Iraqi families displaced by the Isis offensive in Mosul and northern Iraq at a refugee camp near Irbil. Photograph: Kamal Akrayi/EPA Jul 24, 2014, The Guardian The militant group Islamic State (Isis) has ordered all girls and women in and around Iraq‘s northern city of Mosul to undergo female genital …

Jul 23, 2014 This video shows excerpts from an interview with Iraqi Christians from Mosul who fled their city after the Wahhabi terrorist group, the Islamic State – formerly known as ISIL (Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant), gave the city’s Christians an ultimatum of a few hours to …

Jul 19, 2014 Iraqi Christians are fleeing Mosul after Islamist militants threatened to kill them unless they converted to Islam or paid the Jizya “protection tax”. A statement issued by the Islamic State – formerly known as the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) – was read out …

Jul 22, 2014 The so-called “moderate” terrorists that Obama wants to give $500 million of US taxpayers money recently filmed themselves blowing up a gas pipeline that runs along the Damascus-Qaryatein road in the eastern Homs countryside. The gas pipeline is vital to many industries operating in the area and …

Jul 13, 2014, Global Research The pretext for bombing and shelling Gaza was the death of three Israeli teenagers allegedly killed by Hamas. ‘Operation Protective Edge (OPE)  directed against Gaza is reminiscent of the infamous 2001 Dagan Plan entitled “Operation Justified Vengeance” in which the deaths of innocent Israeli civilians …

Jul 8, 2014, Al Alam Terrorist groups fighting against the Syrian government say they have received the second batch of US-made anti-tank missiles. According to the Saudi daily Akkaz, the Takfiri militants have received TOW anti-tank rockets in the strategic Qalamoun region. On April 15, an unnamed militant source said …

July 2, 2014, RT.com Sunni ISIS jihadists are recruiting children as young as 10 years old to fight for an Islamic state in Iraq and Syria. While there are boys who voluntarily join the ISIS, there are many more who are being forced to fight for jihad. 10-year old Abdullah …

Jun 26, 2014, Global Research Few people, if any, would argue the existence of the ISIS terrorists.  Fewer still doubt the origins and motivation of the group.  Appearing on CNN’s “State of the Union” Senator Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) said: “I think we have to understand first how we got here,” …

Jun 28, 2014, James F. Tracy and Prof Michel Chossudovsky, Global Research James Tracy is joined by Michel Chossudovsky, award-winning author and editor of Global Research. Together they discuss the phenomenon of manufactured dissent, contemporary independent news media , and the prospects for challenging corporate media disinformation, American imperialism, and …

Jun 30, 2014, al Akhbar Militant Islamist fighters held a parade in Syria’s northern Raqqa province to celebrate their declaration of an Islamic “caliphate” after the group captured territory in neighboring Iraq, a monitoring service said. The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) posted pictures online on Sunday of …