“RUSH, O Muslims, to your state. Yes, it is your state. Rush, because Syria is not for the Syrians, and Iraq is not for the Iraqis.” Thus did Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi proclaim the creation of his new caliphate last summer. He urged all Muslims (Sunnis, that is) to defend it after his fighters had spectacularly pushed Iraq’s American-trained army out of Mosul.
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Wednesday 25 February 2015
Monday 16 February 2015
Egypt bombs ISIL targets in Libya after mass beheadings
"We affirm that avenging Egyptian blood and retaliating against criminals and killers is a duty we must carry out."
Libyan war planes loyal to the official government also took part in the air strikes, an official said on Monday.
"More air strikes will be carried out today and tomorrow in
Egypt bombs ISIS targets in Libya following video of beheadings - Middle East - Israel News | Haaretz
President Abdel-Fattah al-Sissi warned that his country would respond to the deaths as it saw fit. Speaking on national television hours after the release of the video, Sissi said Cairo would choose the "necessary means and timing to avenge the criminal killings".
Egypt bombs ISIS targets in Libya following video of beheadings - Middle East - Israel News | Haaretz
Egypt bombs ISIS targets in Libya following video of beheadings - Middle East - Israel News | Haaretz
Sunday 15 February 2015
Sissi warns of response after ISIS kills 21 Egyptians in Libya - Middle East - Israel News | Haaretz
Egypt, the most populous Arab state, has not taken part directly in the U.S.-led air strikes against Islamic State targets in Iraq and Syria, focusing instead on the increasingly complex insurgency within its own borders.
Militants based in Libya have made contact with Sinai Province, a group operating from Egypt's Sinai Peninsula that has changed its name from Ansar Beyt al-Maqdis and pledged allegiance to Islamic State.
Sissi warns of response after ISIS kills 21 Egyptians in Libya - Middle East - Israel News | Haaretz
UN Security Council OKs resolution against Yemen rebels - Middle East - Israel News | Haaretz
The Security Council resolution on Yemen also demands that the Houthis release U.S.-backed President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi and his Cabinet from house arrest and engage "in good faith" in UN-led peace talks.
The GCC ministers also had demanded that the resolution impose sanctions against anyone "hampering the process of peaceful transition of power" and called for urgent action to ensure Hadi's safety. The resolution only calls for "further steps" if the parties in Yemen fail to implement the resolution.
UN Security Council OKs resolution against Yemen rebels - Middle East - Israel News | Haaretz
Wednesday 11 February 2015
Obama: U.S. won't be dragged into long ground war with ISIS - World - Israel News | Haaretz
Under Obama's proposal, the use of military force against Islamic State fighters would be authorized for three years, unbounded by national borders. The fight could be extended to any "closely related successor entity" to the Islamic State organization that has overrun parts of Iraq and Syria, imposed a stern form of Sharia law and killed several hostages it has taken, Americans among them.
Hezbollah and Syrian army take new ground near Israeli border - Middle East - Israel News | Haaretz
Syrian troops and fighters from Lebanon's Hezbollah group seized several towns and villages south of Damascus on Wednesday, state media and activists said, advancing in a region bordering the Israeli Golan Heights.
Tuesday 10 February 2015
Yemen political unrest impacting U.S. military, Pentagon says - Middle East - Israel News | Haaretz
"As I stand here today, we continue to conduct some training. We continue to have the capability - unilaterally if need be - of conducting counter-terrorism operations inside Yemen."
Yemen political unrest impacting U.S. military, Pentagon says - Middle East - Israel News | Haaretz
Sunday 8 February 2015
Charlie Hebdo has antagonised Muslims in West Africa and galvanised opposition to French interests. 06
As the world's media extensively covered the death of 12 members of the French satirical newspaper, Charlie Hebdo, under the fire of religious extremists in Paris, a few voices adamantly complained about the lack of attention given to the Baga massacre led by Boko Haram.
The attack was perpetrated on the same day as the Charlie Hebdo massacre, on the Nigerian-Chad border. It led to the loss of up to 2,000 civilian lives and the abduction of more than 500 women and children. This was disturbingly overshadowed by the shootings in Paris.
Yemen's new Shi'ite rulers criticized over 'coup' - Middle East - Israel News | Haaretz
The six Arab countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council, led by Sunni-ruled Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, issued a statement Saturday carried by the official Saudi Press Agency calling for the U.N. Security Council to "put an end to this coup."
"The Cooperation Council sees Houthi coup as an escalation that cannot be accepted under any circumstances," the council said.
Yemen's new Shi'ite rulers criticized over 'coup' - Middle East - Israel News | Haaretz
Jordan vows to 'wipe out' ISIS on third straight day of airstrikes - Middle East - Israel News | Haaretz
The most recent airstrikes are “the beginning of a continued process to eliminate them and wipe them out completely,” he said of the militants who control about a third of neighboring Syria and Iraq.
Jordan vows to 'wipe out' ISIS on third straight day of airstrikes - Middle East - Israel News | Haaretz
Middle East Updates / At least 40 killed in Baghdad bombings as decade-old nightly curfew ends - Middle East Updates - Israel News | Haaretz
"The restaurant was full of young people, children and women when the suicide bomber blew himself up," witness Mohamed Saeed said. "Many got killed."
Middle East Updates / At least 40 killed in Baghdad bombings as decade-old nightly curfew ends - Middle East Updates - Israel News | Haaretz
Friday 6 February 2015
Thursday 5 February 2015
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