Activists: Outreach made to IS over Christian captives
Assyrian rights groups and local tribal leaders reportedly making headway in recovering 220 abductees
View ArticleCanadian soldier killed in friendly fire incident in Iraq
Kurdish forces say sergeant died after ignoring an order, showing up to the front line unannounced
View ArticleIslamic State appears to be fraying from within
Washington Post reports internal tensions, lagging recruitment and coalition strikes eroding the image of the terror group
View ArticleEvidence that IS used chemical weapons, Iraqi Kurds say
Kurdish government says jihadist group used chlorine gas in January suicide car bombing
View ArticleCanada to extend anti-IS mission, strike targets in Syria
Prime Minister Stephen Harper expected to make announcement in parliament, as country’s forces take on dangerous roles
View ArticleSunni tribesmen fight their own after breaking with IS group
‘At first we welcomed them, but then they started killing our own people,’ tribal leader says of Islamic State
View ArticleKurdish diva flaunts anti-IS anthem
Helly Luv, dubbed the ‘Kurdish Shakira,’ regularly sings for pershmerga forces fighting extremist jihadist group
View ArticleTurkey vows to support Iraqi military, train police
Ankara has trained over 1,600 Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga fighters, 1,500 guards in Mosul in bid to fight Islamic State
View ArticleIS rape and torture of Yazidi women pushed me to fight with Kurds, says Gill...
Israel should train Kurdish forces, who are outstripped by Islamic State, says Canadian-born ex-IDF soldier on her return from Syria and Iraq
View ArticleIslamic State likely used mustard gas on Kurds, US says
White House probing whether jihadists deployed nerve agent — possibly obtained from stockpile Assad tried to squirrel away — in attack on peshmerga in northern Iraq
View ArticleTesting reportedly shows Islamic State used mustard gas on Kurds
Samples from attack in Syria two weeks ago confirm use of nerve agent or precursor, officials say
View ArticleChemical watchdog: IS gas attacks a ‘matter of serious concern’
Group says it will contact Iraqi authorities after Kurds report possible chlorine or mustard gas attack
View ArticleIsrael said to import $1 billion in oil from Iraqi Kurds
Jerusalem bought 19 million barrels in May-August, according to Financial Times; Kurds deny selling ‘directly or indirectly’ to Israel
View ArticleShoah survivor’s grandson fights IS, daubs Hebrew
Timothy Paul Jacobs-Woodworth, 37, leaves Breslov graffiti on sites of ‘unholy crimes’ in Syria, plans to move to Israel
View ArticleKurds keep close, but retaking IS-held Sinjar a distant prospect
Peshmerga fighters are separated by some 50 meters from jihadists at the Yazidi hub, but the front line hasn’t budged since December 2014
View ArticleFirst US service member killed fighting Islamic State
American fatally injured during special-ops mission to rescue hostages held by Islamic State in Iraq
View ArticleWATCH: US-Kurdish raid frees dozens of Islamic State hostages
New footage said to show rescue operation of 70 captives held by terrorist group; 1 US soldier killed during operation
View ArticleIslamic State beheads 4 Iraq Kurd fighters after US raid
In video posted online, group shows four black-clad masked fighters using knives to carry out atrocious act
View ArticleKurds launch offensive to retake IS-held Iraqi town Sinjar
Major objective of attack is to cut off Highway 47, one of Islamic State’s most active supply lines, linking Raqqa and Mosul
View ArticleIn battle for Sinjar, Iraqi Kurds block key IS supply line
Peshmerga forces, backed by US-led airstrikes, target jihadist positions along main route between northern Iraq and Syria
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