Posts Tagged: Islamic State fighters
CIA Director Says ISIS Has Used and Can Make Chemical Weapons
CIA director John Brennan has said that Islamic State fighters have used chemical weapons and have the capability to make small quantities of chlorine and...
Islamic State Fighters Increasing Presence in Libya, US Official Says
Islamic State fighters have streamed into Libya in recent months, a US official said Thursday, heightening fears the extremists are gaining ground and influence in...
Iranian Casualties Growing as Revolutionary Guards Expand Role in Syria
The vehicle carrying Iranian Brigadier General Hossein Hamedani was passing through the outskirts of Aleppo on the afternoon of Oct. 8 when it was shot...
Egyptian Jets Using Israeli Airspace to Attack ISIS in Sinai
JNS.org - Egyptian Air Force planes have purportedly been using Israeli airspace to carry out attacks against Islamic State terrorist fighters in the Sinai Peninsula. According to...
Report: US-Led Airstrikes Have Killed 2,079 People in Syria Since Start of Campaign Against Islamic State
Reuters - Air strikes by the US-led coalition in Syria have killed 2,079 people, including 66 civilians, since the start of the aerial campaign against...
Islamic State in Egypt Says It’s Behind Deadly Sinai Attack Killing 18
ABC News/AP - The Islamic State's branch in Egypt has claimed responsibility for a wave of deadly attacks that killed 15 Egyptian soldiers and three civilians...
Islamic State Forces Take Over Palestinian Refugee Camp in Damascus
JNS.org - The Islamic State terror group has taken over a large part of the Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp in Damascus, reports indicate. "Fighters from...
Iraqi Officers Say Islamic State Fighters in ‘ Total Collapse’ in Battle for Tikrit
USA Today - Islamic State fighters killed the prominent leader of a Shiite militia in the battle of Tikrit on Saturday, but Iraqi officers said...
Iraqi Kurds Enter Syrian Border Town Kobani as ISIS Targets Border Crossing
Fox News - Ten Iraqi peshmerga fighters entered a northern Syrian border town, crossing over from Turkey on Thursday, the first from among a group...
Kurd Officials Say U.S. Airstrikes Pushed ISIS Back From Syrian Border Town Kobani
Reuters - U.S.-led air strikes on Wednesday pushed Islamic State fighters back to the edges of the Syrian Kurdish border town of Kobani, which they...
Former Islamic State Fighter: Recruits Assigned to Suicide Squads ‘Because They Were Useless’
Islamic State foreign recruits were placed in suicide units because they served no other use for the terrorist group, a former ISIS member told Your...
ISIS Spokesman Praises ‘Blessed Operations Against Guards of the Jews’
Reuters - Islamic State urged insurgents in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula on Monday to press ahead with attacks against Egyptian security forces and beheadings, a call...
