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Iraq
Iraqi Kurds accuse local Arabs of supporting IS
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Al Nusrah Front
Lebanon – Arsali and refugee relations tense
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IHH
Why is Turkey supporting Islamic State fighters in Iraq?–commentary
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France
Iraq crisis: International boost to arms and aid supply
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Islamic State advances against jihadist foes in Aleppo
The jihadist group ejected the rival Al Nusrah Front, al Qaeda’s branch in Syria, and allied jihadist groups from five towns and villages in Aleppo province.
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Iraq
Disrupt ISIS’s Cash Flow in Iraq
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Islamic State
Exclusive: Islamic State militants seize wheat from state silos – Iraq Grain Board
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Al Nusrah Front
Islamic State seizes more territory in Syria: monitor
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Al Nusrah Front spokesman explains differences with Islamic State in video appearance
In a video released on Aug. 8, Abu Firas al Suri, a senior al Qaeda operative who currently serves as the Al Nusrah Front’s spokesman, discusses al Qaeda’s approach to waging jihad in Syria. Al Suri denies that Al Nusrah seeks to unilaterally establish an Islamic emirate.
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Iraq
In Turkey, a late crackdown on Islamist fighters
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Iraq
Syrian Kurdish fighters rescue stranded Yazidis
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US airstrikes have had ‘a very temporary effect’ on Islamic State
The Islamic State has “thus far shown the ability to attack on multiple axes,” General Mayville said. “This is not insignificant.”
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Iraq
US military role in its 3rd Iraq conflict unlikely to accomplish much
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Iraq
Iraq militants changing tactics, complicating US airstrike mission
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Iraq
Pentagon Says Airstrikes Have Slowed but Not Stopped Sunni Militants
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Iraq
Vatican calls on Muslim leaders to denounce ISIS
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Iraq
Aleppo’s forgotten Christians
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Iran
Power struggle on Baghdad streets as Maliki replaced but refuses to go
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Indonesia
Does Islamic State ideology threaten Indonesia?
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Islamic State
Islamic State beheads, crucifies in push for Syria’s east
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Iraq
US lawmakers mull ISIS action
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Iraq
US removes some staff from consulate in northern Iraq
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Iraq
Massive security deployment around Baghdad ‘green zone’: officials
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US airstrikes against Islamic State continue in northern Iraq
The US launched four airstrikes on Aug. 9 and five more on Aug. 10 against the Islamic State in the Sinjar area, where the Yazidi minority is facing a humanitarian crisis, and near Irbil.
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Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
Fighters abandoning al Qaeda affiliates to join Islamic State, US officials say
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Iraq
US air support helps Kurdish forces expel Islamic State fighters from two Iraqi towns
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Iraq
Exclusive: Iraq says Islamic State killed 500 Yazidis, buried some victims alive
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Al Qaeda in Iraq
As ISIS Militants Exert Their Control, US Pursues a Military Middle Road
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Iraq
Iraq Kurds say oil production unaffected by ISIL incursion
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Iraq
Kurdish pleas for US weapons may finally be heard
