by Manaf Al-Obaidi | Feb 14, 2015 | Middle East
Anbar, Asharq Al-Awsat—Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) fighters have now taken control of large parts of the strategic Anbar town of Al-Baghdadi—55 miles west of the provincial capital Ramadi—amid fears that the jihadist group is seeking to overrun the nearby...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 7, 2014 | Middle East
Baghdad, Reuters—US warplanes launched four air strikes against Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants threatening western Iraq’s Haditha Dam early on Sunday, witnesses and senior officials said, broadening Washington’s campaign against the...