ISIS

The child soldier posed for the camera, holding a machine-gun and wearing black clothes and army boots. He refused to give his name or his age, but it was obvious from his appearance – his facial hair barely grown – that he was only a teenager. The boy fights along with Hashd Al Ameriat – a shia militia. The […]

The stalled battle to retake the Iraqi city of Fallujah from ISIS has given way to another grim development: accusations of human rights abuses against fleeing refugees by pro-Iraqi government forces. The largely Shia militia group officially known as Hashd al-Shaabi or Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), headed by Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, a U.S.-designated terrorist has, according to the United […]

The makeshift mortar looked like something from an old pirate ship, and it took the Kurdish fighters several days to figure out how to use the improvised weapon seized in a skirmish with ISIS. When they finally did, they crouched behind sandbags and launched a series of homemade shells found with the device at a […]

After the fighting we head in to search buildings for any valuable resources that we turn over to the Peshmerga. After we complete our SSE (Search and Seizure of Equipment) our team exfils through an alternate route that is occupied by Hastalshabi forces (Shia militia), we were an unwelcome presence to them for sure. Image courtesy […]

Last year the Iraqi military took delivery of three Chinese CH-4 Cai Hong drones, an aircraft that, according to its creators, is better than the American MQ-1B Predator. That claim is now being put to the test as the drones carry out strikes against ISIS with bombs and laser-guided missiles. The CH-4s are flying from Al-Hayy airbase in support […]

BBC brings you footage of the pilots that are fighting to rid Fallujah of ISIS. Fallujah has been a major stronghold of ISIS in Iraq and the loss of this territory will be significant in the war on ISIS in Iraq. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDIC8xl0RdM Image courtesy of Reuters

Daesh used more than 30 car bombs in its Ramadi offensive. Many of these involved armored U.S. HMMWVs and some of the bombs were large enough to level an entire city block.

In support of Operation Inherent Resolve, F/A-18 Super Hornet jets and E-2C Hawkeye aircraft launch from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) on June 4, 2016.

An exhausted and ill-equipped Iraqi Army faces daunting obstacles on the battlefield that will most likely delay for months a long-planned major offensive on the Islamic State stronghold of Mosul, American and allied officials say. The delay is expected despite American efforts to keep Iraq’s creaky war machine on track. Although President Obama vowed to end the United […]

Syrian troops reached the edge of the northern province of Raqqa on Saturday, home to the de facto capital of the Islamic State group’s self-styled caliphate, in a push that leaves the extremists fighting fierce battles on four fronts in Syria and neighboring Iraq. IS, which controls large swaths of territory in both countries, is […]

In the last week, Russia has stepped up its attacks in northern and western Syria, and the U.S. has cried foul, claiming Russia is only pretending to target terrorists. “Despite claims they are focusing on [al Qaeda in Syria] and [ISIS], Russia and [Syrian President Bashar al-] Assad have primarily targeted the moderate opposition,” a […]

Abdullah has utilized his trade connections with Syria as well as known smugglers to track down the girls and bring them home.