The Levant News

[...] BY ELIAS GROLLFEBRUARY for FOREIGN POLICY – A 22-minute video released Tuesday by the Islamic State shows the execution of captured Jordanian pilot Moaz al-Kasasbeh as he is burned alive in a [...]

[...] Reuters – Islamic State militants struck at Kurdish forces southwest of the Iraqi city of Kirkuk on Friday morning, [...]

[...] Reuters – The militant group Islamic State released an online video on Tuesday purporting to show two Japanese captives and threatening [...]

[...] woman on death row for her role in a 2005 suicide bomb attack if a Jordanian pilot captured by Islamic State was released. Government spokesman Mohammad al-Momani made no mention of Japanese hostage [...]

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[...] Reuters – The Yazidi family mourned her death, assuming she had been killed by Islamic State militants or exposure to the blistering summer sun in northwest Iraq, but 15-year-old Suad Shaker [...]

[...] as a cautious reformer even as the Arab Spring revolts toppled heads of state and Islamic State militants threatened the Muslim establishment that he represented, died on Friday, according to a [...]

[...] has vowed to work with Jordan to secure the release of a Japanese journalist held by Islamic State militants after the killing last week of another Japanese captive, but it reiterated that it would [...]

[...] A member of the Kurdish security forces checks his weapon after previous clashes with Islamic State militants on the outskirts of Kirkuk. (File photo: Reuters) Source: AFP, Kirkuk  -The Islamic State [...]

[...] Source: The Daily Star – Lebanon- Hezbollah fighters attacked an Israeli military convoy Wednesday in the occupied Shebaa Farms, in south Lebanon, killing at least two soldiers [...]

[...] Nasrallah underlined in a fiery speech Friday, two days after its troops ambushed an Israeli military convoy, killing two soldiers. “Don’t try us again,” Nasrallah warned in a televised speech [...]

[...] , denounced Hezbollah’s retaliation two days ago. Hezbollah Wednesday attacked an Israeli military convoy in the occupied Shebaa Farms, killing two soldiers. Siniora said Hezbollah’s [...]

[...] … and the opposition regarding the freeze,” he said. De Mistura said the international community had to make sure that the Syrian conflict did not go in a “backburner,” adding: [...]

[...] monarchy, which brutally crushed the revolt. Last month, the kingdom urged the international community to focus its efforts on combating the “evil theocracy” of jihadi groups such as [...]

[...] on the ground Instead while providing different sides with lethal aid, members of the international community seem to find it possible to claim that they want to see the conflict settled as soon as [...]

[...] demand the immediate release of the Japanese citizens unharmed,” Abe said. “The international community needs to respond firmly and cooperate without caving into terrorism.” The video [...]

[...] Hammond said it would be months before Iraqi troops were sufficiently trained by the international coalition to take on Isis. Some of the Iraqi army disbanded and fled when Isis advanced through the [...]

[...] . Bahrain, home to the U.S. Fifth Fleet, is among the countries that have joined the international coalition against ISIS in Syria and Iraq. Bahrain’s interior ministry announced that authorities [...]

[...] fratricidal war has been dramatically aggravated by the spread of the ISIS. International coalition airstrikes do not appear to be effective – nor does the position taken. Instead it [...]

[...] in Maqtala because of the threat of mines and car bombs,” he added. The advance by Kurdish fighters came after 24 hours of heavy bombing by the U.S.-led coalition fighting ISIS in Syria [...]

[...] has frequently been pictured on social media in Iraq with pro-government forces, including Kurdish fighters and Shiite militia units in battle areas. “Considering the heavy defeats suffered by Daesh [...]

[...] in Tal al-Ward, Maktab Khalid and Mullah Abdullah. Medical sources said at least four Kurdish fighters were killed in the fighting, including senior commander Brigadier Sherko Fatih, and at least [...]