Now ISIS wants to introduce its own currency: Plans to bring back solid gold and silver dinar coins announced in Iraqi mosques *ISIS said to be planning to introduce its own currency to areas it controls *Militants allegedly want to bring back the dinar - an ancient Islamic currency *The original d
The teacher, quite a young woman, was neatly dressed in a long coat and skirt, with her hair covered by a plain, tightly wrapped white scarf. She doesn't want me to identify her because it could lead to trouble. She works at a school in Qaboun, a suburb of Damascus that is controlled by a rebel...
http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/78909000/jpg/_78909037_024498482-1.jpg The 50 troops will advise Iraqi forces fighting Islamic State but will not engage in combat The US has deployed 50 troops to an air base in Iraq's troubled Anbar province to help in the fight against Islamic State (IS)
Staffan de Mistura in Syria to push for plan that would "freeze" fighting in some areas, including Aleppo. http://www.aljazeera.com/mritems/Images/2014/11/10/20141110135921766734_20.jpg Staffan de Mistura, the UN envoy for Syria, has met Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus, pu
http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/141102120723-rand-paul-ferguson-story-top.jpg Rand Paul: War on ISIS is illegal Washington (CNN) -- Sen. Rand Paul declared the war against ISIS "illegal" in a new opinion piece Monday, urging conservatives to speak out against President Barack O
http://vid.alarabiya.net/images/2013/02/14/9d1f8e52-50a2-42d5-a93d-a7be1929d68b/9d1f8e52-50a2-42d5-a93d-a7be1929d68b_16x9_600x338.jpg Twenty-four Iraqi pilots are in the F-16 training pipeline in the United States, the Air Force said. (Reuters) Iraqi F-16 fighters whose delivery has been delayed
By Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi Jihadist groups analyst http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/78896000/jpg/_78896308_96621c14-d5f2-4c3d-97fe-74cd08ffeb4c.jpg There has been no official comment from Islamic State about the rumours of al-Baghdadi's death In the wake of US-led air strikes on an Islamic
http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/140930011555-pkg-karadsheh-jordan-isis-threat-00002108-story-top.jpg Support for ISIS growing in Jordan Ma'an, Jordan (CNN) -- The quiet, sandy streets of the southern Jordanian city of Ma'an belie the pro-jihadi sentiments simmering just under the surface
Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi: Wounded, dead or missed entirely by U.S. airstrikes? http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=http://img.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_908w/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2014/07/05/Production/Daily/A-Section/Images/Mideast_Iraq-0267b.jpg&w=1484 Isl
CAIRO — An Egyptian militant group that has waged a deadly campaign mostly against local security forces released an audio statement early Monday pledging its allegiance to the Islamic State, the extremist group fighting in Iraq and Syria. The statement, released on a Twitter account associated
http://img.rt.com/files/news/2d/75/c0/00/israel-images-isis-iraq.si.jpg Israel has been aiding the US military campaign against Islamic State militants in Iraq by providing Washington with intelligence information – including satellite images detailing extremists' positions and movements. A di
http://vid.alarabiya.net/images/2014/11/09/3074a69f-b972-4d25-bc9b-91fdf347dba5/3074a69f-b972-4d25-bc9b-91fdf347dba5_16x9_600x338.jpg Bush, 68, who was speaking to U.S. network CBS News in a two-part interview, said that he believed he had taken “the right decision” to take over Iraq in 2003.
CNN) -- The top U.S. military commander in the fight against ISIS said airstrikes are working to erode the terror group's capabilities and warned militants that the U.S. military is listening to them. Army Gen. Lloyd Austin, who heads the U.S. Central Command, made those remarks at an event Thursd
http://i.ytimg.com/vi/TRSn0axf83k/0.jpg US unable to confirm if Isis leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi among casualties, amid warning that Isis leadership would regenerate A key aide to the leader of Islamic State (Isis) has been killed in a US strike on a convoy near the Iraqi city of Mosul that dest
10 World’s Oldest Cities 1. Damascus, Syria http://cdn.womanitely.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Damascus-Syria.jpg Being the capital of Syria, Damascus is also the largest city of the country, with the population of over 4.5 million people. The history of the city goes back to the 10,000-8,000
http://cdn.rt.com/files/opinionpost/31/a1/b0/00/afghanistan-us-equipment-money.si.jpg How does the military lose half a billion dollars worth of equipment in one year? That’s the question Pentagon auditors are asking after it was revealed that US military equipment worth $420 million went miss
How the U.S. and five ‘terrorist groups’ are on the same side in war against the Islamic State http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=http://img.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_908w/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2014/07/10/Editorial-Opinion/Images/Nic6347086-2725.jpg&w=1484 Shiite Muslim
https://s.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/QNMIhpTN79nppHM0zDi1Aw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTMwMztweW9mZj0wO3E9NzU7dz00NTA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-11-07T122318Z_1_LYNXMPEAA60HC_RTROPTP_2_MIDEAST-CRISIS.JPG An Islamic State flag flies atop a building on the east side of the badl
http://www.gannett-cdn.com/-mm-/33f4ed00697a62b71619ff06b2aeca22bdd6d385/c=117-0-1480-1025&r=x404&c=534x401/local/-/media/USATODAY/USATODAY/2014/11/07/635509745761641823-AP-ADDITION-MIDEAST-SYRIA-IRAQ-US-AIRSTRIKES-68413462.jpg WASHINGTON — U.S. airstrikes have hammered Islamic State fi
The U.S. military will boost its effort to help Iraqi forces confront Islamic State militants in the coming weeks, deploying 1,500 more troops to the country. (Reuters) http://media.skynews.com/media/images/generated/2014/11/7/348243/default/v1/obamrass-1-480x360.jpg The President discussed the I