Tag: Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

The process of excavation and bulldozing continued for 6 hours but did not yield results, and the engineering machinery left the neighborhood.

ISIS has managed to establish their control over the territory in question and even set up roadblocks, forcing people to abandon their vehicles and to cross on foot.

ISIS is still believed to be operational in 18 countries across the world, including Afghanistan, Pakistan, Mali, Egypt, Somalia, Bangladesh, Indonesia, and the Philippines.

Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov insisted that "only the Russian units are present in Syria legitimately at the invitation of the Syrian leadership."

Trump is actually restoring the religious balance in the region and weakening Iran's hold on the areas alongside Israel's border.

A US-backed force in Syria on Saturday was hours away from surrounding the last ISIS fighters in an area less than a square mile in eastern Syria.

The top US commander of the war against ISIS supported the US intelligence assessment that "tens of thousands" of ISIS fighters are still alive and kicking in Syria and Iraq.

Only two weeks ago, the IDF attacked and destroyed a squad of seven ISIS soldiers who crossed into the Golan Heights from Syria.

"The coalition has been targeting the military positions in a desperate attempt to raise the collapsed morale of the terrorist organizations due to the achievements of the Syrian army," SANA explained.

Baghdadi "insisted on taking a yellow cab in order not to leave doubts that his was a civilian vehicle.”

The Syrian Democratic Forces coalition on October 20 officially announced at a news conference that the city had been liberated from ISIS.

The Russians accuse Washington, Paris and Berlin that their announcement of investing millions of dollars in the restoration of Raqqa is, in reality, an attempt "to hide evidence of the barbarian bombing."

Needless to say, the Syrian military's official announcement did not mention the nature of the target - a chemical weapons plant.

In the end, any deal that was conceived by Iran and Syria, directly or through proxies, is by definition a bad deal and must be sabotaged -- this appears to be the current American motivation over in the Syrian desert.

A different version of the events was offered by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, says the deaths were the result of airstrikes carried out by warplanes that may have been Israeli.

"In these circumstances, the traditional adage that the enemy of your enemy can be regarded as your friend no longer applies," writes Kissinger. "In the contemporary Middle East, the enemy of your enemy may also be your enemy."

One of the reasons the Russians are being so careful with their announcement, may have to do with past announcements made by the US Army that they had killed the ISIS leader – which culminated in al-Baghdadi releasing videos saying news of his demise had been premature.

Needless to say, Trump's careless disclosure infuriated Israeli officials, and has put in question the willingness of Israel's and other Western powers' clandestine services to share more hard-earned, crucial intelligence with the Americans for the next four years.

Russian senator Vikor Ozerov told Interfax that 'there would be hell to pay” should the recording prove to be authentic.'

The messages on unofficial ISIS websites happily share the news of the attack, accompanied by big 'Allahu Akbar' talkbacks.

The momentum now here in Iraq is clearly on the side of the Iraqi Security Forces and the Iraqi people.

Out of all the social media platforms, 'Twitter has most brazenly refused to cut off its services to terrorists, taking the position that ‘the tweets must flow’ even if it means assisting in mass murders.'

'If you or I gave money, weapons or support to al-Qaeda or ISIS, we would be thrown in jail. Why does our government get a free pass on this?'

Iraq has a homegrown industry satisfying the market's need for beer and Arak.

The most devastating point was made by Secretary Clinton when she said the Obama Administration had no choice but to pull out of Iraq.

The two groups may focus on different Arab countries for the time being, but the ideological connection between them is clear, and, apparently, the operational ties are starting to be revealed.

The bombers destroyed five large armament depots, three command posts and militants’ training camps used by terrorists for operations in Aleppo.

Iranian weapons have turned up in the hands of ISIS terrorists in the Sinai Peninsula.

The newest target list was published on the Telegram group on Monday and was intercepted by IntSights.

Between the release of this issue of Dabiq and the next slaughter to be executed against them by the hidden soldiers of the Caliphate... the Crusaders can read into why Muslims hate and fight them.