Iraq & Syrian Civil Wars - Page 273

Jihadists resumed bombings against historic sites in Nineveh and destroyed remains of the ancient wall of Mosul, specialized sources reported today; while politicians accused the United States of hampering the counterterrorist fight.
A historian living in Mosul, the second largest in Iraq, told the publication Shafaq News that militants of the Islamic State (IS) destroyed on Tuesday night much of the historic city wall located on Tahrir neighborhood on the left coast of Mosul.

Using a great amount of explosives, 'Takfirists' (Sunni Islamic terrorists) blew pieces of the wall considered the most important historical monument of the Iraqui province and the whole region, dating back to the civilization of the Assyrian kings in the eighth century BC.

Since the beginning of the attacks in June 2014, Jihadists of DAESH, the Arabic acronym of IS, have reduced to ruins numerous archaeological, historical and religious sites of great historical value in Mosul.

BARCELONA, Spain – Italy is bolstering its role in the fight against the Islamic State (ISIS), helping Iraq and the Kurdistan Region contain the radical group that poses a global threat.

“I think Italy is providing and could provide an important contribution to benefit the local Kurdish security forces, which are on the frontline of the fight against terrorism,” Carmelo Ficarra, the head of the Italian Consular Office in Erbil, told Rudaw in an interview.

Francesca Manenti, an analyst at the Rome-based Centro StudiInternazionali (Ce.S.I), also noted the strategic role the Kurdistan Region is playing in the war against the insurgents.

“Any advance of the Islamic State in the autonomous Kurdistan Region would, no doubt, seriously damage not only Western countries but the entire international community, which unanimously recognizes the danger of strengthening the jihadist group in the Middle East,” she said.

“The loss of Iraqi Kurdistan would represent a major setback to the strategy to combat the Islamic State and would remove an actor whose political and economic role is absolutely strategic within the region,” Manenti told Rudaw.

Iraqi media reported this month that Italy has dispatched three reconnaissance planes to assist Iraqi forces detect ISIS sites in the vast territory the militant group occupies in the country. Rome has also provided the Iraqi army and Kurdish Peshmerga forces with more weapons and training.

“Italy has made an important political commitment towards the Kurdistan Regional Government,” said Ficarra.

BEIRUT: Activists say Syrian opposition fighters have detonated a large amount of explosives in a tunnel under an army post in the northwestern province of Idlib, inflicting heavy casualties on the government troops.

Idlib-based activist Ibrahim Ismail says the blast was followed by intense clashes as the rebels launched an attack to retake the Arbaeen Mountain area early Friday.

The Assault on Jabal Al-Araba'een, Idlib, Syria.

What's left of Kobane.

On February 02 2015 01:01 KwarK wrote:
"A message to the government of Japan" written in both English and Arabic. I'm not sure they know exactly where Japan is.

On February 02 2015 16:30 Shake n Blake wrote:


God dammit I always knew these so-called moderate rebels groups were not to be trusted. Arming them was the worst idea to come out of our foreign policy since this conflict began.

FSA fires a hell cannon at building being used by regime forces in Aleppo, collapsing it.

Jabhat al-Nusra honors the one month anniversary of the takeover of Wadi al-Dayf and Hamidiyah, taking a tour of the markets in the now consolidated town of Ma'arat al-Numan, Idlib.

On February 04 2015 02:37 frontliner2 wrote:
Jordanian Pilot caged and burned alive. I thought I'd spoiler this. I love how since the Arab Spring Sunni Islam is becoming more and more modern by the day.

+ Show Spoiler +

On February 04 2015 05:41 WhiteDog wrote:

What the hell is this ? Is this real ?