Sourced : RUDAW ISIS militants carried out a chemical attack on Peshmerga front lines on Saturday, wounding 14 Peshmerga, Sirwan Barzani, Peshmerga Commander of the Gwer-Makhmour front said. Barzani said that Islamic State militants attacked Peshmerga fronts with heavy weapons armed with poison gas late on Saturday afternoon. Fourteen Peshmerga were wounded. “The conditions of… Continue reading ISIS HIT PESHMERGA ON GWER FRONT WITH CHEMICAL WEAPONS INJURING 14 SOLDIERS
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ISIL “CV’S” REVEAL BRITISH ELECTRONIC ENGINEER,NORWEGIAN PILOT AND TURKISH NATO OFFICER
Sourced : The Telegraph By Josie Ensor From an experienced electronic engineer at a British company to a Turkish Nato officer and a Norwegian helicopter pilot, leaked “CVs” of some of Isil’s most elite fighters reveal just how experienced the group’s foreign command are. The files contain the names of 368 Islamic State fighters enrolled… Continue reading ISIL “CV’S” REVEAL BRITISH ELECTRONIC ENGINEER,NORWEGIAN PILOT AND TURKISH NATO OFFICER
U.S UPS PRESSURE ON ISIS WITH FIRST B-52 BOMBER STRIKE
Sourced : AFP The US Air Force for the first time deployed a B-52 bomber against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), the Pentagon said Wednesday as it ramps up a 20-month campaign to smash the jihadists. The bombing mission, in which a hulking B-52 destroyed a weapons storage facility south of Mosul,… Continue reading U.S UPS PRESSURE ON ISIS WITH FIRST B-52 BOMBER STRIKE
THE RISE OF ISIS IN EGYPT IS FORCING THE PENTAGON TO RETHINK TROOP NUMBERS THERE
By Andrew Tilghman, Sourced : Military Times The rise of an Islamic State faction in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula is prompting the Pentagon to consider changing or scaling back the mission for about 700 U.S. troops who are deployed on a longstanding peacekeeping effort there, a defense official said Tuesday. Defense Secretary Ash Carter has made… Continue reading THE RISE OF ISIS IN EGYPT IS FORCING THE PENTAGON TO RETHINK TROOP NUMBERS THERE
THE U.S IS SENDING B-52s TO QATAR TO PUMMEL ISIS
Sourced : Business Insider The US Air Force two deployed B-52 bombers to Qatar on Saturday to join the fight against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, the first time they have been based in the Middle East since the end of the Gulf War in 1991. US Air Forces Central Command said it last… Continue reading THE U.S IS SENDING B-52s TO QATAR TO PUMMEL ISIS
NUMBER OF ISIS FIGHTERS IN LIBYA HAS DOUBLED
by Courtney Kube Sourced : NBC News The outgoing commanding general of AFRICOM said Thursday that the number of ISIS fighters in Libya has roughly doubled in the past 12 to 18 months. General David Rodriguez said that there are between 4,000 and 6,000 fighters there now, mainly in Sirte and with some in Benghazi… Continue reading NUMBER OF ISIS FIGHTERS IN LIBYA HAS DOUBLED
RUSSIA IS MAINTAINING MOST OF ITS MILITARY AIRCRAFT AND EQUIPMENT IN SYRIA, US OFFICIALS SAY
By Luis Martinez ABC News Taken at face value, most of Russia’s troops and aircraft were supposed to be out of Syria by now, but that’s not the case, as Russia has kept more than two dozen of its military aircraft in Syria and continues to send military equipment to that country, U.S. officials said… Continue reading RUSSIA IS MAINTAINING MOST OF ITS MILITARY AIRCRAFT AND EQUIPMENT IN SYRIA, US OFFICIALS SAY
CHINA’S PROXY WAR IN SYRIA : REVEALING THE ROLE OF UIGHUR FIGHTERS
By Mohanad Hage Ali Al Arabiya English A few months ago, in a remote town in Idlib province, northern Syria, an unusual foreign militant presence alarmed Syrian locals. The fighters were reportedly of the Muslim Uighur minority from Xinjiang province in Western China. For a population which has grown used to the multinational nature of… Continue reading CHINA’S PROXY WAR IN SYRIA : REVEALING THE ROLE OF UIGHUR FIGHTERS
U.S. SCRAMBLES TO CONTAIN GROWING ISIS THREAT IN LIBYA
By Eric Scmitt The New York Times The Islamic State’s branch in Libya is deepening its reach across a wide area of Africa, attracting new recruits from countries like Senegal that had been largely immune to the jihadist propaganda — and forcing the African authorities and their Western allies to increase efforts to combat the… Continue reading U.S. SCRAMBLES TO CONTAIN GROWING ISIS THREAT IN LIBYA
LIBYA OFFICIALS : FRENCH SPECIAL FORCES ON GROUND FIGHTING ISIS
By RAMI MUSA Associated Press French special forces have been helping Libyan troops fight Islamic State militants in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi for two months, two Libyan military officials said Wednesday. The French combat squad, consisting of 15 special forces, carried out four military operations against IS and other militant groups in Benghazi,… Continue reading LIBYA OFFICIALS : FRENCH SPECIAL FORCES ON GROUND FIGHTING ISIS