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US-TRAINED DIVISION 30 REBELS 'BETRAYED US AND HAND WEAPONS OVER TO AL-QAEDA'S AFFILIATE IN SYRIA'


Pentagon-trained rebels are reported to have betrayed us and handed weapons over to jabhat al-nusra immediately after entering syria... READ MORE

22nd September, 2015 11334

OBAMA ADMINISTRATION HALTS PROGRAM TO TRAIN SYRIANS TO COMBAT ISIS


Anti-Assad insurgents say they have never heard of a group called the Syrian Arab Coalition, though they welcome the prospect of increased support... READ MORE

9th October, 2015 9062

BRENDAN ONEILL THE WEST IS BETRAYING THE KURDS AND ALLOWING THEM TO BE MASSACRED


The PKK has close links with the YPG, the Kurdish People's Protection Units in Syria, who have been among the bravest battlers against Isil... READ MORE

29th July, 2015 7523

BILLIONS FROM US FAIL TO SUSTAIN FOREIGN FORCES


But in 2012, battle-hardened Islamist fighters returned from combat in Libya to rout the military, including units trained by United States Special Forces... READ MORE

4th October, 2015 4296

ISIS LEADER TAKES STEPS TO ENSURE GROUPS SURVIVAL


United States officials said gathering more insight on the Islamic State's shadowy leadership structure was a top priority... READ MORE

20th July, 2015 4036

WITH STRIKES US AIMS TO PUT PRESSURE ON ISIS IN SYRIA


As recently as Friday, Mr. Obama said he would take all steps necessary to combat the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq... READ MORE

5th October, 2015 3633

OBAMA WEIGHS MOVING U.S. TROOPS CLOSER TO FRONT LINES IN SYRIA, IRAQ


The Islamic State depends on the sale of oil and electricity inside Syria to pay for its military operations... READ MORE

27th October, 2015 3573

ISIS DESTROYS MORE ARTIFACTS IN SYRIA AND IRAQ


But Thursday was the first time that the Islamic State said it had destroyed Palmyra statues... READ MORE

3rd July, 2015 2771

A NEW WAVE OF MIGRANTS FLEES IRAQ YEARNING FOR EUROPE


To accommodate increased demand, Iraqi Airways recently added two new daily flights to Istanbul from Baghdad... READ MORE

8th September, 2015 1917

IS THIS AMERICA'S WORST ERROR IN THE MIDDLE EAST SINCE THE IRAQ WAR?


Turkey conflict with Kurds Was approving air strikes against the PKK America's worst error in the Middle East since the Iraq War?... READ MORE

26th July, 2015 1894

ISIS HELD US AID WORKER AS SEX SLAVE BEFORE DEATH


DOHUK Iraq Somewhere in territory controlled by the Islamic State Kayla Mueller an American aid worker was chained in a room with other female captives... READ MORE

15th August, 2015 1865

PENTAGON PLANS SHARP SCALEDOWN IN EFFORTS TO TRAIN SYRIAN REBELS


The Kurdish homeland includes parts of Syria, Iraq, Turkey and Iran... READ MORE

9th October, 2015 1832

GOALS DIVERGE AND PERILS REMAIN AS US AND TURKEY TAKE ON ISIS


Militias that have lately been the United States' main partners in fighting the Islamic State in Syria, but whom Turkey considers enemies... READ MORE

28th July, 2015 1823

ISIS OR AL QAEDA AMERICAN OFFICIALS SPLIT OVER TOP TERROR THREAT


Senior leaders of the Islamic State -- unlike those of Al Qaeda -- have not made a priority of organizing strikes on the West... READ MORE

4th August, 2015 1806

BATTLE TURNING AGAINST IS - DEMPSEY


IS controls huge areas of Iraq and Syria, though Iraqi forces have claimed victory in some recent battles... READ MORE

17th November, 2014 1571

MAP: THERE ARE 10 WORLD HERITAGE SITES IN IRAQ AND SYRIA. NINE ARE IN DANGER.


Islamic State group jihadists seized Syria's Palmyra on Thursday, as UNESCO warned that the destruction of the ancient city would be an enormous loss to humanity... READ MORE

1st September, 2015 1569

ISLAMIC STATE DEFECTIONS MOUNT AS DEATH TOLL RISES, U.S. OFFICIAL SAYS


Top military officials estimate that the campaign has killed 23,000 Islamic State fighters, raising their death toll by 3,000 since mid-October... READ MORE

29th November, 2015 1525

U.S. PLANS TO CAPTURE THE ISLAMIC STATES CAPITAL ALREADY GO AWRY


Members of a Syrian armed group hold positions in the frontline against the Islamic State group outside Ain Issa, in the countryside of Raqqa province... READ MORE

22nd October, 2015 1519

TRUSTING IRAN TO STOP TERRORISM IS LIKE INVITING AN ARSONIST TO JOIN THE FIRE BRIGADE


The idea that Iran is a partner in the fight against terrorism is not only disingenuous but also absurd... READ MORE

11th July, 2015 1479

U.S.-TRAINED FIGHTERS IN SYRIA GAVE EQUIPMENT TO AL-QAEDA AFFILIATE


American-trained Syrian fighters gave at least a quarter of their U.S.-provided equipment to al-Qaeda's affiliate in Syria early this week, the U.S... READ MORE

26th September, 2015 1333

ISLAMIC STATE FIGURES KILLED IN AIR STRIKE; BAGHDADI NOT BELIEVED AMONG THEM


Islamic State supporters said on Twitter that even if Baghdadi had been killed, his self-proclaimed caliphate straddling large areas of Iraq and Syria would survive... READ MORE

11th October, 2015 1278

US FORCES RESCUE IRAQI HOSTAGES FACING 'IMMINENT EXECUTION' BY ISIS


After more than a year of setbacks, Iraqi troops have in recent weeks begun to claw back losses in the centre of the country... READ MORE

23rd October, 2015 1250

US AND IRAN BOTH CONFLICT AND CONVERGE


All applaud the deal as a victory for Iran and maintain that their hostility to the United States remains undiminished... READ MORE

13th September, 2015 1176

KURDISH LEADER SAYS COLLAPSE OF ASSAD REGIME 'WOULD BE A DISASTER' DESPITE ITS TREATMENT OF HIS PEOPLE


Mr Muslim stressed the YPG was acting to defend not only Kurds, but all Syrians under attack by Isis... READ MORE

24th September, 2015 1171

DEFENSE SECRETARY ASHTON CARTER MAKES UNANNOUNCED VISIT TO IRAQ


He plans to discuss the looming assault with Iraqi officials and with Americans involved in training the Iraqi Army... READ MORE

23rd July, 2015 1129

MACER GIFFORD WE COULD DEFEAT ISLAMIC STATE WITHIN A YEAR I KNOW BECAUSE I FOUGHT THEM


I was under no illusion that my presence on the frontline was going to win the war against Isil... READ MORE

18th September, 2015 1057

ISLAMIC STATE IS RUBBING ITS HANDS WITH GLEE OVER THE SYRIAN REFUGEE CRISIS


The media have focused on the human tragedy of the tens or hundreds of thousands of people from areas under the bloodthirsty murderers of Isil... READ MORE

7th September, 2015 1051

FEW US-TRAINED SYRIANS FIGHT ISIS SENATORS ARE TOLD


In Syria, the effort to use local ground forces has yet to take off... READ MORE

17th September, 2015 958

ISLAMIC STATE DESTROYS 2,000-YEAR-OLD ARCH OF TRIUMPH IN PALMYRA


The Syrian presidency issued a rare condemnation of the destruction, describing it as Isil's revenge against a pluralistic history that threatens the extremist group's grand project... READ MORE

4th October, 2015 950

IRAQI KURDS WARN PKK AMID TURKEY AIR STRIKES


Iraq's Kurdistan region has urged Turkish Kurd separatist forces of the PKK to leave civilian areas amid continuing Turkish air strikes... READ MORE

1st August, 2015 914


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