par This Is Beirut, 29/06 13:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Daesh fighters have killed nearly 4,100 people in Syria since 2019 when the jihadists lost their last stronghold in the country, a war monitor said Saturday. Daesh overran large swathes of Syria and Iraq in 2014, proclaiming a so-called caliphate and launching a reign of terror in June of that year. In March 2019, the jihadist group lost its ...
par This Is Beirut, 10/07 14:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi Daesh iraq Syria Turkey
An Iraqi court has sentenced to death a wife of slain Islamic State group leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi on charges of detaining Yazidi women, the judiciary said on Wednesday. The wife of the polygamous Baghdadi was brought back to Iraq after being detained in Turkey, judicial sources told AFP under cover of anonymity because they were not ...
par This Is Beirut, 31/08 10:14 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
A joint operation by American and Iraqi forces killed 15 members of the Islamic State group in western Iraq, with seven US troops injured during the operation, US Central Command (CENTCOM) said Friday. The raid targeted Islamic State leaders and was carried out early Thursday morning, resulting "in the death of 15 Daesh operatives" with "no ...
par This Is Beirut, 08/09 21:29 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Iraq and the United States have agreed on a phased pullout of the US-led anti-jihadist coalition but have yet to sign a final agreement, the Iraqi defence minister said Sunday. The United States has some 2,500 troops in Iraq and 900 in Syria as part of the international coalition against the Daesh. They have been engaged in months of talks with ...
