As al-Qaeda-inspired Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants and local armed men – backed by Sunni tribal leaders – advance towards the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, neighboring Iran has sent troops to fight alongside government forces, CNN...
BEIRUT (AP) — The al-Qaida-breakaway Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant has prevented food and medical supplies from reaching some neighborhoods in an eastern Syrian city and has ceased some of its operations in Syria while waiting for weapons to arrive from neighboring Iraq,...
(Zaman Alwasl)- The sweeping advances in Mosul and other Iraqi cities, and the rapid collapse of the Iraqi army this week are not a creature of al-Qaeda splinter group, but it’s a Sunni rebellion against tyrant Nouri al-Maliki, the Sunni Grand Mufti of Iraq told Zaman Alwasl....
BAGHDAD (AP) — The al-Qaida-inspired group that led this week's charge in capturing two key Sunni-dominated cities in Iraq vowed Thursday to march on to Baghdad, raising fears about the Shiite-led government's ability to slow the assault following lightning gains. Signs emerged...
