Terrorism in Iraq
Turkey, ISIL and the PKK: It’s complicated
It’s a complicated equation, but it’s not too difficult to solve. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) was founded in 2013, based on the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI), which previously called itself al-Qaeda in Mesopotamia (AQM).
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Turkey can’t just sit on the fence on ISIL
The release of the Turkish hostages held by the Islamic Sate of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) will continue to be speculated about for some time yet given that the government is being cryptic about the whole matter.
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Video Purports to Show Beheading of US Journalist Steven Sotloff
A video showing the purported beheading of US journalist Steven Sotloff held hostage by Islamic State has been released online, the Washington Post reported on Tuesday.
Mohamed Khalaf: Bashar Assad's Regime Was 'Biggest Helper' of IS
An interview of Novinite.com with Mohamed Khalaf, an Iraqi-born journalist and correspondent in Bulgaria of a Kuwaiti newspaper, on the Sunni militant group called Islamic State (IS) acting in Iraq and Syria.
ISIL video purports to show beheading of US journalist
Insurgents of Islamic State of Syria and the Levant (ISIL) - which calls itself Islamic State - posted a video on Aug. 19 purportedly showing the beheading of U.S. journalist James Foley and images of another U.S. journalist whose life they said depended on how the United States acts in Iraq.
Maliki finally steps aside as Iraq Sunni leader sees U.S. help
Nuri al-Maliki finally bowed to pressure with Iraq and beyond on Aug. 14 and stepped down as prime minister, paving the way for a new coalition that world and regional powers hope can quash a Sunni Islamist insurgency that threatens Baghdad.
More than 1,000 Turks fighting for the Islamic Caliphate
The number of Turkish citizens fighting under the umbrella of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) is slightly more than 1,000, according to Turkish officials, who admit that they are unable to learn the exact number. The estimated number of armed ISIL fighters is around 12,000 to 15,000, which shows that Turks make up just less than 10 percent of the jihadist group.
Football pitches emerge as new battlegrounds for control of Iraq
The battle for the control of Iraq has now its reflections on the football pitch, with different groups having different views on the âbeautiful gameâ Iraqi football pitches have emerged as an alternative battleground in the struggle for the control of Iraq between the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the jihadist group that controls chunks of northern Iraq, and the embat
Islamic State says carried out Baghdad suicide bombing
Militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility on Wednesday for an overnight suicide bombing in a Shi'ite district of Baghdad which killed 33 people, one of the deadliest recent attacks in the Iraqi capital.
Convert or get out
The rapid advance of the Islamic State (IS), formerly known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levent (ISIL), in the lands of Iraq and Syria have left us all wondering over the reasons, the nature and the purpose that such an extreme Islamic movement serves in the reshuffling of the cards currently taking place in Turkeyâs neighborhood.
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