Islamic State Deploys Chemical Weapons, Truck Bombs, as Fighting Continues
The Islamic State reportedly used a mustard agent against Kurdish force in Erbil, Iraq August 14, 2015. In 2013, the...
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Only 60 Syrians have Received US Training to Combat Islamic State
On July 7, US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter told the Senate Armed Services Committee that the US has only trained...
US continues to reject support to Kurds amidst success against Islamic State
More than 600 Islamic State militants stormed Kurdish villages late Sunday night, leaving three villages: Mujamaa al-Shahid, Mariyam Beg and...
ISIS Stays on the Offensive
An important part of the strategy of Islamic State (ISIS) is staying on the offensive. On May 18, the Kurdish...
Shia Militia Leader Explodes Over Possibility of U.S. Support for Kurdish Forces
Shia leader Moqtada Al-Sadr, head of the Jaish al-Mahdi (JAM), issued a stark denunciation of the U.S. Defense Bill currently...
Iraqi Forces Victorious in Baiji but Fighting for Lives in Anbar
Iraqi security forces, with the help of U.S.-led coalition airstrikes, retook the country’s largest oil refinery this past weekend in...
Kurds Take Kobani – What’s Next?
On January 26th, Kurdish resistance fighters ousted Islamic State fighters from the northern Syrian city of Kobani, a day after...
Why the Yazidis?
There are those in the policy community who seem a little out of sorts because the President has (after great...