by IS swept through much of northern and western Iraq in June, capturing the Sunni cities of Tikrit and Mosul as well as the Mosul dam, a fragile structure that controls water and power supplies to millions of people down the.
Special Report: For Islamic State, wheat season sows seeds of discontent
ARBIL, Iraq (Reuters) - As the season for wheat planting in Iraq wound down early last month, farmers in areas under the control of Sunni militant group Islamic State grew worried. More than two.. There was no support, said a Sunni Arab farmer in.
US-led coalition hits Islamic State with 25 air strikes: task force
Efforts are under way to recapture Mosul, the largest city in a self-declared Islamic State caliphate straddling the border between northern Iraq and eastern Syria. The Wall Street Journal on Thursday reported the United States and Iraq are preparing.
Iraq may need three years to restructure and rebuild military: PM
Abadi said that in less than a month Iraqi government forces will launch an offensive against Islamic State militants in an attempt to retake Saddam Husseins hometown of Tikrit, 160 km (100 miles) north of Baghdad. In July, Iraqi forces withdrew from.
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BAGHDAD (Reuters) ��� Iraqs armed forces, backed by Shiite militia, attacked Islamic State strongholds north of Baghdad on Monday at the start of a campaign aimed at driving them out of the mainly Sunni Muslim province of Salahuddin. Posted on 2 March.. Some 30,000 Iraqi troops and militia backed by aircraft pounded jihadist positions in and around Tikrit on Monday in the biggest offensive yet to retake one of the Islamic State groups main strongholds. Security��.
Iraq conflict becoming tale of two regions
The mortar was dropped into the launch tube, but nothing happened. A prod, a kick and a. It sits at a junction that leads from Mosul to Tal Afar and beyond to the Syrian border -- a critical supply line for the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS.
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17, 2014: The Islamic State (formerly known as ISIS and ISIL) has produced a new flashy propaganda clip intended to influence American public opinion against U.S. military action against the jihadist entity.. Recent U.S. airstrikes in Iraq were launched using fighter jets from USS George H.W. Bush http://t.co/GMGcJZc5uI.. Folks, no U.S airstrikes so far but ABC News reporting humanitarian air drops in #Iraq have already begun. http://t.co/mdb4Hn0uON @akhbar
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Some 30,000 Iraqi troops and militia backed by aircraft pounded jihadist positions in and around Tikrit on Monday in the biggest offensive yet to retake one of the Islamic State groups main strongholds. Security forces are. Iraq has launched a military operation to recapture Saddam Husseins hometown of Tikrit from Islamic State (IS), Iraqi TV says. Local media reported that. Iraqi Premier Gives Ultimatum Ahead of Hinted Tikrit AttackABC News Iraq begins assault��.
Iraq and the Islamic State: The Cause and the Conundrum.
The extreme Sunni based militant Islamist group, previously known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) before its self-declared caliphate installed its elusive leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi as the Caliph of the seized. For one thing, it leaves a vacuum of bipartisan blame that audacious news anchors and self righteous hacks proceed to fill with lamentations of the ungrateful nature of these crazy sand dwellers Iraqis, as Martha Raddatz of ABC News did��.
Islamic State: Iraqi forces retake four villages
Iraqi government forces have retaken four villages near a mountain ridge overlooking Islamic State (IS) supply lines, security officials says. Iraqi security forces backed by Shiite militias gained some momentum on Saturday in their bid to loosen the.
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France 24. 8 March 2014. ^ ���1,898 civilians killed and injured in Anbar, including women and children by military operations till now���. National Iraqi News Agency. Retrieved 23 October 2014. ^ ���Iraq: Anbar government says Ramadi now secure���. Asharq Al-Awsat... 12 June 2014. ^ ���Iraq city of Tikrit falls to ISIL fighters ��� Gunmen from the Islamic State of Iraq take city and launch attacks on Kirkuk and Samarra, a day after the fall of Mosul.���. Al Jazeera. 12 June 2014.
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Images of Yazidis fleeing parts of Iraq and Syria have shocked the world and the battle against the jihadists with the Islamic State has united Americans, Europeans, Kurds and Iranians. Can the. Iraqi forces are meeting stiff resistance after launching an attack to retake the city of Tikrit... The police carried out concurrent operations after the office in Izmir issued arrest warrants for 32 suspects in 13 Turkish provinces, mainly western port city of Izmir and Istanbul.
Bill would grant war powers to fight Islamic State militants
Schiffs bill would authorize the use of force against the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria for three years, but prohibit the use of ground forces in a combat mission in either of the two nations. Those provisions conflict with what Secretary of.
Iraqi Kurdish troops battling IS open key corridor in Iraq
KOBAN, Iraq (AP) ��� Iraqi Kurdish forces battling Islamic State militants managed on Thursday to open up a key corridor so that thousands of people from the countrys Yazidi minority who have been trapped on a mountain can flee, said a senior Kurdish.
Islamic State: militants lose Baiji as Iraqi forces retake strategic town near.
Iraqi forces have retaken the strategic northern town of Baiji, near the countrys largest oil refinery, after more than two weeks of fighting with Islamic State (IS) militants, according to officials. Baiji, which had been out of government control.
Islamic State: Former Iraqi pilots training militants to fly captured warplanes
Confronting the Islamic State group in Iraq is the top priority for the US-led coalition fighting the jihadists, while air strikes in Syria are meant to disrupt the groups supply lines, the US commander overseeing the air war said. Iraq is our main.
Iraqi army says Tikrit next target after Baiji
Kirkuk (Iraq) (AFP) - The Iraqi armys next target is to isolate militants holding the city of Tikrit, after having broken the Islamic State groups hold on Baiji and its refinery, a senior officer said Monday.. Under the government of former prime.
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Prime Minister Tony Abbott welcomed the war with apocalyptic religious imagery, describing the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham as a death cult which exults in evil.1 The real character of the Australian decision to deploy special forces troops and aircraft to the Middle East for the latest. In compliance with the mantra of alliance integration, distribution of news about all significant decisions about Australias war in Iraq have been handed over to the United States.
Islamic State: Militants kill hundreds in massacre in Iraqs Anbar province
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which monitors the civil war, said heavy clashes erupted in Kobane and that both sides had suffered casualties, while the US military said it had launched more air raids on Islamic State militants over the weekend.
Iraq Launches Operation to Retake Tikrit From Islamic State
Backed by allied Shiite, Sunni and Iranian fighters, Iraqi security forces launched a large-scale military operation Monday to recapture Saddam Husseins hometown from the Islamic State extremist group, a major step in a campaign to reclaim territory.
Iraq launches offensive on ISIS in Tikrit, Mosul
After weeks of retreats and collapses in the face of a smaller terrorist army, the Iraqi military has launched an offensive aimed at retaking two strategic positions previously lost to ISIS.. ABC also provides some background on the situation in.
Iraqi premier, US look to aid Islamic State battle
An Islamic State group fighter loads a mortar shell during clashes with Iraqi security forces in Ramadi, 70 miles (115 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Nov. 22, 2014. Iraqi soldiers backed by Sunni fighters launched a major operation.
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Iraq has launched an offensive against the Islamic State aimed at recapturing Saddam Husseins hometown of Tikrit in Salahuddin province, north of Baghdad. Iraqi troops and Shiite militiamen are reported to be advancing into the city, backed by.
Islamic State, allies blunt Iraqi offensive to retake Tikrit | The.
Iraqi and Syrian towns and cities seized by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham and its allies. Map created by. The Islamic State and its Baathist allies have forced Iraqi troops that were attempting to retake Tikrit to withdraw from the city just one day after launching a much touted offensive.. of Tikrit. The jihadist group also claimed that a ���Libyan Brother��� known as ���Okasha��� was killed while launching ���a martyrdom operation,��� or suicide attack, against Iraqi forces.
Islamic State routs Iraqi armored column in Anbar | The.
The militia members are being ���ferried out to Ramadi from Baghdad by helicopter,��� ABC News reported, demonstrating how thoroughly the Islamic State controls the road from Baghdad to Ramadi. Since launching the second phase of its operation to control territory in Iraq on June 10, the Islamic State took control of Ninewa province, to include Mosul, Iraqs second largest city, most of Salahaddin province, and areas in Diyala province. Additionally, the Islamic State��.