Clashes are continuing between the Kirkuk Resistance Units and ISIS gangs in the area between Jalawla and Khanaqin.
After fighting yesterday the ISIS gangs were forced to withdraw to Jalawla. War planes also bombed Jalawla.
Friday, 15 August, 2014
Iraq: Clashes continue between Kirkuk Resistance Units (KRU) and ISIS gangs around Jalawla
Wednesday, 13 August, 2014
Syria: As Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) violence worsens, Deir Ezzor’s tribes prepare for fight
After the Sunni militants reportedly execute more than 20 members of the Sheitaat, tribes in the province are gearing up to take on ISIS. Are they strong enough to stop the advance?
On Sunday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an opposition-backed monitoring group, said that fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria had beheaded two men from the Sheitaat tribe, in the Deir Ezzor village of Shaafa, on the banks of the Euphrates. It also said 19 other Sheitaat fighters had been executed by the group earlier in the week.
Tuesday, 12 August, 2014
Syria: Syrian forces advance on Aleppo, rebels fear another siege
Syrian government forces are advancing on Aleppo, aiming to besiege the rebel-held city into submission in what would be the biggest blow yet to the three-year uprising.
The fall of Aleppo, Syria’s largest city and economic hub before the fighting, could also bolster the ranks of Islamic State militants who continue to make gains across the country, as defeated rebels from the Western-backed Free Syrian Army switch to their side.
Sunday, 10 August, 2014
Iraq: Kurdish Peshmerga recapture Makhmur town from Islamic State militants
Peshmerga kurds forces have recaptured Makhmur town today, in Iraq, thanks to american air strikes.
Al Jazira panarab television said it.
Iraq: Islamic State militants kill 500 members of Iraq’s Yazidi minority
Islamic State militants have killed at least 500 members of Iraq’s Yazidi ethnic minority during their offensive in the north, Iraq’s human rights minister told Reuters on Sunday.
Mohammed Shia al-Sudani said the Sunni militants had also buried alive some of their victims, including women and children. Some 300 women were kidnapped as slaves, he added.