Bombs wound 11 people in Iraqi city of Kirkuk
Several roadside bombs and mortar rounds wounded 11 people in the northern Iraqi oil city of Kirkuk on Wednesday, witnesses said. A police official said…
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Iran after the Trump-Putin summit in Helsinki
The Middle East situation on the ground is significantly different in comparison to a short while ago. There were times when Iran sought to become…
Saudi Crown Prince discusses regional developments with US envoy
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, met on Wednesday evening with United States Special Presidential Envoy for…
Iraq’s Abadi orders immediate executions of ISIS militants on death row
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Thursday ordered the immediate execution of all convicted ISIS militants on death row, in a swift retaliation for the…
US authorities seek leniency for Bangladeshi ISIS cooperator
US authorities are seeking leniency for a Bangladeshi immigrant who joined ISIS in Syria before fleeing home and giving the FBI intelligence about terror threats….
Six hostages who appeared in ISIS video released in Iraq
Iraqi security forces liberated six men who were held captives by ISIS and detained the kidnappers two days after ISIS threatened to execute them. ISIS…
Re-analysing Islamic State’s route to Iraq: Systematic fall and decline of bureaucratic-military relationship in Post-US invasion, a probable cause?
Introduction The systematic fall of the city of Mosul in mid-2014 by self-proclaimed Islamic State shocked and awed not only the military and intelligence community…
US arrests Israeli national who coached ISIS attackers online
US officials said Wednesday that a native Israeli woman living in Wisconsin coached potential ISIS attackers on how to cook up ricin and kept a…
Iraq court sentences French woman to life for ISIS membership
An Iraqi court on Saturday sentenced a French woman to life in jail for membership of ISIS, an Agence France-Presse reporter at the courthouse said….
Police investigate reported murder of Swedish citizens in Iraq
Police in Sweden are investigating reports that two Swedish citizens were killed by Isis in Iraq. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (UD) has so far…