Iraqi Forces Seize 4 Villages After Victory Near Baghdad
BAGHDAD���. Iraqi government forces retook four villages on Sunday near a mountain ridge overlooking Islamic State supply lines, security officials said, in a campaign which has struggled to make advances against the Sunni Islamist insurgents. Iraqi.
Syrias Assad Visits Troops on Front Line Near Damascus
It added that at least 25 pro-government fighters were killed and dozens wounded in the previous days fighting. Syrian state media did not mention any casualties. U.S.-led forces, which have been conducting airstrikes against Islamist militants in.
Kurdish Forces Retake Oil Facility in North Iraq
. a major attack by Islamic State insurgents in Kirkuk province. Backed by U.S.-led coalition airstrikes, Kurdish forces have been making gains against the Islamic State group in both Iraq and Syria, where the militants have captured large amounts of.
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Iraqi army drives IS out of key town. March 7th, 2015 Arab News Leave a comment Go to comments. The US military says Iraqi forces have pushed Islamic State fighters out of the town of al-Baghdadi amid a wider offensive by government��.
ISIS Fighters Reportedly Seize Parts Of Iraqi Town.
BAGHDAD, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Islamic State insurgents took control on Thursday of large parts of the western Iraqi town of al-Baghdadi, threatening an air base where U.S. Marines are training Iraqi troops, officials said.
Ukrainian Troops Reclaim Key Town
Ukraines national security spokesman Andriy Lysenko said Wednesday that the Ukrainian military has re-taken control of the town of Ilovaisk, after heavy fighting with pro-Russia separatists. Lysenko told reporters he cannot. to enter the town.
Turkey, US to Finalize Syrian Rebel Training
Around 1,500 to 2,000 people are expected to be trained in Turkey [in the first year], the official said, adding that a limited number of U.S. soldiers would come to Turkey to help carry out the training jointly with Turkish colleagues. The.
Haitis Tap-Tap Minibus Drivers Strike Over Fuel Prices
Traffic was minimal in the normally clogged streets of Haitis capital on Monday, after a key minibus drivers union called a two-day general strike to protest high fuel prices. ���The price of gasoline has fallen on the world market, but in Haiti, the.
Kurdish Forces in Iraq Advance Against IS Fighters
Kurdish fighters launched a series of attacks against Islamic State positions Tuesday in Iraq, supported by the Iraqi military and the U.S.-led coalition. U.S. Central Command said 11 airstrikes Monday and Tuesday were focused largely on the Islamic.
Obama to reveal Isis strategy ��� but pledges no Iraq war.
We are going to be a part of an international coalition, carrying out air strikes in support of work on the ground by Iraqi troops, Kurdish troops, he said, adding that increased US military commitment was inevitable in the face of the looming menace. Obama said that there was no intelligence suggesting an imminent Isis threat to the US homeland, but he pointed out that the group, which has publicly murdered two American journalists, has attracted foreign fighters from��.
Iraqs Peshmerga to Send Fighters to Kobani
Lawmakers in Iraqs Kurdistan region said on Wednesday they voted in favor of sending Kurdish forces to the besieged Syrian town of Kobani via Turkey. Kurdistan President Masoud.. VOAs Victor Beattie contributed to this report. Some material for.
Islamic State crisis: Iraqi army drives IS from key town ��� BBC.
The town, which was taken over by IS last month, is about 8km (5 miles) from a base housing hundreds of US troops who are training Iraqi soldiers.. Iraqi Fighters Drive Islamic State Out of Key TownVoice of America
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They also want a total withdrawal from Afghanistan by the U.S., NATO and International Security Assistance Force. They consider Pakistans military an enemy because it supports U.S. and NATO forces. They want the military to stop its operation against.
U.S. fighter jets, drones target ISIS fighters, convoys in Iraq.
The airstrikes Friday ramped up Americas involvement in Iraq where ISIS, which calls itself the Islamic State, is seizing control of towns and key infrastructure in an advance that has forced hundreds of thousands to run for their lives.. Airstrikes are crucial because ISIS fighters are well-armed and are outgunning the Kurdish forces, thanks to the weapons the militants seized from the Iraqi military in Mosul, Irbil Gov... Things arent as bad as the voices are telling you.
Iraqi Troops Drive IS Fighters from Key Town
. close to a military base where U.S. forces are training Iraqis. The Combined Joint Task Force said Friday Iraqi forces and tribal fighters from the Anbar region successfully cleared the town of Islamic State, retaking the police station and three.
Islamic State Fighters Battle Iraqi Forces Near Baiji Refinery
BAGHDAD���. Islamic State insurgents battled Iraqi forces in the center of Baiji on Tuesday, a week after the army broke their prolonged siege of the countrys largest oil refinery just outside the town, an army officer and residents said. The renewed.
ISIS Losing Kobane: Islamic State Continues To Crumble As.
However, Kurdish fighters, and bombings of ISIS militants by U.S.-led warplanes, continue to take away the momentum ISIS had enjoyed, crippling their ambitions and inflicting severe damage to their ranks, reports Yahoo News. ISIS was steamrolling. Kurdish forces have recaptured most of Kobane in recent weeks, with ISIS now hanging on to just 20 percent of the key town, according to the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. An estimated 1,600��.
Timeline of events related to the Islamic State of Iraq and the.
19 February: An ISIL leader, Abd Khaliq Mahedi, surrendered to the Chairman of Sons of Iraq Council, due to disagreement with other ISIL leaders on the killing of Iraqi soldiers and bombing of civilian houses.[50] 23 February: ISIL.. 25 June: Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said that Iraq had purchased used Sukhoi fighter jets from Russia and Belarus to battle ISIL militants, after delays in the delivery of F-16 fighters purchased from the US.[147] ���[If] we had air cover, we��.
Iraqi forces drive ISIS militants from refinery town of Beiji.
Iraqi government forces on Friday drove Islamic State militants out from their remaining strongholds inside the oil refinery town of Beiji.. the strategic oil refinery town of Beiji on Friday, handing a major defeat to the extremist group, which a U.N. panel said has denied food and medicine to hundreds of thousands of people and hidden its fighters among civilians since the start of a U.S.-led air campaign... Kurdish troops rout ISIS group from key town near Iraqi border��.
US-led Forces Launch 10 Airstrikes in Syria, Iraq
Known as Ayn al-Arab in Arabic, Kobani has become a symbol in the fight between the extremist group and its enemies in Iraq and Syria. Hundreds of IS fighters launched a sustained attack on the town beginning in September. U.S.-led coalition forces.
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BAGHDAD -Iraqi forces drove Islamic State militants out of a strategic oil refinery town north of Baghdad on Friday, scoring their biggest battlefield victory since they melted away in the face of the terror groups stunning summer offensive that captured much of northern. The recapture of Beiji is the latest in a series of setbacks for the jihadi group, which has lost hundreds of fighters to airstrikes by a U.S.-led coalition in a stalled advance on the Syrian town of Kobani.
Iraqi Forces Clash With ISIS Fighters West of Baghdad
Government forces fought back Islamic State outside Amiriya Fallujah - which faced a siege by the militants for much of this month and is the last government-controlled town before the key provincial city of Fallujah. Soldiers. Islamic State fighters have also laid siege for a month to Kobani, hundreds of kilometers to the northwest on the Turkish-Syrian frontier, and only intense bombardments by U.S.-led coalition warplanes have halted their advance. (Reporting by��.
#ISIL pounded as Iraqi and Kurd forces advance - MWC News
Ground offensives by the Iraqi army and Kurdish forces, backed by a barrage of US air raids, have forced ISIL fighters from several key towns in the north and south of Iraq, officials said. Kurdish peshmerga forces said on��.
Militants Stubbornly Resist Tikrit Offensive
They fear the offensive to reclaim Tikrit -- the hometown of former Iraqi strongman Hussein, who was toppled by the 2003 U.S.-led invasion -- will drive the Baathists and militants closer together. ���The assault risks reducing the tensions by giving IS.
US Training Iraqi Forces in Anbar Amid Militants Mortar Fire
Pentagon spokesman Colonel Steve Warren said about 320 U.S. service members were stationed at Anbars al-Asad base. They provide advice and planning assistance to Iraqi security forces as mortar fire from Islamic State militants rains down regularly .
Iraqi Forces Battle ISIS West Of Baghdad | The Last Refuge
The sources added that around 400 fighters amassed in the nearby towns of Fallujah and Karma the day before, piling pressure on the capitals western flank. Government forces fought back ISIS outside Amiriya Fallujah ��� which faced a siege by the militants for much of this month and is the last government-controlled town before the key provincial city of Fallujah. Soldiers destroyed five of the fighters vehicles, a security source said. There were no immediate reports��.
Iraq Army Presses Tikrit Attack as Extremists Declare Islamic.
Al-Qaidas official affiliate in Syria joined in January with Islamist and mainstream Syrian rebels to drive ISIL fighters from the key northern city of Aleppo and several border towns. Military officials say the main ground operation��.
Islamic Militants Seize 2 Syrian Towns - Huffington Post
BEIRUT (AP) ��� Islamic extremists captured two key towns and several villages near Syrias northern border with Turkey on Wednesday after pushing out rival fighters in fierce clashes, opposition groups and activists said. The town.. US EDITION �� India �� Brasil �� U.K. �� Maghreb �� Japan �� Deutschland �� Canada �� Korea �� France �� Espana �� HuffPost Live �� Next Top. In neighboring Iraq they are batting Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga fighters as well as Iraqi government troops.
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The recapture of Beiji is a latest in a array of setbacks for a jihadi group, that has mislaid hundreds of fighters to airstrikes by a U.S.-led bloc in a stalled allege on a Syrian city of Kobani. On Friday, activists. Commission member Vitit Muntarbhorn told a news discussion a news was meant to amplify a voices of victims, who news executions, amputations, open lashings and a use of passionate slavery, child soldiers and widespread indoctrination. The organisation has��.
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US Forces Advising Iraqi Troops in Anbar
INCIRLIK AIR BASE, TURKEY���. American forces have begun advising Iraqi troops in the western Anbar province, the top U.S. general told Reuters, in a faster-than-expected expansion of an operation that is central to its campaign against Islamic State.