Last weekend, the Nigerian terror group Boko Haram made a pledge of loyalty to ISIS in Iraq. And yesterday, ISIS spokesman Abu al-Adnani announced that they had accepted the group’s pledge, saying that they had “expanded” to West Africa. Previously, Al Adnani had...
Earlier today, President Obama opened the door to ground combat operations against ISIS, asking Congress to formally authorize military force against the militants. If left unchecked, he said, ISIS will continue to pose a threat, and not just in the Middle East....
According to Karwan Zebari, a top Kurdish representative to the US, the Obama administration isn’t doing enough to supply weapons to Kurdish resistance forces in their fight against ISIS, hinting that other nations may be sending the Kurds more support than the...
As the situation in Iraq has escalated, the UN announced yesterday that the situation is a “Level 3 Emergency”, which will trigger additional goods, funds and assets to respond to the needs of the displaced. Earlier today, clashes between Iraqi troops and ISIS west...
