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ISIL planning subway attacks in US, France: Iraqi PM
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi says his country’s intelligence sources have warned of ISIL plans to carry out attacks on subway systems…
Iran’s coverage: Leader dismisses US-led coalition against ISIL as “absurd, biased”
Daily look at Iran’s late-breaking news and upcoming events: Supreme Leader: ISIL backbone broken by Iraqi people, army not by US…
U.S. rules out military coordination with Iran
(Reuters) – The United States on Monday ruled out any possibility of future military coordination with Iran in a U.S.-led coalition against Islamic State…
Supreme Leader: ISIL backbone broken by Iraqi people, army not by US
TEHRAN (FNA)- The Iranian Supreme Leader said listening to the US claims about its war on the Islamic State of Iraq and…
Obama can’t destroy the Islamic State without Iran’s help
Is America at war with the Islamic State? On Friday, White House spokesman Josh Earnest said as much. “In the same way…
Iran daily: Tehran continues its attacks on US over Iraq
Continuing their competition with the US over intervention in Iraq, Iran’s officials have said that Washington’s coalition for action against the jihadist…
Islamic State bombs Iraq oil refinery as U.S. hardens stance
Islamic State militants set fire to an oil storage tank at Iraq’s largest refinery as the U.S. prepares to escalate the campaign against…
Protesters blast US plan to launch airstrikes in Syria
A group of peace activists gathered in the US city of New York to denounce President Barack Obama’s plan to launch airstrikes…
Kerry in Ankara talks as Turkey refuses bases for strikes on IS
Ankara (AFP) – US Secretary of State John Kerry is to fly to Ankara Friday for urgent talks after Turkey refused to…
Iran’s coverage: Iran questions sincerity of US-led coalition against ISIL
Daily look at Iran’s late-breaking news and upcoming events: Iran voices doubt over sincerity of US-led coalition against ISIL Iran’s foreign…
Iran voices doubt over sincerity of US-led coalition against ISIL
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran’s foreign ministry spokeswoman questioned the sincerity of the US-led coalition against the ISIL terrorist group. “The international coalition…
Obama outlining mission to fight Islamic militants
WASHINGTON (AP) — In an address to the nation, President Barack Obama will outline an expanded military and political effort to combat…
The virtue of subtlety: A U.S. strategy against the Islamic State
U.S. President Barack Obama said recently that he had no strategy as yet toward the Islamic State but that he would present…
Obama to reveal Isis strategy – but pledges ‘no Iraq war’
The Arab League calls for members to support efforts against Isis, as Obama seeks to widen coalition against the extremists Barack Obama will…
U.S. airstrikes hit Haditha Dam in western Iraq
The United States has begun carrying out air strikes near Iraq’s Haditha Dam which was under threat from Islamic State in Iraq…
Obama pledges to ‘destroy’ Islamic State
The US will fight the Islamic State until it is no longer a force in the Middle East, President Barack Obama said…
ISIL kills US journalist reporting its victories: Report
American journalist Steven Sotloff, who was recently executed in Syria by the ISIL Takfiri group, was reportedly in the crisis-hit country to report…
US airstrikes will not eradicate terrorism in region: Iran Majlis speaker
Iran’s Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani says the US military air campaign against ISIL Takfiri terrorists in the region are futile as airstrikes cannot eradicate terrorism…
Obama vows justice over Foley beheading
US President Barack Obama has promised to address the threat posed by the ISIL militant group and their beheading of American journalist…
White House strongly hints US will strike ISIL in Syria
The White House says the United States is considering taking the fight against ISIL militants into Syria after targeting the terrorist group…
Islamic State poses imminent threat to U.S., Hagel says
The militant Islamic State poses an “imminent threat” to the U.S. and may take years to defeat, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said.…
Obama says attacks on Iraq militants unaltered by killing
President Barack Obama said the beheading of a U.S. journalist by Islamic radicals won’t deter him from a bombing campaign aimed at halting their…
Islamic extremist video shows beheading of U.S. reporter
Islamic militants released a video showing the beheading of a man they said was kidnapped U.S. journalist James Foley and threatened to…
US targets ISIL in Iraq for to safeguard own interests: Analyst
A political analyst says the US bombards targets of the ISIL militants in Iraq for the sake of its own interests not…
Obama says U.S. to keep up airstrikes to halt militants
President Barack Obama said the U.S. will continue “limited” airstrikes against Islamic State militants, which have stopped their advance on the city of Erbil…
Public offers support for Obama’s Iraq intervention
Despite rising criticism of his foreign policy — even from his former secretary of state — President Barack Obama’s decision last week…
Iraq’s largest dam new focus of expanding U.S. airstrikes
The U.S. targeted Sunni militants’ positions near Iraq’s largest dam in a sign of the expanding reach of airstrikes designed to push back…
U.S. said to carry out airstrikes in north Iraq
The U.S. carried out airstrikes on Islamic State targets in northern Iraq to protect Yezidis and prevent damage to a critical dam, according to…
U.S. rescue mission of displaced Iraqis unlikely
The United States says a rescue mission of displaced people from Mount Sinjar in northern Iraq is unlikely after determining there are…
Judiciary chief views US attacks on ISIL in Iraq as trickery
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran’s Judiciary Chief Sadeq Amoli Larijani described the recent US attacks against the positions of the Islamic State of Iraq…
Congress on board with Obama’s Iraq plans
WASHINGTON (AP) — Little of the impassioned debate that fractured lawmakers last year over possible military intervention in Syria is happening now…
US deploys 130 more troops in Iraq
TEHRAN, Aug. 13 (MNA) – The Pentagon has described the mission of US troops a temporary mission to assess the scope of…
US raids in Iraq show of double standards: Iran speaker
The Iranian Majlis speaker says the sudden decision by the US to militarily intervene in Iraq after its inaction regarding the massacres…
Pentagon says airstrikes have slowed but not stopped Sunni militants
WASHINGTON — Four days of airstrikes have slowed the progress of Sunni militants laying siege to refugees on Mount Sinjar and advancing…
Iraq crisis deepens; US directly arms Kurds
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s president snubbed incumbent Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and picked another politician to form the next government Monday, setting…
Kuwaiti airliner reroutes flights to pass through Iran
TEHRAN (FNA)- Kuwait Airways Company said it will no longer overfly Iraq in the wake of the US airstrikes on militants in…
Iranian speaker: US attack on ISIL meant to shift world focus from Israeli crimes in Gaza
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran’s Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani cautioned that the US bombing of ISIL centers in Iraq in recent days was aimed…
Obama calls strikes on ISIS part of long-term project
U.S. President Barack Obama said strikes against militants in Iraq will be “a long-term project,” as he pressed the nation’s leaders to quickly form a more…