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Obama, After Airstrikes in Syria, Says US Will ‘Take the Fight’ to ISIS
Tag Archives: United Nations
France
US, France propose UN sanctions on 15 foreign Islamist fighters
France
Kerry sees role for Iran in ISIS war, France joins air campaign
Mali
5 UN peacekeepers killed in Mali
Islamic State
Nations Trying to Stop Their Citizens From Going to Middle East to Fight for ISIS
Al Nusrah Front
Syrian al Qaeda Moves in Next Door to Israel
Al Nusrah Front
How Philippine UN troops defied orders, opened fire and escaped the Al Nusrah Front
Arab League
Russia fears the eastward spread of ‘jihadist cancer’
Libya
UN Envoy Calls for ‘Total Ceasefire’ in Libya
Islamic State
Russia warns US against strikes on Islamic State in Syria
Al Nusrah Front
Al Nusrah Front releases UN peacekeepers in Golan
Iraq
UN Security Council to set out plan to stop foreign fighters joining extremist groups in Syria, Iraq and elsewhere
Islamic State
IS using children as suicide bombers: UN
Islamic State
Jihadists aim to create ‘house of blood’: new UN rights chief
Algeria
Libya accuses Khartoum of flying weapons to Islamist rebels in Tripoli
Al Qaeda veteran takes on a more prominent role as spokesman in Syria
Abu Firas al Suri long served as a clandestine figure in al Qaeda’s international terrorist network. Today he serves as the Al Nusrah Front’s spokesman. He is tasked with defending Al Nusrah’s capture of more than 40 UN peacekeepers.
Al Nusrah Front
Filipino force defied UN commander in Golan crisis
Iraq
Islamists in Iraq driving large-scale atrocities: UN
Al Nusrah Front
Syrian army, Al Nusrah Front fight on Golan where peacekeepers held
Israel
Israel shoots down drone from Syria over Golan
Al Nusrah Front
Fiji seeks release of UN peacekeepers abducted on Syrian side of Golan Heights, as Philippines soldiers escape
Al Nusrah Front announces detention of 45 UN peacekeepers
The Al Nusrah Front, al Qaeda’s official branch in Syria, has announced its responsibility for the detention of 45 UN peacekeepers in Syria. The group claims its actions are justified because the UN supposedly works “against Muslims.”
Islamic State
Gulf Monarchies Resolve Spat with Qatar, Say Ready to Help Counter Jihadists
Al Nusrah Front
32 Philippines peacekeepers rescued from militants in Golan: UN
Iraq
Iraqi forces launch operation to free besieged town of Amerli
Al Nusrah Front
UN was told Golan peacekeepers seized ‘for their protection’
UN reticent about ‘armed group’ holding 43 Golan Heights peacekeepers
Although 124 United Nations peacekeepers in the Golan Heights have recently fallen under the control of “armed elements of the [Syrian] opposition,” the UN wouldn’t say which group it is.
Iraq
US considering new relief mission in Iraq
Libya
Recent Libya fighting ‘unprecedented in gravity,’ warns outgoing UN envoy
Islamic State
Syria’s brutal war threatens international peace and security, says UN rights panel