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International coalition target ISIS near Kobani

by Paula Astih | Oct 1, 2014 | Middle East

Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—US-led airstrikes targeted the positions of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) near the strategic town of Kobani, located on Syria’s north border with Turkey, on Tuesday and Wednesday. Aerial bombardment hit two major villages to the...

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US Secretary of State John Kerry arrives at Queen Alia Airport Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014 in Amman, Jordan. Kerry is traveling to the Middle East this week to discuss ways to bolster the stability of the new Iraqi government and combat the Islamic State militant group that has taken over large swaths of Iraq and Syria. (AP/Brendan Smialowski, Pool)

Kerry in Iraq to back government, build support against Islamic State

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 10, 2014 | Middle East

Baghdad, Reuters—US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Baghdad on Wednesday as he began a tour of the Middle East to build military, political and financial support to defeat Islamic State militants controlling parts of Iraq and Syria. Kerry on Monday had hailed...

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US Vice President Joe Biden speaks to students of the Diplomatic Academy of Ukraine during his visit in Kiev on April 22, 2014. (AFP PHOTO / SERGEI SUPINSKY)

Opinion: Biden’s Gift to ISIS

by Wafiq Al-Samarrai | Aug 31, 2014 | Opinion

Once again, US Vice President Joe Biden returned to talk about the possibility of dividing Iraq into three federal states—Sunni, Shi’ite and Kurdish. As a man advances in age and his career, one would expect him to become wiser and more knowledgeable, not the...

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A man purported to be the reclusive leader of the militant Islamic State Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has made what would be his first public appearance at a mosque in the centre of Iraq’s second city, Mosul, according to a video recording posted on the Internet on July 5, 2014, in this still image taken from video. (Reuters/Social Media Website via Reuters TV)

ISIS leader flees to Syria fearing US airstrikes: Kurdish official

by Dalshad Abdullah | Aug 15, 2014 | Middle East

Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—Leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and self-proclaimed caliph Abu-Bakr Al-Baghdadi fled the northern city of Mosul to return to Syrian territory after the US authorized airstrikes on ISIS positions in Iraq, a Kurdish official...

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Tanks belonging to the Iraqi security forces take part in an intensive security deployment on the outskirts of the city of Samarra, June 25, 2014. (Reuters)

Iraqi forces clash with militants in northern city

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 29, 2014 | Middle East

Baghdad, AP—Iraqi helicopter gunships struck suspected insurgent positions in Tikrit on Sunday as part of a government offensive to retake the northern city from Sunni militants led by the Al-Qaeda breakaway group, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), residents...