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This photo taken on Tuesday, July 1, 2014, shows damaged homes due to clashes between fighters of the al-Qaida-inspired Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and Iraqi security forces in Tikrit, 80 miles (130 kilometers) north of Baghdad, Iraq. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant announced this week that it has […]

Opinion: Did US policies led to Al-Baghdadi’s “caliphate?”

by Bakir Oweida | Jul 3, 2014 | Opinion

The US has put a 10 million dollar bounty on the head of a terrorist called Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi. It would make no sense for me to invite President Barack Obama to pledge allegiance to Baghdadi, who has now proclaimed himself “Caliph” Ibrahim, a ludicrous scene. But...

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A member loyal to the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) waves an ISIS flag in Raqqa June 29, 2014. (Reuters)

ISIS caliphate declaration of war against Al-Qaeda

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 1, 2014 | Middle East

Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—The formal declaration by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) of an Islamic caliphate, with ISIS leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi as caliph, looks set to create an inter-Islamist war between the militant group and Al-Qaeda and its affiliates....

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In this still taken from an Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) video, an Islamist fighter, center, identified as Abu Muthana Al-Yemeni from Britain, speaks from an unknown location. (Reuters/Reuters TV)

Opinion: The Western ISIS and its Second Rebirth

by Diana Moukalled | Jul 1, 2014 | Opinion

“We will go to Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon; wherever Sheikh Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi wants us to go, we will go . . . the hope of the nation is in your hands, Sheikh.” The person who uttered these words is not an Iraqi, Syrian or even an Arab jihadist. He is a young Briton of...

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Opinion: The ISIS Dilemma

by Bakir Oweida | Jun 14, 2014 | Opinion

Perhaps it would be courageous for the US and the UK to take the initiative and acknowledge the repercussions of their floundering policies, both on their own countries as well as on the Iraqi people and Arab world. However, it is not enough to merely acknowledge...

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This undated image posted on a militant website on Tuesday, January 14, 2014, shows fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) marching in Raqqa, Syria. (AP Photo/militant website)

Opinion: The Haji Bakr files

by Mshari Al-Zaydi | Jan 29, 2014 | Opinion

If the reports are true, then a key Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) leader, Haji Bakr, has been killed in Aleppo at the hands of Syrian rebels. But just who is Haji Bakr? He is a mysterious figure; some say that he is the mastermind behind the rise of the...