Juan Cole / TruthdigNov 17, 2014
Islamic State has not had a good month, suffering substantial setbacks in Iraq and watching with concern as the Damascus regime of Bashar al-Assad looks set to retake the major northern city of Aleppo. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Juan Cole / TruthdigNov 15, 2014
This is perhaps the most significant military loss for Islamic State since it took 40 percent of Iraq in early June. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Juan Cole / TruthdigNov 15, 2014
A voice recording has surfaced, attributed to Ibrahim al-Samarra’i, the leader of the brutal terrorist group Islamic State. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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Juan Cole / TruthdigNov 12, 2014
Rumors are swirling that Islamic State leader Ibrahim al-Samarra’i (who goes by the nom de guerre Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi) was severely wounded and that some of his chief lieutenants were killed by a U.S. airstrike on a meeting of IS leaders Friday. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Juan Cole / TruthdigOct 23, 2014
The legislature of the Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government (a super-province of Iraq) has voted to send Kurdistan forces to the Syrian Kurdish city of Kobane to help it fight off a concerted attack by Islamic State. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Juan Cole / TruthdigOct 22, 2014
Al-Zaman reports that Iranian President Hasan Rowhani has proposed to visiting Iraqi Prime Minister Haydar al-Abadi an anti-IS axis including Syria, Lebanon and Iraq that would be led by Iran, as an alternative to the U.S.-led coalition proposed by President Barack Obama. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Juan Cole / TruthdigOct 21, 2014
In a step that over-ruled America’s Turkish NATO ally, U.S. jets dropped food, first aid and weaponry into the besieged Syrian Kurdish town of Kobane on Monday morning. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Juan Cole / TruthdigOct 20, 2014
Kurdish forces at Kobane (Ayn al-Arab) on Saturday fought off an assault by Islamic State that sought to cut the city off from Turkey and completely surround it, according to an Al-Jazeera reporter on the scene. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Juan Cole / TruthdigOct 15, 2014
According to Al-Jazeera sources, Islamic State has completed the taking of Hit district in the al-Anbar Province of Iraq. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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