Map of Foreign Fighters in Syria
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This map is hilarious in one respect: 247 Iraqi foreign fighters joined IS in Syria and Iraq. Really?
ISIS/ISIL conflict in Syria/Iraq (No OpEd, No Politics)
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This map is hilarious in one respect: 247 Iraqi foreign fighters joined IS in Syria and Iraq. Really?
Miragedriver
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Well, they do not make maps like the used to. jejeje
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Miragedriver
Brigadier
At first I thought this was a joke, but it is true!
has opened a five-star hotel boasting excellent TripAdvisor reviews for its commanders in Mosul.
According to , the jihadist group has reopened the Ninawa Hotel in second-largest city.
In published prior to Isil's seizure of vast swathes of Iraq including Mosul last year, the hotel received four reviews, all marking it as "Excellent".
One user described it as "very suitable for a family meet" with a "nice wedding room", while another praised the "affordable room rate" and facilities including a swimming pool, tennis court and gym
Images published online appeared to show jihadists destroying and painting over the hotel's friezes, which would be consider heretical under Isil's strict brand of fundamentalist Islam.
Isil opens five star hotel in Mosul
Isil had previously forced the closure of all hotels in lands it captured in and Iraq.
The hotel , but it will also cater for weddings.
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has opened a five-star hotel boasting excellent TripAdvisor reviews for its commanders in Mosul.
According to , the jihadist group has reopened the Ninawa Hotel in second-largest city.
In published prior to Isil's seizure of vast swathes of Iraq including Mosul last year, the hotel received four reviews, all marking it as "Excellent".
One user described it as "very suitable for a family meet" with a "nice wedding room", while another praised the "affordable room rate" and facilities including a swimming pool, tennis court and gym
Images published online appeared to show jihadists destroying and painting over the hotel's friezes, which would be consider heretical under Isil's strict brand of fundamentalist Islam.
Isil opens five star hotel in Mosul
Isil had previously forced the closure of all hotels in lands it captured in and Iraq.
The hotel , but it will also cater for weddings.
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Miragedriver
Brigadier
However, this is more the reality of Isil
Islamic State seen stoning a man to death who was charged with being “Homosexual” in the front of civilians east of Homs
Picture: Kurdistan News
Islamic State fighters in a show of force in the Syrian city of Raqqah, which became their defacto headquarters in the country in 2013. Effectively a safe haven for the group, it is to here that many young volunteers both male and female - including Britons - are lured by online recruiters.
Picture: AP
The Islamic State's harsh interpretation of sharia law includes severe penalties for adultery and homosexuality. Here, a man suspected of homosexuality is thrown from the building of a roof in Raqqah. Afterwards his body was stoned.
Picture: Elijah J Magnier
The Islamic State is also trying to establish outposts in other Arab nations. In Libya, an IS cell announced its presence in January by issuing a video showing the beheading of 21 Egyptian Christians who had been kidnapped from Colonel Gaddafi's home city of Sirte. They had been living there as guest workers.
Picture: Rex
When the Islamic State carried out its take-over of northern Iraq in June 2014, Iraq's army proved unable to stop them. Many captured soldiers were summarily executed. The Islamic State views Iraq's mainly Shia Muslim army as a tool of neighbouring Iran.
Picture: Welayat Salahuddin via AFP
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Islamic State seen stoning a man to death who was charged with being “Homosexual” in the front of civilians east of Homs
Picture: Kurdistan News
Islamic State fighters in a show of force in the Syrian city of Raqqah, which became their defacto headquarters in the country in 2013. Effectively a safe haven for the group, it is to here that many young volunteers both male and female - including Britons - are lured by online recruiters.
Picture: AP
The Islamic State's harsh interpretation of sharia law includes severe penalties for adultery and homosexuality. Here, a man suspected of homosexuality is thrown from the building of a roof in Raqqah. Afterwards his body was stoned.
Picture: Elijah J Magnier
The Islamic State is also trying to establish outposts in other Arab nations. In Libya, an IS cell announced its presence in January by issuing a video showing the beheading of 21 Egyptian Christians who had been kidnapped from Colonel Gaddafi's home city of Sirte. They had been living there as guest workers.
Picture: Rex
When the Islamic State carried out its take-over of northern Iraq in June 2014, Iraq's army proved unable to stop them. Many captured soldiers were summarily executed. The Islamic State views Iraq's mainly Shia Muslim army as a tool of neighbouring Iran.
Picture: Welayat Salahuddin via AFP
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Miragedriver
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SAA's Amazons
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ShahryarHedayat
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thunderchief
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SAA armor tactics - they provide cover and suppressing fire for self-propelled guns and tanks with lighter anti-aircraft weapons :
Just as in the Ukraine thread, I would like to view recent developments in this conflict, through the Prism of the Sochi Summit.
It is always interesting when there is a dramatic event on the ground, straight after a Superpower Summit and I see this as no exception.
News today is that Ramadi has fallen and Iraq is mobilising its "Iran backed Shia Militia".
Is this war another problem that the US and Russia have agreed to make go away?
If so then the door has been opened for none US objection for the Shia militia and maybe actual Iranian forces themselves to go fully on the offensive against Isis, in a fully Strategic Campaign, as opposed to the limited Tactical operations seen to date.
This is an interesting question, as a Strategic campaign will not stop at the Iraq/Syria border but will continue across it, until the job is finished and the allies able to relink territorially.
Watch the next moves very, very closely!
It is always interesting when there is a dramatic event on the ground, straight after a Superpower Summit and I see this as no exception.
News today is that Ramadi has fallen and Iraq is mobilising its "Iran backed Shia Militia".
Is this war another problem that the US and Russia have agreed to make go away?
If so then the door has been opened for none US objection for the Shia militia and maybe actual Iranian forces themselves to go fully on the offensive against Isis, in a fully Strategic Campaign, as opposed to the limited Tactical operations seen to date.
This is an interesting question, as a Strategic campaign will not stop at the Iraq/Syria border but will continue across it, until the job is finished and the allies able to relink territorially.
Watch the next moves very, very closely!
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I suspect that the answer to this one, lies in the "no show" US/GCC summit at Camp David last week.
I suspect that the answer to this one, lies in the "no show" US/GCC summit at Camp David last week.
Miragedriver
Brigadier
Iraqi fighters of the Shiite militia Asaib Ahl al-Haq (The League of the Righteous) stand guard outside their headquarters in Basra, as Shiite militias converged on Ramadi in a bid to recapture it from Isil jihadists
Picture: Mohammed Ali Haidar/AFP
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