Saudis Bombed Houthis in Yemen for Years, Now Urge U.S. to Show ‘Restraint’
Saudi Arabia issued a statement calling for “restraint and avoiding escalation” on Friday in response to American airstrikes in Yemen.
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Satellites Show Hundreds of Makeshift Islamic State Oil Refineries in Iraq
Satellite images show that the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) has constructed hundreds of makeshift refineries in Iraq to offset the losses from U.S.-led airstrikes against the oil infrastructure that fuels and funds the jihadist group to the tune of tens of millions of dollars per month.
Monitor: Russian, French Airstrikes Drive ISIS Leaders out of Syria’s Raqqa
Heavy bombing by French and Russian warplanes has prompted dozens of Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) leaders to flee Raqqa, Syria, the jihadist group’s de facto capital, according to a monitor group.
NYT: Arab Allies Vanish from Anti-ISIS Air War
Arab allies have largely abandoned the U.S.-led air campaign against the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) in Iraq and Syria as America gets ready to escalate airstrikes against the jihadist group, reports The New York Times (NYT).
Def Sec: U.S. Needs ‘Much More Than Airstrikes’ To Defeat ISIS
U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter, while addressing the Reagan National Defense Forum, said the United States needs “much more than airstrikes” to defeat the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) in Iraq and Syria.
Australia Might Join in Airstrikes Against ISIS in Syria
Prime Minister Tony Abbott confirmed that Australia might join the U.S.-led coalition against the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL/IS) in Syria along Turkey’s border.
Report: ISIS Claims to Have Taken Kurdish Peshmerga Fighter Hostage
The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) executed several Kurdish Peshmerga troops and took one hostage amid deadly clashes between the two groups near the oil-rich Iraqi city of Kirkuk, social media accounts linked to the jihadist group claimed, according to Rudaw
Report: Turkey Denies ISIS Attacked Kobani from Within Its Borders
The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) reportedly attacked the Syrian border town of Kobani from Turkey, an allegation that Ankara “strongly” denies.
Report: U.S. Pilots Waging Anti-ISIS War Claim ‘Micromanaging’ Slowing Them Down
American military pilots charged with carrying out airstrikes against the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) in Iraq and Syria are complaining that stringent rules of engagement are interfering with their mission, Fox News reports.
Iraqi Government: US Airstrike Kills ISIS Governor of Mosul
While the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL/IS) has made major inroads in the city of Ramadi and territories increasingly close to the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, Kurdish forces backed by American airstrikes have reported major progress in the north of the country, with the Iraqi government reporting that an American airstrike has killed the ISIS governor of Mosul.
Centcom: No Indication Civilians Killed in U.S.-Led Airstrikes in Northern Syria
The American military has denied an activist group’s report that civilians were killed in U.S.-led coalition airstrikes last week on a northern Syrian village controlled by the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL).
ISIS Storms Iraq’s Largest Oil Refinery After U.S. Military Says Group Is Weakening
A spokesman for U.S. Central Command (Centcom), which oversees American-led airstrikes against the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL), told reporters that that the jihadist group was on the defensive and losing territory in Iraq.
Kurds Backed by U.S.-Led Airstrikes Push ISIS Out of Kobani
Kurdish forces backed by U.S.-led airstrikes drove Islamic State jihadists out of the strategic Syrian town of Kobani along the Turkish border, after months of fighting.
