Content deleted Content added
2.35.58.16 (talk) |
Scalhotrod (talk | contribs) Reverted 10 pending edits to revision 630081090 by Technophant: sources do not support content |
||
Line 32: | Line 32: | ||
* 8 January: Syrian rebels expelled most ISIL forces from the city of Aleppo.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hardly any Qaeda militants left in Aleppo|url=http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2014/01/08/Syria-jihadist-HQ-in-Aleppo-falls-to-rebels.html|date=8 January 2014|publisher=Al Arabiya|accessdate=21 May 2014}}</ref> However, ISIL reinforcements from Deir ez-Zor province managed to retake several neighborhoods of the city of Ar-Raqqah.<ref>{{cite web|title=Syria: ISIS besieged by opposition fighters in Raqqa|url=http://www.aawsat.net/tag/rami-abdelrahman|date=7 January 2014|work=Asharq Al-Awsat|accessdate=16 July 2014}}</ref> By mid-January ISIL fighters had retaken the entire city of Ar-Raqqah, while rebels expelled ISIL from the city of Aleppo and the villages west of it.{{citation needed|date=July 2014}} |
* 8 January: Syrian rebels expelled most ISIL forces from the city of Aleppo.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hardly any Qaeda militants left in Aleppo|url=http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2014/01/08/Syria-jihadist-HQ-in-Aleppo-falls-to-rebels.html|date=8 January 2014|publisher=Al Arabiya|accessdate=21 May 2014}}</ref> However, ISIL reinforcements from Deir ez-Zor province managed to retake several neighborhoods of the city of Ar-Raqqah.<ref>{{cite web|title=Syria: ISIS besieged by opposition fighters in Raqqa|url=http://www.aawsat.net/tag/rami-abdelrahman|date=7 January 2014|work=Asharq Al-Awsat|accessdate=16 July 2014}}</ref> By mid-January ISIL fighters had retaken the entire city of Ar-Raqqah, while rebels expelled ISIL from the city of Aleppo and the villages west of it.{{citation needed|date=July 2014}} |
||
* 25 January: ISIL announced the creation of its new Lebanese arm, pledging to fight the [[Shia]] militant group [[Hezbollah]] and its supporters in [[Lebanon]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2014/01/al-qaeda-group-says-lebanese-shia-are-targets-201412643312606443.html|title=Al-Qaeda-linked groups expand into Lebanon|publisher=Aljazeera|date=26 January 2014|accessdate=26 January 2014}}</ref> |
* 25 January: ISIL announced the creation of its new Lebanese arm, pledging to fight the [[Shia]] militant group [[Hezbollah]] and its supporters in [[Lebanon]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2014/01/al-qaeda-group-says-lebanese-shia-are-targets-201412643312606443.html|title=Al-Qaeda-linked groups expand into Lebanon|publisher=Aljazeera|date=26 January 2014|accessdate=26 January 2014}}</ref> |
||
* 26 January: The U.S. Congress hold a secret meeting and vote a secret law about Daesh and others anti-Syrians groups.<ref>{{cite web|title=“Congress secretly approves U.S. weapons flow to ’moderate’ Syrian rebels”|url=http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/01/27/us-usa-syria-rebels-idUSBREA0Q1S320140127|publisher=Reuters|accessdate=27 January 2014}}</ref> |
|||
* 26 January: The Al-Arabiya channel broadcast a special interview of an ISIS officer claiming the group is under the command of prince Abdul Rahman al-Faisal, a graduate of Sandhurst military academy, brother of Foreign Affairs Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal, and of Prince Turki al-Faisal, Saudi Ambassador to the United-States and the United-Kingdom.<ref>{{cite web|title=Video|url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlSFjyybo4k}}</ref> |
|||
* 29 January: Turkish aircraft near the border fired on an ISIL convoy inside Aleppo province in Syria, killing 11 ISIL fighters and one ISIL emir.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/2014/01/30/Turkish-army-strikes-ISIS-convoy-in-Syria.html|title=Turkish army strikes ISIS convoy in Syria|date=30 January 2014|publisher=Al Arabiya|accessdate=21 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://eaworldview.com/2014/01/syria-turkey-hits-islamic-state-iraq-convoy-near-border/|title=Syria: Turkey Hits Islamic State of Iraq Convoy Near Border|publisher=EA WorldView|date=29 January 2014|accessdate=20 March 2014}}</ref> |
* 29 January: Turkish aircraft near the border fired on an ISIL convoy inside Aleppo province in Syria, killing 11 ISIL fighters and one ISIL emir.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/2014/01/30/Turkish-army-strikes-ISIS-convoy-in-Syria.html|title=Turkish army strikes ISIS convoy in Syria|date=30 January 2014|publisher=Al Arabiya|accessdate=21 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://eaworldview.com/2014/01/syria-turkey-hits-islamic-state-iraq-convoy-near-border/|title=Syria: Turkey Hits Islamic State of Iraq Convoy Near Border|publisher=EA WorldView|date=29 January 2014|accessdate=20 March 2014}}</ref> |
||
* 30 January: ISIL fired on border patrol soldiers in Turkey. The [[Turkish Army]] retaliated with [[Panter howitzer]]s and destroyed the ISIL convoy.<ref name="Milliyet">{{cite web|title=TSK, IŞİD konvoyunu vurdu|url=http://dunya.milliyet.com.tr/tsk-isid-konvoyunu-vurdu/dunya/detay/1829349/default.htm|work=[[Milliyet]]|accessdate=1 February 2014}}</ref><ref name="DW">{{cite web|title=Türkiye IŞİD konvoyunu vurdu|url=http://www.dw.de/t%C3%BCrkiye-i%C5%9Fid-konvoyunu-vurdu/a-17395425|publisher=dw.de|accessdate=1 February 2014}}</ref><ref name="CNNTURK">{{cite web|title=TSK, Irak-Şam İslam Devleti Örgütü konvoyunu vurdu|url=http://www.cnnturk.com/haber/turkiye/tsk-irak-sam-islam-devleti-orgutu-konvoyunu-vurdu|publisher=[[CNN]] Turkey|accessdate=1 February 2014}}</ref> |
* 30 January: ISIL fired on border patrol soldiers in Turkey. The [[Turkish Army]] retaliated with [[Panter howitzer]]s and destroyed the ISIL convoy.<ref name="Milliyet">{{cite web|title=TSK, IŞİD konvoyunu vurdu|url=http://dunya.milliyet.com.tr/tsk-isid-konvoyunu-vurdu/dunya/detay/1829349/default.htm|work=[[Milliyet]]|accessdate=1 February 2014}}</ref><ref name="DW">{{cite web|title=Türkiye IŞİD konvoyunu vurdu|url=http://www.dw.de/t%C3%BCrkiye-i%C5%9Fid-konvoyunu-vurdu/a-17395425|publisher=dw.de|accessdate=1 February 2014}}</ref><ref name="CNNTURK">{{cite web|title=TSK, Irak-Şam İslam Devleti Örgütü konvoyunu vurdu|url=http://www.cnnturk.com/haber/turkiye/tsk-irak-sam-islam-devleti-orgutu-konvoyunu-vurdu|publisher=[[CNN]] Turkey|accessdate=1 February 2014}}</ref> |
||
Line 54: | Line 52: | ||
=== May 2014 === |
=== May 2014 === |
||
* 1 May: ISIL carried out a total of seven public executions in the city of Ar-Raqqah, in northern Syria.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Abdelaziz|first1=Salma|title=Death and desecration in Syria: Jihadist group 'crucifies' bodies to send message|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2014/05/01/world/meast/syria-bodies-crucifixions/index.html?hpt=hp_c1|accessdate=2 May 2014|publisher=CNN|date=2 May 2014}}</ref> Pictures that emerged from the city show how ISIL had been carrying out public [[crucifixion]]s in areas under its control.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Soffer|first1=Ari|title=Syrian Islamists Stage Public Crucifixions|publisher=Arutz Sheva|date=1 May 2014|url=http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/180137#.U8Z9ILG0D3B|accessdate=2 May 2014}}</ref> In most of these crucifixions, the victims were shot first and their bodies were then displayed,<ref name="CNN crucifixion">{{cite news|last1=Almasy|first1=Steve|title=Group: ISIS 'crucifies' men in public in Syrian towns|url=http://www.cnn.com/2014/06/29/world/meast/syria-reported-crucifixions/|accessdate=30 June 2014|publisher=CNN|date=29 June 2014}}</ref> but there were also reports of crucifixions preceding the victims being shot or decapitated.<ref>{{cite news|title=ISIS terror in and around Rojava, March-April 2014|url=http://kurdistantribune.com/2014/isis-terror-around-rojava-marchapril-diary-of-death/|accessdate=30 June 2014|work=The Kurdistan Tribune|date=13 April 2014}}</ref> |
* 1 May: ISIL carried out a total of seven public executions in the city of Ar-Raqqah, in northern Syria.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Abdelaziz|first1=Salma|title=Death and desecration in Syria: Jihadist group 'crucifies' bodies to send message|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2014/05/01/world/meast/syria-bodies-crucifixions/index.html?hpt=hp_c1|accessdate=2 May 2014|publisher=CNN|date=2 May 2014}}</ref> Pictures that emerged from the city show how ISIL had been carrying out public [[crucifixion]]s in areas under its control.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Soffer|first1=Ari|title=Syrian Islamists Stage Public Crucifixions|publisher=Arutz Sheva|date=1 May 2014|url=http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/180137#.U8Z9ILG0D3B|accessdate=2 May 2014}}</ref> In most of these crucifixions, the victims were shot first and their bodies were then displayed,<ref name="CNN crucifixion">{{cite news|last1=Almasy|first1=Steve|title=Group: ISIS 'crucifies' men in public in Syrian towns|url=http://www.cnn.com/2014/06/29/world/meast/syria-reported-crucifixions/|accessdate=30 June 2014|publisher=CNN|date=29 June 2014}}</ref> but there were also reports of crucifixions preceding the victims being shot or decapitated.<ref>{{cite news|title=ISIS terror in and around Rojava, March-April 2014|url=http://kurdistantribune.com/2014/isis-terror-around-rojava-marchapril-diary-of-death/|accessdate=30 June 2014|work=The Kurdistan Tribune|date=13 April 2014}}</ref> |
||
* 27 May: Leaders of the ISIL, of the Regional Kurdish Iraqi Governement, and of some armed groups, including one of former Saddam Hussein's guards, hold a secret meeting in Amman (Jordan). According to the minutes published by the Turkish newspaper ''Özgür Gündem'', they planned to attack Iraq.<ref>"Yer : Amman, Tarih : 1, Konu : Musul", Akif Serhat, Özgür Gündem, 6 July 2014.</ref> |
|||
=== June 2014 === |
=== June 2014 === |
||
Line 112: | Line 109: | ||
Islamic State killed 700 people from Syrian tribe: monitoring group|publisher=Reuters|date=16 August 2014|accessdate=17 August 2014}}</ref> [[Peshmerga]] troops, aided by the US air campaign, began an offensive to take back the [[Mosul Dam]] from ISIL, amid fears that the destruction of the dam might unleash a 65-foot wave of water that would engulf the city of Mosul and flood Baghdad.<ref>{{cite news|title=Mosul Dam's Takeover by ISIS Raises Risk of Flooding|url=http://online.wsj.com/articles/mosul-dams-takeover-by-isis-raises-risk-of-flooding-1407799954|work=The Wall Street Journal|date=17 August 2014}}{{subscription required}} (Accessible via Google.)</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/world/us-air-strikes-hit-islamic-state-near-mosul-dam-20140817-1050b6.html|title=US air strikes hit Islamic State near Mosul dam|work=Sydney Morning Herald|date=17 August 2014}}</ref> |
Islamic State killed 700 people from Syrian tribe: monitoring group|publisher=Reuters|date=16 August 2014|accessdate=17 August 2014}}</ref> [[Peshmerga]] troops, aided by the US air campaign, began an offensive to take back the [[Mosul Dam]] from ISIL, amid fears that the destruction of the dam might unleash a 65-foot wave of water that would engulf the city of Mosul and flood Baghdad.<ref>{{cite news|title=Mosul Dam's Takeover by ISIS Raises Risk of Flooding|url=http://online.wsj.com/articles/mosul-dams-takeover-by-isis-raises-risk-of-flooding-1407799954|work=The Wall Street Journal|date=17 August 2014}}{{subscription required}} (Accessible via Google.)</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/world/us-air-strikes-hit-islamic-state-near-mosul-dam-20140817-1050b6.html|title=US air strikes hit Islamic State near Mosul dam|work=Sydney Morning Herald|date=17 August 2014}}</ref> |
||
* 18 August: [[Pope Francis]], leader of the world's 1.2 billion Roman Catholics, said that the international community would be justified in stopping Islamist militants in Iraq. He also said that it should not be up to a single nation to decide how to intervene in the conflict.<ref>{{cite news|url= http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/18/pope-francis-2015-us-trip-china-if-permitted||title=Pope Francis hints at US trip, says he would go to China 'tomorrow' if invited|date=18 August 2014|work=The Guardian|accessdate=20 August 2014}}</ref> |
* 18 August: [[Pope Francis]], leader of the world's 1.2 billion Roman Catholics, said that the international community would be justified in stopping Islamist militants in Iraq. He also said that it should not be up to a single nation to decide how to intervene in the conflict.<ref>{{cite news|url= http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/18/pope-francis-2015-us-trip-china-if-permitted||title=Pope Francis hints at US trip, says he would go to China 'tomorrow' if invited|date=18 August 2014|work=The Guardian|accessdate=20 August 2014}}</ref> |
||
* |
*19 August: According to the [[Syrian Observatory for Human Rights|SOHR]], ISIL now has an army of more than 50,000 fighters in Syria.<ref name="ISForceAljazeera">{{cite news|title=Islamic State 'has 50,000 fighters in Syria'|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2014/08/islamic-state-50000-fighters-syria-2014819184258421392.html|accessdate=19 August 2014|publisher=Al Jazeera|date=19 August 2014}}</ref> American journalist [[James Foley (photojournalist)|James Foley]] was beheaded by ISIL on video tape.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2014/08/19/world/meast/isis-james-foley/|title=Video shows ISIS beheading U.S. journalist James Foley|date=19 August 2014|publisher=CNN}}</ref> After three days of fighting, Kursdish Peshmerga and Iraqi Army forces, helped by American air strikes, recaptured the Mosul Dam.<ref>http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-28858601</ref> An attempt by the Iraqi Army to recapture Tikrit was repelled by the ISIL forces.<ref>http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/19/isis-fighters-iraq-army-fails-tikrit</ref> |
||
* |
*20 August: President Obama denounced the "brutal murder of Jim Foley by the terrorist group ISIL."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mediaite.com/online/watch-live-obama-delivers-statement-on-james-foley-killing/|title=Obama James Foley ISIS Statement WATCH LIVE STREAM VIDEO|publisher=Mediaite|date=20 August 2014|accessdate=2014-08-20}}</ref> |
||
* |
*21 August: The [[United States Armed Forces|US military]] admitted that a covert rescue attempt involving [[Special Forces (United States Army)|US Special Operations forces]] had been made to rescue James Foley and other Americans held captive in Syria by ISIL. The ensuing gunfight resulted in one US soldier being injured. The rescue was unsuccessful, as the captives were not in the location targeted. This was the first known engagement by US ground forces with suspected ISIL militants. The US Defense Secretary warned that ISIL were tremendously well-funded, adding, "They have no standard of decency, of responsible human behavior", and that they were an imminent threat to the US.<ref>{{cite web|last=Buel|first=Meredith|url=http://www.voanews.com/content/islamic-state-beyond-just-a-terrorist-group-says-hagel/2423915.html |title=US Defense Secretary Says Islamic State is Imminent Threat |publisher=[[Voice of America]]|date=21 August 2014 |accessdate=27 August 2014}}</ref> |
||
* 22 August: The US is considering airstrikes on ISIL in Syria, which would draw US military forces directly into the [[Syrian Civil War]], as President Obama develops a long-term strategy to defeat ISIL.<ref>{{cite web|last=Nissenbaum |first=Dion |url=http://online.wsj.com/articles/u-s-considers-attacks-on-isis-in-syria-1408751459|title=U.S. Considers Attacks on ISIS in Syria|work=The Wall Street Journal|date=22 August 2014|accessdate=23 August 2014}}{{Subscription required}} Accessible via Google.</ref> As a reprisal of a car bombing which killed three militiamen, members of the Shi'ite al-Zarkoshi militia [[Musab bin Umair mosque massacre|murdered 73 Sunni civilians in the Musab bin Umair mosque]]. |
* 22 August: The US is considering airstrikes on ISIL in Syria, which would draw US military forces directly into the [[Syrian Civil War]], as President Obama develops a long-term strategy to defeat ISIL.<ref>{{cite web|last=Nissenbaum |first=Dion |url=http://online.wsj.com/articles/u-s-considers-attacks-on-isis-in-syria-1408751459|title=U.S. Considers Attacks on ISIS in Syria|work=The Wall Street Journal|date=22 August 2014|accessdate=23 August 2014}}{{Subscription required}} Accessible via Google.</ref> As a reprisal of a car bombing which killed three militiamen, members of the Shi'ite al-Zarkoshi militia [[Musab bin Umair mosque massacre|murdered 73 Sunni civilians in the Musab bin Umair mosque]]. |
||
* 24–25 August: 14 elderly Yazidi men were executed by ISIL in the Sheikh Mand Shrine, and the Jidala village Yazidi shrine was blown up.<ref name="OHCHR"/> |
* 24–25 August: 14 elderly Yazidi men were executed by ISIL in the Sheikh Mand Shrine, and the Jidala village Yazidi shrine was blown up.<ref name="OHCHR"/> |
||
Line 125: | Line 122: | ||
=== September 2014 === |
=== September 2014 === |
||
* 1 September: The German government's [[Cabinet (government)|Cabinet]] decision to arm the Kurdish Peshmerga was ratified in the [[Bundestag]] by a "vast majority" of votes, after an emotional debate.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/kampf-gegen-is-bundestag-debattiert-ueber-waffenlieferungen-a-989279.html |title= Iraq debate in the Bundestag: Good weapons, evil weapons |date=1 September 2014|accessdate=1 September 2014|publisher=[[Spiegel Online]]|first1=Florian|last1=Gathmann|first2=Annett|last2=Meiritz}}</ref> The Yazidi villages of Kotan, Hareko and Kharag Shafrsky were set afire by ISIL.<ref name="OHCHR"/> |
* 1 September: The German government's [[Cabinet (government)|Cabinet]] decision to arm the Kurdish Peshmerga was ratified in the [[Bundestag]] by a "vast majority" of votes, after an emotional debate.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/kampf-gegen-is-bundestag-debattiert-ueber-waffenlieferungen-a-989279.html |title= Iraq debate in the Bundestag: Good weapons, evil weapons |date=1 September 2014|accessdate=1 September 2014|publisher=[[Spiegel Online]]|first1=Florian|last1=Gathmann|first2=Annett|last2=Meiritz}}</ref> The Yazidi villages of Kotan, Hareko and Kharag Shafrsky were set afire by ISIL.<ref name="OHCHR"/> |
||
* 2 September: ISIL released a video showing the beheading of American journalist [[Steven Sotloff]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iraq/11071159/Steven-Sotloff-beheaded-by-Islamic-State-live.html |title=Steven Sotloff 'beheaded by Islamic State' – latest |work=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]] |last1=Marszal|first1=Andrew| last2=Sanchez|first2=Raf|last3=Henderson|first3=Barney|date=2 September 2014 |accessdate=2 September 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/After-James-Foley-ISIS-beheads-another-US-journalist-Steven-Sotloff/articleshow/41551162.cms |title=After James Foley, ISIS beheads another US journalist Steven Sotloff |work=The Times of India |date=3 September 2014 |accessdate=3 September 2014}}</ref> |
* 2 September: ISIL released a video showing the beheading of American journalist [[Steven Sotloff]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iraq/11071159/Steven-Sotloff-beheaded-by-Islamic-State-live.html |title=Steven Sotloff 'beheaded by Islamic State' – latest |work=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]] |last1=Marszal|first1=Andrew| last2=Sanchez|first2=Raf|last3=Henderson|first3=Barney|date=2 September 2014 |accessdate=2 September 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/After-James-Foley-ISIS-beheads-another-US-journalist-Steven-Sotloff/articleshow/41551162.cms |title=After James Foley, ISIS beheads another US journalist Steven Sotloff |work=The Times of India |date=3 September 2014 |accessdate=3 September 2014}}</ref> After three days of fighting, [[Battle of Zumar|Kurdish Peshmerga recaptured from ISIL the town of Zumar]]. |
||
* 4 September: A member of ISIL issued a threat to President [[Vladimir Putin]], vowing to oust him over his support of [[Bashar al-Assad]]'s regime.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.smh.com.au/world/islamic-state-says-vladimir-putins-throne-is-under-threat-and-will-fall-when-we-come-to-you-20140904-10c4hq.html#ixzz3CIY8T9SZ|title=Islamic State says Vladimir Putin's throne is 'under threat and will fall when we come to you'|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|accessdate=25 September 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2014/09/isis-captures-russian-jets-in-syria-threatens-putin-we-will-liberate-chechnya-caucusus-video/|title=ISIS THREATENS PUTIN From Top of Captured Russian Jet: "We Will Liberate Chechnya & Caucusus" (Video)|publisher=The Gateway Pundit|date=2014-09-04|author=Jim Hoft - Original video with English subtitles and transcript by [[MEMRI]] (Subscription required to watch video).}}</ref> |
* 4 September: A member of ISIL issued a threat to Russian President [[Vladimir Putin]], vowing to oust him over his support of [[Bashar al-Assad]]'s regime in Syria.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.smh.com.au/world/islamic-state-says-vladimir-putins-throne-is-under-threat-and-will-fall-when-we-come-to-you-20140904-10c4hq.html#ixzz3CIY8T9SZ|title=Islamic State says Vladimir Putin's throne is 'under threat and will fall when we come to you'|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|accessdate=25 September 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2014/09/isis-captures-russian-jets-in-syria-threatens-putin-we-will-liberate-chechnya-caucusus-video/|title=ISIS THREATENS PUTIN From Top of Captured Russian Jet: "We Will Liberate Chechnya & Caucusus" (Video)|publisher=The Gateway Pundit|date=2014-09-04|author=Jim Hoft - Original video with English subtitles and transcript by [[MEMRI]] (Subscription required to watch video).}}</ref> |
||
* 5 September: The German [[Bundeswehr]] dispatched the first of a series of cargo planes to Iraq, loaded with helmets, vests, radios, and infrared night-vision rifle scopes. After a stopover in Baghdad for inspection, the aircraft will deliver the equipment to the Kurdish fighters.<ref name="GermanArms1">{{cite news| url=http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/irak-bundeswehr-schickt-militaerausruestung-an-die-kurden-a-989984.html|title=Fight against "Islamic State": Bundeswehr flies first military equipment to Iraq|publisher=Spiegel Online|date=2014-09-05}}</ref> [[Qassem Soleimani]], Commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard [[Quds Force]], has been to the Iraqi city of [[Amirli]], to work with the United States in pushing back ISIL.<ref name="BBC Win">{{cite web|title=Iraqi and Kurdish troops enter the sieged Amirli|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/arabic/middleeast/2014/08/140831_iraq_amerli_forces_enter.shtml|publisher=BBC News|accessdate=31 August 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=So hilft Israels Todfeind den USA im Kampf gegen ISIS!|url=http://www.bild.de/politik/ausland/isis/iran-usa-gemeinsam-gegen-isis-37536854.bild.html|newspaper=[[Bild]]|accessdate=4 September 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=In Iraq, residents of Amerli celebrate end of militant siege|url=http://www.latimes.com/world/middleeast/la-fg-iraq-amerli-siege-20140902-story.html|newspaper=[[The Los Angeles Times]]|accessdate=5 September 2014}}</ref> |
* 5 September: The German [[Bundeswehr]] dispatched the first of a series of cargo planes to Iraq, loaded with helmets, vests, radios, and infrared night-vision rifle scopes. After a stopover in Baghdad for inspection, the aircraft will deliver the equipment to the Kurdish fighters.<ref name="GermanArms1">{{cite news| url=http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/irak-bundeswehr-schickt-militaerausruestung-an-die-kurden-a-989984.html|title=Fight against "Islamic State": Bundeswehr flies first military equipment to Iraq|publisher=Spiegel Online|date=2014-09-05}}</ref> [[Qassem Soleimani]], Commander of the elite Iranian Revolutionary Guard [[Quds Force]], has been to the Iraqi city of [[Amirli]], to work with the United States in pushing back ISIL.<ref name="BBC Win">{{cite web|title=Iraqi and Kurdish troops enter the sieged Amirli|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/arabic/middleeast/2014/08/140831_iraq_amerli_forces_enter.shtml|publisher=BBC News|accessdate=31 August 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=So hilft Israels Todfeind den USA im Kampf gegen ISIS!|url=http://www.bild.de/politik/ausland/isis/iran-usa-gemeinsam-gegen-isis-37536854.bild.html|newspaper=[[Bild]]|accessdate=4 September 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=In Iraq, residents of Amerli celebrate end of militant siege|url=http://www.latimes.com/world/middleeast/la-fg-iraq-amerli-siege-20140902-story.html|newspaper=[[The Los Angeles Times]]|accessdate=5 September 2014}}</ref> |
||
* 8 September: ISIL carried out a double suicide attack in a town north of Baghdad, killing nine people and wounding 70 others.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2014/09/08/world/meast/iraq-town-suicide-bomb-attacks/|title=ISIS-besieged Iraq town hit by double suicide bombing|date=8 September 2014|publisher=CNN|accessdate=25 September 2014}}</ref> |
* 8 September: ISIL carried out a double suicide attack in a town north of Baghdad, killing nine people and wounding 70 others.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2014/09/08/world/meast/iraq-town-suicide-bomb-attacks/|title=ISIS-besieged Iraq town hit by double suicide bombing|date=8 September 2014|publisher=CNN|accessdate=25 September 2014}}</ref> |
||
* 9 September: Peshmerga fighters discovered a mass grave containing the bodies of 14 executed civilians, presumably Yazidis.<ref name="OHCHR"/> |
* 9 September: Peshmerga fighters discovered a mass grave containing the bodies of 14 executed civilians, presumably Yazidis.<ref name="OHCHR"/> |
||
Line 140: | Line 137: | ||
* 21 September: Official spokesman [[Abu Mohammad al-Adnani]] released a speech encouraging [[Muslims]] around the world to kill [[Kafir|non-Muslims]].<ref name=cbc-2014-09-21>{{cite news|date=21 September 2014|publisher=CBC News|title=ISIS audio urges Muslims everywhere to kill 'unbelievers'|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/isis-audio-urges-muslims-everywhere-to-kill-unbelievers-1.2773636|accessdate=22 September 2014}}</ref><ref name=independent=2014-09-30>{{cite news|last=Bayoumy|first=Yara|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/isis-urges-more-attacks-on-western-disbelievers-9749512.html|title=Isis urges more attacks on Western ‘disbelievers’ |agency=[[The Independent]]|date=20 September 2014|access-date=30 September 2014}}</ref><ref name=indeed-translation>{{cite web|author1=Abu Mohammad al-Adnani|authorlink1=Abu Mohammad al-Adnani| title=Indeed Your Lord Is Ever Watchful|url= https://ia601400.us.archive.org/34/items/mir225/English_Translation.pdf|website=Archive.org|accessdate=30 September 2014}}</ref> |
* 21 September: Official spokesman [[Abu Mohammad al-Adnani]] released a speech encouraging [[Muslims]] around the world to kill [[Kafir|non-Muslims]].<ref name=cbc-2014-09-21>{{cite news|date=21 September 2014|publisher=CBC News|title=ISIS audio urges Muslims everywhere to kill 'unbelievers'|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/isis-audio-urges-muslims-everywhere-to-kill-unbelievers-1.2773636|accessdate=22 September 2014}}</ref><ref name=independent=2014-09-30>{{cite news|last=Bayoumy|first=Yara|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/isis-urges-more-attacks-on-western-disbelievers-9749512.html|title=Isis urges more attacks on Western ‘disbelievers’ |agency=[[The Independent]]|date=20 September 2014|access-date=30 September 2014}}</ref><ref name=indeed-translation>{{cite web|author1=Abu Mohammad al-Adnani|authorlink1=Abu Mohammad al-Adnani| title=Indeed Your Lord Is Ever Watchful|url= https://ia601400.us.archive.org/34/items/mir225/English_Translation.pdf|website=Archive.org|accessdate=30 September 2014}}</ref> |
||
* 23 September: [[American-led intervention in Syria|Aerial operations began over Syria]]. Cruise missiles and precision-guided bombs struck ISIL targets in Syria,<ref>{{cite news|last1=Cooper|first1=Helene|last2=Schmitt|first2=Eric|title=U.S. and Allies Hit ISIS Targets in Syria|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/23/world/middleeast/us-and-allies-hit-isis-targets-in-syria.html?_r=0|accessdate=23 September 2014|work=The New York Times|date=22 September 2014}}</ref> and military aircraft from Bahrain, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates participated in the airstrikes against ISIL.<ref>{{cite news|title=U.S. Military, Partner Nations Conduct Airstrikes Against ISIL in Syria|url=http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=83476|accessdate=23 September 2014|publisher=U.S. Department of Defense (DOD)|date=23 September 2014}}</ref> The [[Syrian Observatory for Human Rights]] estimated that about 400 ISIL fighters died in the airstrikes.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.kuna.net.kw/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2398868&language=en|title=400 ISIL militants killed in int'l alliance attacks|publisher=Kuwait News Agency|date=23 September 2014|accessdate=24 September 2014}}</ref> |
* 23 September: [[American-led intervention in Syria|Aerial operations began over Syria]]. Cruise missiles and precision-guided bombs struck ISIL targets in Syria,<ref>{{cite news|last1=Cooper|first1=Helene|last2=Schmitt|first2=Eric|title=U.S. and Allies Hit ISIS Targets in Syria|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/23/world/middleeast/us-and-allies-hit-isis-targets-in-syria.html?_r=0|accessdate=23 September 2014|work=The New York Times|date=22 September 2014}}</ref> and military aircraft from Bahrain, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates participated in the airstrikes against ISIL.<ref>{{cite news|title=U.S. Military, Partner Nations Conduct Airstrikes Against ISIL in Syria|url=http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=83476|accessdate=23 September 2014|publisher=U.S. Department of Defense (DOD)|date=23 September 2014}}</ref> The [[Syrian Observatory for Human Rights]] estimated that about 400 ISIL fighters died in the airstrikes.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.kuna.net.kw/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2398868&language=en|title=400 ISIL militants killed in int'l alliance attacks|publisher=Kuwait News Agency|date=23 September 2014|accessdate=24 September 2014}}</ref> |
||
*24 September: [[Jund al-Khilafah]], an Algerian group affiliated to ISIL, behead the French tourist Hervé Goudel (kidnapped in Djurdjura National Park on September 21) as a reprisal for French intervention against the ISIL.<ref>http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/herve-gourdel-beheading-recap-updates-4317638</ref> |
*24 September: [[Jund al-Khilafah]], an Algerian terrorist group affiliated to ISIL, behead the French tourist Hervé Goudel (kidnapped in Djurdjura National Park on September 21) as a reprisal for French intervention against the ISIL.<ref>http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/herve-gourdel-beheading-recap-updates-4317638</ref> |
||
*29 September: ISIL released a third video showing journalist [[John Cantlie]]. As in previous videos, Cantlie appears alone, sitting at a desk wearing an orange prison uniform. The scripted video criticizes US president [[Barack Obama]]’s strategy of using airstrikes to defeat ISIL.<ref name=guardian-09-29>{{cite news|last1=Johnston|first1=Chris|title=Isis: third video featuring British hostage John Cantlie is posted online|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/30/john-cantlie-british-hostage-isis-third-video|accessdate=2 October 2014|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=29 September 2014}}</ref> |
*29 September: ISIL released a third video showing journalist [[John Cantlie]]. As in previous videos, Cantlie appears alone, sitting at a desk wearing an orange prison uniform. The scripted video criticizes US president [[Barack Obama]]’s strategy of using airstrikes to defeat ISIL.<ref name=guardian-09-29>{{cite news|last1=Johnston|first1=Chris|title=Isis: third video featuring British hostage John Cantlie is posted online|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/30/john-cantlie-british-hostage-isis-third-video|accessdate=2 October 2014|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=29 September 2014}}</ref> |
||
=== October 2014 === |
=== October 2014 === |
||
⚫ | *2 October: The [[Grand National Assembly of Turkey|Turkish Parliament]] voted 298:98 to authorize anti-ISIL operations, following concerns over ISIL advances close to Turkey's borders. Turkey will allow foreign anti-ISIL military operations to be launched from within its borders and gave authorization for Turkey's military to be sent into Syria.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Smith-Spark|first1=Laura|last2=Carter|first2=Chelsea J.|last3=Tuysuz|first3=Gul|title=Turkish lawmakers OK military action against ISIS|url=http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/02/world/meast/isis-air-strikes/|accessdate=6 October 2014|publisher=CNN|date=3 October 2014}}</ref> |
||
*1 October: the town of Taza Kharmatho is retaken by Peshmerga and Iraqi Army forces, but remains uninhabitable due to booby traps left by ISIL.<ref>http://www.aljazeera.com/video/middleeast/2014/10/isil-booby-traps-leave-iraq-town-deserted-2014108103551529687.html</ref> |
|||
⚫ | *2 October: The [[Grand National Assembly of Turkey|Turkish Parliament]] voted 298:98 to authorize anti-ISIL operations, following concerns over ISIL advances close to Turkey's borders. Turkey will allow foreign anti-ISIL military operations to be launched from within its borders and gave authorization for Turkey's military to be sent into Syria.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Smith-Spark|first1=Laura|last2=Carter|first2=Chelsea J.|last3=Tuysuz|first3=Gul|title=Turkish lawmakers OK military action against ISIS|url=http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/02/world/meast/isis-air-strikes/|accessdate=6 October 2014|publisher=CNN|date=3 October 2014}}</ref> |
||
*3 October: Australian Prime Minister [[Tony Abbott]] announced that Australia would contribute eight [[F/A-18F]] Super Hornets to aid the war effort against Islamic extremists in Iraq. The aircraft join a [[KC-30A]] Tanker and an [[Boeing 737 AEW&C|E-7A Wedgetail]] AEW&C aircraft already deployed.<ref name="abc-10-03">{{cite news| title=Australia announces contributions to the war effort against Islamic Extremists in Iraq|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-10-03/australian-forces-to-begin-strikes-against-islamic-state-targets/5787638}}</ref> |
*3 October: Australian Prime Minister [[Tony Abbott]] announced that Australia would contribute eight [[F/A-18F]] Super Hornets to aid the war effort against Islamic extremists in Iraq. The aircraft join a [[KC-30A]] Tanker and an [[Boeing 737 AEW&C|E-7A Wedgetail]] AEW&C aircraft already deployed.<ref name="abc-10-03">{{cite news| title=Australia announces contributions to the war effort against Islamic Extremists in Iraq|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-10-03/australian-forces-to-begin-strikes-against-islamic-state-targets/5787638}}</ref> |
||
*3 October: ISIL released a video showing the beheading of British aid worker [[Alan Henning]] and threatened American aid worker, Peter Kassig.<ref name="CNN Beheading Video">{{cite news| title=ISIS video claims to show beheading of Alan Henning; American threatened|url=http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/03/world/meast/isis-alan-henning-beheading/index.html?hpt=hp_t1}}</ref> |
*3 October: ISIL released a video showing the beheading of British aid worker [[Alan Henning]] and threatened American aid worker, Peter Kassig.<ref name="CNN Beheading Video">{{cite news| title=ISIS video claims to show beheading of Alan Henning; American threatened|url=http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/03/world/meast/isis-alan-henning-beheading/index.html?hpt=hp_t1}}</ref> |
||
Line 151: | Line 147: | ||
*5 October: A joint ISIL–al-Nusra invasion of Lebanon was beaten back by [[Hezbollah]].<ref>http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2014/Oct-06/273047-five-hezbollah-fighters-dead-in-border-clashes.ashx</ref> |
*5 October: A joint ISIL–al-Nusra invasion of Lebanon was beaten back by [[Hezbollah]].<ref>http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2014/Oct-06/273047-five-hezbollah-fighters-dead-in-border-clashes.ashx</ref> |
||
*7 October: The [[House of Commons of Canada|House of Commons]] of the [[Parliament of Canada]] voted 157:134 to authorize the [[Royal Canadian Air Force]] to conduct airstrikes against ISIL in Iraq.<ref>http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2014/10/08/Canada-votes-to-join-anti-ISIS-air-strikes-in-Iraq.html</ref> |
*7 October: The [[House of Commons of Canada|House of Commons]] of the [[Parliament of Canada]] voted 157:134 to authorize the [[Royal Canadian Air Force]] to conduct airstrikes against ISIL in Iraq.<ref>http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2014/10/08/Canada-votes-to-join-anti-ISIS-air-strikes-in-Iraq.html</ref> |
||
*8 October: Terrorists claiming to be "Islamic State in Gaza" took responsibility for an explosion in the French Cultural Center in [[Gaza City]].<ref name=middleeasteye-2014-10-08>{{cite news|title=IS claims responsibility for Gaza’s French Cultural Centre blast, reports|url=http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/claims-responsibility-gaza-s-french-cultural-centre-blast-1790519098|accessdate=9 October 2014|work=[[Middle East Eye]]|date=8 October 2014}}</ref><ref name=Haaratz-2014-10-08/> However, hours later, a group by the same name denied responsibility for the blast.<ref name=Haaratz-2014-10-08>{{cite news|last1=Khoury|first1=Jack|title=Group calling itself 'Islamic State in Gaza' says it blew up French cultural center|url=http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/.premium-1.619909|accessdate=9 October 2014|work=[[Haaretz]]|date=8 October 2014}}</ref> The blast did not result in casualties. The incident was downplayed by [[Hamas]] as likely being a generator malfunction.<ref name=israelnationalnews-2014-10-08>{{cite news|last1=Yashar|first1=Ari|title=ISIS Claims Attack on French Cultural Center in Gaza|url=http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/185967#.VDXUQvldUtE|accessdate=9 October 2014|work=[[Arutz Sheva]]|date=8 October 2014}}</ref> |
*8 October: Terrorists claiming to be "Islamic State in Gaza" took responsibility for an explosion and fire in the French Cultural Center in [[Gaza City]].<ref name=middleeasteye-2014-10-08>{{cite news|title=IS claims responsibility for Gaza’s French Cultural Centre blast, reports|url=http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/claims-responsibility-gaza-s-french-cultural-centre-blast-1790519098|accessdate=9 October 2014|work=[[Middle East Eye]]|date=8 October 2014}}</ref><ref name=Haaratz-2014-10-08/> However, hours later, a group by the same name denied responsibility for the blast.<ref name=Haaratz-2014-10-08>{{cite news|last1=Khoury|first1=Jack|title=Group calling itself 'Islamic State in Gaza' says it blew up French cultural center|url=http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/.premium-1.619909|accessdate=9 October 2014|work=[[Haaretz]]|date=8 October 2014}}</ref> The blast did not result in casualties. The incident was downplayed by [[Hamas]] as likely being a generator malfunction.<ref name=israelnationalnews-2014-10-08>{{cite news|last1=Yashar|first1=Ari|title=ISIS Claims Attack on French Cultural Center in Gaza|url=http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/185967#.VDXUQvldUtE|accessdate=9 October 2014|work=[[Arutz Sheva]]|date=8 October 2014}}</ref> |
||
*10 October: Spanish Defence Minister [[Pedro Morenés]] announces that [[Spain]] will send 300 troops to Iraq in non-combat roles.<ref>http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=2355993&CategoryId=12395</ref> |
*10 October: Spanish Defence Minister [[Pedro Morenés]] announces that [[Spain]] will send 300 troops to Iraq in non-combat roles.<ref>http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=2355993&CategoryId=12395</ref> |
||
*11 October: Car bombings killed at least 38 people in Baghdad.<ref>http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-29585351</ref> |
*11 October: Car bombings killed at least 38 people in Baghdad.<ref>http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-29585351</ref> |
||
Line 159: | Line 155: | ||
*Between 7 and 14 October, 42 people were killed in Turkey in clashes between Kurdish fighters and ISIL supporters, 12 of them in [[Diyarbakir]].<ref>http://www.lastampa.it/2014/10/14/esteri/effetto-isis-in-turchia-affari-doro-per-i-barbieri-si-radono-tutti-per-paura-di-sembrare-terroristi-xOBEcvkyNsYYVqfjkBG1AK/pagina.html</ref> |
*Between 7 and 14 October, 42 people were killed in Turkey in clashes between Kurdish fighters and ISIL supporters, 12 of them in [[Diyarbakir]].<ref>http://www.lastampa.it/2014/10/14/esteri/effetto-isis-in-turchia-affari-doro-per-i-barbieri-si-radono-tutti-per-paura-di-sembrare-terroristi-xOBEcvkyNsYYVqfjkBG1AK/pagina.html</ref> |
||
*15 October: The US anti-ISIL operation was named "Operation Inherent Resolve".<ref>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/11165813/Americas-war-on-Isil-finally-gets-a-name-Operation-Inherent-Resolve.html</ref> The US launched 18 airstrikes against ISIL forces in Kobane.<ref>http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/isis-fight-airstrikes-on-kobani-get-more-accurate-with-help-from-kurds-1.2799085</ref> Forty-six people were executed by ISIL in Mosul.<ref>http://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/mondo/2014/10/13/isis-turchia-accetta-aerei-usa-nelle-sue-basi_64459c05-ab1d-407b-9d85-c06b4e85d84f.html</ref> |
*15 October: The US anti-ISIL operation was named "Operation Inherent Resolve".<ref>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/11165813/Americas-war-on-Isil-finally-gets-a-name-Operation-Inherent-Resolve.html</ref> The US launched 18 airstrikes against ISIL forces in Kobane.<ref>http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/isis-fight-airstrikes-on-kobani-get-more-accurate-with-help-from-kurds-1.2799085</ref> Forty-six people were executed by ISIL in Mosul.<ref>http://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/mondo/2014/10/13/isis-turchia-accetta-aerei-usa-nelle-sue-basi_64459c05-ab1d-407b-9d85-c06b4e85d84f.html</ref> |
||
*16 October: Four car bombings killed 36 people and wounded 98 in Baghdad<ref>http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/16/isis-targets-baghdad-car-bombs-mortar-attacks</ref> Italian Defence Minister [[Roberta Pinotti]] announces that [[Italy]] is to send 280 soldiers to train Kurd fighters, plus two Predator drones and a KC-767 refuelling plane.<ref>https://www.ansa.it/english/news/politics/2014/10/16/italy-to-send-280-instructors-to-iraq_c52a8173-b55b-478d-8c45-192fc2f07243.html</ref> |
*16 October: ISIL has been driven out of most of Kobane, except for two pockets of resistance in the east of the town.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-29647314|title=Islamic State 'being driven out of Syria's Kobane'|publisher=BBC News|date=16 October 2014|accessdate=16 October 2014}}</ref> Four car bombings killed 36 people and wounded 98 in Baghdad<ref>http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/16/isis-targets-baghdad-car-bombs-mortar-attacks</ref> Italian Defence Minister [[Roberta Pinotti]] announces that [[Italy]] is to send 280 soldiers to train Kurd fighters, plus two Predator drones and a KC-767 refuelling plane.<ref>https://www.ansa.it/english/news/politics/2014/10/16/italy-to-send-280-instructors-to-iraq_c52a8173-b55b-478d-8c45-192fc2f07243.html</ref> |
||
*17 October: Iraqi Army |
*17 October: Iraqi Army and police storm an ISIL camp in Jaberiya, killing 60 ISIL militants; other senior ISIL figures are killed in another attack near Ramadi<ref>http://www.news.com.au/world/middle-east/iraqi-army-and-police-score-rare-victory-in-the-battle-for-baghdad/story-fnh81ifq-1227093446397</ref> Residents of Aleppo area report that three Mig-21 or Mig-23 fighters are being flown ISIL milintants under training by former Iraqi Ba'ath officers at Al Jarrah air base.<ref>http://www.worldbulletin.net/iraq/146443/isil-training-pilots-in-3-captured-jets-monitor</ref> Yemen leaders of [[Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula]] urge all jihadists to "forget their differences" and join ISIL in the fight against Western "crusaders".<ref>http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2014/Oct-17/274447-yemens-al-qaeda-urges-worldwide-support-of-isis.ashx#axzz3GQ0GOnU6</ref><ref>http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/americas-bombs-are-only-making-isis-stronger-and-alqaeda-has-just-proven-it-9802325.html</ref> |
||
* 18 October: Kurdish commanders announce that Kobane has been completely freed of ISIL forces.<ref>http://rudaw.net/english/middleeast/syria/17102014</ref> |
|||
<!--Put all new events above this line--> |
<!--Put all new events above this line--> |
||
</onlyinclude>==References==<!--Keep onlyinclude before "References" or it will break the transclusion of recent events in the ISIL article--> |
</onlyinclude>==References==<!--Keep onlyinclude before "References" or it will break the transclusion of recent events in the ISIL article--> |
Revision as of 20:22, 18 October 2014
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Syria_and_Iraq_2014-onward_War_map.png/220px-Syria_and_Iraq_2014-onward_War_map.png)
Controlled by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)
Controlled by other Syrian rebels
Controlled by Syrian government
Controlled by Iraqi government
Controlled by Syrian Kurds
Controlled by Iraqi Kurds
This article is about the timeline of Military actions of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/ISIS) from its renaming in April 2013 to the present. See also ISIL offensive at Syrian Civil War and Terrorist incidents in Iraq in 2014.
2013 events
- On 8 April 2013, having expanded into Syria, the group (ISIL) adopted the name "Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant", also known as "Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham."[1][2][3]
- Starting in April 2013, ISIL made rapid military gains in Northern Syria, where according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights they were "the strongest group".[4]
- 11 May: Two car bombs exploded in the town of Reyhanlı in Hatay Province, Turkey. At least 51 people were killed and 140 injured in the attack.[5] The attack was the deadliest single act of terrorism ever to take place on Turkish soil.[6] Along with the Syrian intelligence service, ISIL was suspected of carrying out the bombing attack.[7]
- By 12 May, nine Turkish citizens, who were alleged to have links with Syria's intelligence service, had been detained.[8] On 21 May 2013, the Turkish authorities charged the prime suspect and 12 people were charged in total.[clarification needed] All suspects were Turkish nationals whom Ankara believed were backed by the Syrian government.[9]
- In July, the Free Syrian Army's battalion chief Kamal Hamami—better known by his nom de guerre Abu Bassir Al-Jeblawi—was killed by ISIL's Coast region emir in Latakia's rural northern highlands. Al-Jeblawi was traveling to visit the Al-Izz Bin Abdulsalam Brigade operating in the region when ISIL members refused his passage.[10]
- Also in July, ISIL organised a mass break-out of its members being held in Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison. The Guardian reported that over 500 prisoners escaped, including senior commanders of ISIL.[11][12] ISIL described the operation as involving 12 car bombs, numerous suicide bombers and mortar and rocket fire.[11][12] It was described as the culmination of a one-year campaign which was launched by ISIL leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.[13]
- In early August, ISIL led the final assault in the Siege of Menagh Air Base.[14]
- In September, members of ISIL killed the Ahrar ash-Sham commander Abu Obeida Al-Binnishi, after he had intervened to protect a Malaysian Islamic charity; ISIL had mistaken its Malaysian flag for that of the United States.[15][16]
- Also in September, ISIL overran the town of Azaz, taking it from an FSA-affiliated rebel brigade.[17] ISIL had attempted to kidnap a German doctor working in Azaz.[18] In November 2013, Today's Zaman, a newspaper in Turkey, reported that Turkish authorities had detailed information on ISIL's plans to carry out suicide bombings in Turkey.[19]
- From 30 September, several Turkish media websites reported that ISIL had accepted responsibility for the 11 May attack and had threatened further attacks on Turkey.[20][21][22][23]
- In November, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights stated that ISIL is the strongest group in Northern Syria[4]
- In December, there were reports of fighting between ISIL and the rebel group, Ahrar ash-Sham, in the town of Maskana, Aleppo.[24]
- In December, ISIL began an offensive in Al Anbar province in Iraq, changing insurgency there into a regional war.[citation needed]
2014 events
January 2014
- 3 January: ISIL proclaimed itself an Islamic state in Fallujah.[25] After prolonged tensions, the newly formed Army of Mujahedeen, the Free Syrian Army and the Islamic Front launched an offensive against ISIL in the Syrian provinces of Aleppo and Idlib. A spokesman for the rebels said that rebels had attacked ISIL in up to 80% of all ISIL-held villages in Idlib and 65% of those in Aleppo.[26]
- 4 January: ISIL claimed responsibility for the car-bomb attack on 2 January that killed four people and wounded dozens in the southern Beirut suburb of Haret Hreik, a Hezbollah bastion.[27][28]
- 6 January: Syrian rebels had managed to expel ISIL from the city of Ar-Raqqah, ISIL's largest stronghold and capital of Ar-Raqqah province. Several weeks later ISIL took the city back.[29]
- 8 January: Syrian rebels expelled most ISIL forces from the city of Aleppo.[30] However, ISIL reinforcements from Deir ez-Zor province managed to retake several neighborhoods of the city of Ar-Raqqah.[31] By mid-January ISIL fighters had retaken the entire city of Ar-Raqqah, while rebels expelled ISIL from the city of Aleppo and the villages west of it.[citation needed]
- 25 January: ISIL announced the creation of its new Lebanese arm, pledging to fight the Shia militant group Hezbollah and its supporters in Lebanon.[32]
- 29 January: Turkish aircraft near the border fired on an ISIL convoy inside Aleppo province in Syria, killing 11 ISIL fighters and one ISIL emir.[33][34]
- 30 January: ISIL fired on border patrol soldiers in Turkey. The Turkish Army retaliated with Panter howitzers and destroyed the ISIL convoy.[35][36][37]
- In late January, it was confirmed that Syrian rebels had assassinated ISIL's second-in-command, Haji Bakr, who was al-Qaeda's military council head and a former military officer in Saddam Hussein's army.[38]
February 2014
- 3 February: al-Qaeda's general command broke off its links with ISIL, reportedly to concentrate the Islamist effort on unseating President Bashar al-Assad.[39]
- By mid-February, the al-Nusra Front had joined the battle in support of rebel forces, and expelled ISIL forces from Deir ez-Zor province in Syria.[40]
- 23 February: ISIL carried out a suicide attack in Aleppo killing a commander of Ahrar ash-Sham and 6 other members of the group.[41]
March 2014
- By March, ISIL forces had fully retreated from Syria's Idlib province after battles against the Syrian rebels.[42][43]
- 4 March: ISIL retreated from the Aleppo province–Turkey border town of Azaz and nearby villages, choosing instead to consolidate around Ar-Raqqah, in anticipation of an escalation of fighting with al-Nusra.[44]
- 8 March: Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki accused Saudi Arabia and Qatar of openly funding ISIL.[45][46]
- 20 March: In Niğde city in Turkey, three ethnic Albanian[47] members of ISIL[48]—opened fire while hijacking a truck which killed one police officer and one gendarmerie officer and wounded five people.[49][50] Shortly after their arrest, Polis Özel Harekat teams launched a series of operations against ISIL in İstanbul. Two Azerbaijanis were arrested.[51]
April 2014
- 27 April: Iraqi military helicopters reportedly destroyed an ISIL convoy inside Syria. This may be the first time that Iraqi forces have struck outside their country since the Gulf War.[52]
May 2014
- 1 May: ISIL carried out a total of seven public executions in the city of Ar-Raqqah, in northern Syria.[53] Pictures that emerged from the city show how ISIL had been carrying out public crucifixions in areas under its control.[54] In most of these crucifixions, the victims were shot first and their bodies were then displayed,[55] but there were also reports of crucifixions preceding the victims being shot or decapitated.[56]
June 2014
- In early June, following its large-scale offensives in Iraq, ISIL was reported to have seized control of most of Mosul, the second most populous city in Iraq, a large part of the surrounding Nineveh province, and the city of Fallujah.[57] ISIL also took control of Tikrit, the administrative center of the Salah ad Din Governorate,[58] with the ultimate goal of capturing Baghdad, the Iraqi capital.[59] ISIL was believed to have only 2,000–3,000 fighters up until the Mosul campaign, but during that campaign, it became evident that this number was a gross underestimate.[60]
- Also in June, there were reports that a number of Sunni groups in Iraq that were opposed to the predominantly Shia government had joined ISIL, thus bolstering the group's numbers.[61][failed verification][62] However, the Kurds—who are mostly Sunnis—were unwilling to be drawn into the conflict, and there were clashes in the area between ISIL and the Kurdish Peshmerga.[63][64]
- 5 June: ISIL militants stormed the city of Samarra, Iraq, before being ousted by airstrikes mounted by the Iraqi military.[65]
- 6 June: ISIL militants carried out multiple attacks in the city of Mosul, Iraq.[66][67]
- 7 June: ISIL militants took over the University of Anbar in Ramadi, Iraq and held 1,300 students hostage, before being ousted by the Iraqi military.[68][69]
- 9 June: Mosul fell to ISIL control. The militants seized control of government offices, the airport, and police stations.[70] Militants also looted the Central Bank in Mosul, reportedly absconding with US$429 million.[71] More than 500,000 people fled Mosul to escape ISIL.[72] Mosul is a strategic city as it is at a crossroad between Syria and Iraq, and poses the threat of ISIL seizing control of oil production.[60]
- 10 June: 670 inmates of the Badush prison in Mosul were executed by ISIL.[73][74]
- 11 June: ISIL seized the Turkish consulate in the Iraqi city of Mosul, and kidnapped the head of the diplomatic mission and several staff members. ISIL seized the Iraqi city of Tikrit.[75]
- 12 June: Human Rights Watch, issued a statement about the growing threat to civilians in Iraq.[76]
- 13 June: Navi Pillay, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, expressed alarm at reports that ISIL fighters "have been actively seeking out—and in some cases killing—soldiers, police and others, including civilians, whom they perceive as being associated with the government."[77]
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Secretary_Kerry_Sits_With_Iraqi_Prime_Minister_al-Maliki_Before_Meeting_in_Baghdad_June_2014.jpg/220px-Secretary_Kerry_Sits_With_Iraqi_Prime_Minister_al-Maliki_Before_Meeting_in_Baghdad_June_2014.jpg)
- 15 June: ISIL militants captured the Iraqi city of Tal Afar, in the province of Nineveh.[78] ISIL claimed that 1,700 Iraqi soldiers who had surrendered in the fighting had been killed, and released many images of mass executions.[79]
- 22 June: ISIL militants captured two key crossings in Anbar, a day after seizing the border crossing at Al-Qaim, a town in a province which borders Syria.[80]
- 24 June: The Syrian Air Force bombed ISIL positions in Iraq. Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki stated: "There was no coordination involved, but we welcome this action. We welcome any Syrian strike against ISIS because this group targets both Iraq and Syria."[81]
- 25 June: The al-Nusra Front's branch in the Syrian town of al-Bukamal pledged loyalty to ISIL, thus bringing months of fighting between the two groups to a close.[82][83]
- 25 June: Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said that Iraq had purchased used Sukhoi fighter jets from Russia and Belarus to battle ISIL militants, after delays in the delivery of F-16 fighters purchased from the US.[84] "[If] we had air cover, we would have averted what happened", he said.[85][86]
- 26 June: Iraq launched its first counterattack against ISIL's advance with an airborne assault designed to seize back control of Tikrit University.[87]
- 28 June: The Jerusalem Post reported that the Obama administration had requested US$500 million from Congress to use in the training and arming of "moderate" Syrian rebels fighting against the Syrian government, in order to counter the growing threat posed by ISIL in Syria and Iraq.[88]
- 29 June: ISIL announced the establishment of a new caliphate. Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was appointed its caliph, and the group formally changed its name to the "Islamic State".[89]
July 2014
- 2 July: Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the self-proclaimed caliph of the new "Islamic State" (ISIL), said that Muslims should unite to capture Rome in order to "own the world."[90][91] He called on Muslims around the world to unite behind him as their leader.[92]
- 3 July: ISIL captured Syria's largest oilfield from al-Nusra Front, who put up no resistance to the attack which took control of the al-Omar oilfield.[93]
- 11–12 July: ISIL members massacre about 700 Turkmen civilians in the village of Beshir.[74][94]
- 17 July: Syria's Shaer gas field in the Homs Governorate was seized by ISIL. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, at least 90 National Defence Force guards defending the field were killed, as were 21 ISIL fighters.[95] The SOHR later put the death toll from the fighting and executions at 270 soldiers, militiamen and staff, and at least 40 ISIL fighters.[96]
- 19 July: ISIL claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing which killed 33 people and left more than 50 wounded. The explosion occurred in Baghdad's Kadhimiya district, which is the site of a major Shia shrine.[97]
- 24 July: ISIL blew up the Mosque and tomb of the Prophet Yunus (Jonah) in Mosul,[98] with no reported casualties.[99] Residents in the area said that ISIL had erased a piece of Iraqi heritage.[100] Johah's tomb was also an important holy site in the Jewish heritage as well.[101]
- 25 July: ISIL captures a Syrian 17th Division base near Raqqa and beheads several captured soldiers, whose heads are displayed in Raqqa.[102] 32 jihadists and 42 Syrian Army members were overall killed on this day in clashes between ISIL and Syrian Army in Hasakeh, Raqqa and Aleppo provinces.[103]
- 26 July: ISIL blew up the Nabi Shiyt (Prophet Seth) shrine in Mosul. Sami al-Massoudi, deputy head of the Shia endowment agency which oversees holy sites, confirmed the destruction and added that ISIL had taken artifacts from the shrine.[104]
- 28 July: To mark the Muslim holy festival of Eid al-Fitr, which ends the period of Ramadan, ISIL released a video showing graphic scenes of mass executions.[105][106]
- The UN reported that of the 1,737 fatal casualties of the Iraq conflict during July, 1,186 were civilians.[107]
August 2014
- 1 August: The Indonesian National Counterterrorism Agency (id ) declared ISIL a terrorist organization.[109]
- 2 August: The Iraqi Army confirmed that 37 loyalist fighters had died during combat with ISIL south of Baghdad and in Mosul. The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) claimed that "hundreds" of ISIL militiamen had died in the action.[110]
- 2 August: ISIL and its al-Nusra Front allies invaded Lebanon in and around the town of Arsal, sparking a five-day battle with the Lebanese Army, which pushed ISIL near to the border with Syria. Over a 100 fighters were killed and scores of civilians were killed or wounded.
- 3 August: ISIL fighters occupied the Iraqi city of Zumar and an oilfield in the north of Iraq, after a battle against Kurdish forces.[111] Also the Yazidi city of Sinjar was captured, prompting a massacre of its inhabitants. More than 12 Yazidi children died of hunger, dehydratation and heat on Jabar Sinjar.[112] Ten Yazidi families fleeing from al-Qahtaniya area were attacked by ISIL, which killed the men and abducted women and children.[112] 70 to 90 Yazidi men were shot by ISIL members in Qiniyeh village.[112] 450-500 abducted Yazidi women and girls were taken to Tal Afar; hundreds more to Si Basha Khidri and then Ba’aj.[112]
- 4 August: ISIL fighters attacked Jabal Sinjar, killed 30 Yazidi men and abducted a number of women.[112] Two Yazidi children and some elderly or people with disabilities died on Jabal Sinjar.[112] 60 more Yazidi men were killed in the village of Hardan, and their wives and daughters abducted.[112] Other Yazidi women were abducted in other villages in the area.[112] Yazidi community leaders stated that at lest 200 Yazidi had been killed in Sinjar and 60-70 near Ramadi Jabal.[112]
- 5 August: Al Jazeera reported that an ISIL offensive in the Sinjar area of northern Iraq had forced 30,000–50,000 Yazidis to flee into the mountains. They had been threatened with death if they refused conversion to Islam. A UN representative said that "a humanitarian tragedy is unfolding in Sinjar."[113] (See Persecution of Yazidis by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.) The number of Yazidi children who died of hunger and dehydratation on Jabal Sinjar reached 40.[112]
- 6 August: ISIL captured the town of Tal Keif. According to reports from surviving Yazidi, between 3 and 6 August more than 50 Yazidi were killed near Dhola village, 100 in Khana Sor village, 250-300 in Hardan area, more than 200 on the road between Adnaniya and Jazeera, dozens near al-Shimal village and on the road from Matu village to Jabal Sinjar, and more than 200 children had died from thirst, starvation and heat while fleeing to Jabal Sinjar; about 500 Yazidi women and children were abducted from Ba’aj and more than 200 from Tal Banat.[112] Many of them were sold as sex slaves.[112] More than 80,000 people, mostly Yazidi, fled Sinjar district.[112]
- 7 August: ISIL fighters took control of the town of Qaraqosh in the province of Nineveh in northern Iraq, which forced its large Christian population to flee.[114] Also the towns of Bartella, Karemlash and Makhmour fell to the ISIL on the same day.[115][116]
- 7 August: US President Obama authorized targeted airstrikes in Iraq against ISIL, along with airdrops of aid.[117] The UK offered the US assistance with surveillance and refueling, and planned humanitarian airdrops to Iraqi refugees.[118]
- 8 August: The US asserted that the systematic destruction of the Yazidi people by ISIL was genocide.[119] The US military launched indefinite airstrikes targeting ISIL fighters, equipment and installations, with humanitarian aid support from the UK and France, in order to protect civilians in northern Iraq.[120][121] ISIL had advanced to within 30 km of Erbil in northern Iraq.[122][123] The UK is also considering joining the US in airstrikes.[124]
- 10 August: France's Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said that Iraq's Kurds must be equipped to fight against ISIL and indicated that France would consider providing arms aid.[125] ISIL militants buried an unknown number of Yazidi women and children alive, in an attack that killed 500 people, in what has been described as ongoing genocide in northern Iraq.[126][127] Kurdish forces retook the towns of Makhmour and al-Gweir.[128]
- 11 August: The Arab League accused ISIL of committing crimes against humanity.[129][130] The UK decided not to join the US in airstrikes and instead stepped up its humanitarian aid to refugees.[131]
- 12 August: The parents of kidnapped American journalist James Foley received an email from his captors. The US announced that it would not extend its airstrikes against ISIL to areas outside northern Iraq, emphasizing that the objective of the airstrikes was to protect US diplomats in Erbil.[132] The US and the UK airdropped 60,000 litres of water and 75,000 meals for stranded refugees. The Vatican called on religious leaders of all denominations, particularly Muslim leaders, to unite and condemn the IS for what it described as "heinous crimes" and the use of religion to justify them. An Iraqi Air Force helicopter involved in the rescue of Yazidis on Mount Sinjar crashed near Sinjar, killing Major General Majid Ahmed Saadi (the pilot) and injuring 20 people, including Yazidi Member of Parliament Vian Dakhil and a New York times reporter.[133][134]
- 13 August: The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that ISIL had seized control of six villages near the Turkish border in the northern province of Aleppo in Syria.[135]
More than 10,000 Kurds in Hanover protest against the terror of ISIL in Iraq, 16 August 2014 - 14 August: Kurdish Peshmerga forces and U.S. air strike broke the ISIL siege on Mount Sinjar, thus allowing tens of thousands of Yazidi refugees trapped there to escape.[136] Nouri al-Maliki resigned from his position of Prime Minister of Iraq.[137]
- 15 August: The United Nations Security Council issued a resolution which condemned in the strongest terms "the terrorist acts of ISIL and its violent extremist ideology, and its continued ... systematic abuses ... of human rights and violations of international humanitarian law".[138] The entire male population of the Yazidi village of Khocho, up to 400 men, were rounded up and shot by ISIL, and up to 1000 women and children were abducted.[112] Up to 200 Yazidi men were reportledy executed for refusing conversion in Tal Afar prison.[112]
- 16 August: ISIL massacred 80 Yazidis.[139] The EU agreed to supply Kurdish forces with arms,[140] and US military forces continued to attack ISIL in the area around Iraq’s crucial Mosul Dam.[141]
- 17 August: The SOHR reported that ISIL had killed 700 members of the Syrian al-Sheitaat tribe, mostly civilians, after clashes over the control of two oilfields in the region.[142] Peshmerga troops, aided by the US air campaign, began an offensive to take back the Mosul Dam from ISIL, amid fears that the destruction of the dam might unleash a 65-foot wave of water that would engulf the city of Mosul and flood Baghdad.[143][144]
- 18 August: Pope Francis, leader of the world's 1.2 billion Roman Catholics, said that the international community would be justified in stopping Islamist militants in Iraq. He also said that it should not be up to a single nation to decide how to intervene in the conflict.[145]
- 19 August: According to the SOHR, ISIL now has an army of more than 50,000 fighters in Syria.[146] American journalist James Foley was beheaded by ISIL on video tape.[147] After three days of fighting, Kursdish Peshmerga and Iraqi Army forces, helped by American air strikes, recaptured the Mosul Dam.[148] An attempt by the Iraqi Army to recapture Tikrit was repelled by the ISIL forces.[149]
- 20 August: President Obama denounced the "brutal murder of Jim Foley by the terrorist group ISIL."[150]
- 21 August: The US military admitted that a covert rescue attempt involving US Special Operations forces had been made to rescue James Foley and other Americans held captive in Syria by ISIL. The ensuing gunfight resulted in one US soldier being injured. The rescue was unsuccessful, as the captives were not in the location targeted. This was the first known engagement by US ground forces with suspected ISIL militants. The US Defense Secretary warned that ISIL were tremendously well-funded, adding, "They have no standard of decency, of responsible human behavior", and that they were an imminent threat to the US.[151]
- 22 August: The US is considering airstrikes on ISIL in Syria, which would draw US military forces directly into the Syrian Civil War, as President Obama develops a long-term strategy to defeat ISIL.[152] As a reprisal of a car bombing which killed three militiamen, members of the Shi'ite al-Zarkoshi militia murdered 73 Sunni civilians in the Musab bin Umair mosque.
- 24–25 August: 14 elderly Yazidi men were executed by ISIL in the Sheikh Mand Shrine, and the Jidala village Yazidi shrine was blown up.[112]
- 26 August: ISIL carried out a suicide attack in Baghdad killing 15 people and injuring 37 others.[153]
- 28 August: ISIL beheaded a Lebanese Army soldier whom they had kidnapped.[154] The group also beheaded a Kurdish Peshmerga fighter in response to Kurdistan's alliance with the United States, and executed around 250 Syrian soldiers captured after the fall of Tabqa Air Base in Ar-Raqqah province.[155]
- 29 August: UK Prime Minister David Cameron raised the UK's terror level to "severe" and committed to fight radical Islam "at home and abroad".[156]
- 31 August: Iraqi military forces supported by Shia militias and American airstrikes broke the two-month siege of the northern Iraqi town of Amerli by ISIL militants.[157] German Federal Minister of Defence Ursula von der Leyen announced that Germany will send weapons to arm 4,000 Peshmerga fighters in Iraq fighting ISIL.[158] The delivery will include 16,000 assault rifles, 40 machine guns, 240 rocket-propelled grenades, 500 MILAN anti-tank missiles with 30 launchers and 10,000 hand grenades, with a total value of around 70 million euros. In order to prevent an excessive accumulation of arms, the Bundeswehr seconded six liaison officers to Erbil.[159]
- By the end of the month, more than 5,000 Yazidi civilians had been murdered and 5,000 to 7,000 abducted by ISIL, according to the United Nations.[160]
September 2014
- 1 September: The German government's Cabinet decision to arm the Kurdish Peshmerga was ratified in the Bundestag by a "vast majority" of votes, after an emotional debate.[161] The Yazidi villages of Kotan, Hareko and Kharag Shafrsky were set afire by ISIL.[112]
- 2 September: ISIL released a video showing the beheading of American journalist Steven Sotloff.[162][163] After three days of fighting, Kurdish Peshmerga recaptured from ISIL the town of Zumar.
- 4 September: A member of ISIL issued a threat to Russian President Vladimir Putin, vowing to oust him over his support of Bashar al-Assad's regime in Syria.[164][165]
- 5 September: The German Bundeswehr dispatched the first of a series of cargo planes to Iraq, loaded with helmets, vests, radios, and infrared night-vision rifle scopes. After a stopover in Baghdad for inspection, the aircraft will deliver the equipment to the Kurdish fighters.[166] Qassem Soleimani, Commander of the elite Iranian Revolutionary Guard Quds Force, has been to the Iraqi city of Amirli, to work with the United States in pushing back ISIL.[167][168][169]
- 8 September: ISIL carried out a double suicide attack in a town north of Baghdad, killing nine people and wounding 70 others.[170]
- 9 September: Peshmerga fighters discovered a mass grave containing the bodies of 14 executed civilians, presumably Yazidis.[112]
- 10 September: After ISIL outraged American opinion by beheading two American journalists and seized control of large portions of Syria and Iraq, President Obama decided on a new objective for a rollback policy in the Middle East. He announced: "America will lead a broad coalition to roll back this terrorist threat. We will ultimately destroy, ISIL through a comprehensive counterterrorism strategy."[171]
- 13 September: UK humanitarian aid worker David Cawthorne Haines, whose life had been threatened by Jihadi John in the Steven Sotloff video, was purportedly beheaded in a video.[172]
- 14 September: A number of Algerian jihadist commanders of al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb broke allegiance with al-Qaeda, swore loyalty to ISIL and created the group Jund al-Khilafah.
- 15 September: The Battle of Suq al Ghazi ended with a US–Iraqi win.[citation needed]
- 16 September: ISIL launched a major offensive to capture the YPG-controlled city of Kobanê/Ayn al-Arab.
- 18 September: The Australian Federal Police, Australian Security Intelligence Organisation, Queensland Police and New South Wales Police launched the largest counterterrorism operation in Australian history. The targets were ISIL-linked networks thought to be planning to launch mass-casualty attacks in populated areas. Fifteen people were arrested in the raids with one being charged with terrorism offenses.[173][174]
- 20 September: The hostages from the Turkish consulate in Mosul who had been captured on 11 June 2014 were released.[175]
- 21 September: ISIL forces overran the Iraqi military base of Saqlawiyah and captured the towns of Saqlawiyah and Sicher.[176] 155 to 370 or more Iraqi soldiers were killed in the attack, with 68 to 400 being captured.[177]
- 21 September: Official spokesman Abu Mohammad al-Adnani released a speech encouraging Muslims around the world to kill non-Muslims.[178][179][180]
- 23 September: Aerial operations began over Syria. Cruise missiles and precision-guided bombs struck ISIL targets in Syria,[181] and military aircraft from Bahrain, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates participated in the airstrikes against ISIL.[182] The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights estimated that about 400 ISIL fighters died in the airstrikes.[183]
- 24 September: Jund al-Khilafah, an Algerian terrorist group affiliated to ISIL, behead the French tourist Hervé Goudel (kidnapped in Djurdjura National Park on September 21) as a reprisal for French intervention against the ISIL.[184]
- 29 September: ISIL released a third video showing journalist John Cantlie. As in previous videos, Cantlie appears alone, sitting at a desk wearing an orange prison uniform. The scripted video criticizes US president Barack Obama’s strategy of using airstrikes to defeat ISIL.[185]
October 2014
- 2 October: The Turkish Parliament voted 298:98 to authorize anti-ISIL operations, following concerns over ISIL advances close to Turkey's borders. Turkey will allow foreign anti-ISIL military operations to be launched from within its borders and gave authorization for Turkey's military to be sent into Syria.[186]
- 3 October: Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott announced that Australia would contribute eight F/A-18F Super Hornets to aid the war effort against Islamic extremists in Iraq. The aircraft join a KC-30A Tanker and an E-7A Wedgetail AEW&C aircraft already deployed.[187]
- 3 October: ISIL released a video showing the beheading of British aid worker Alan Henning and threatened American aid worker, Peter Kassig.[188]
- 4 October: ISIL captured the Iraqi city of Kabisa.[189] Two bombs killed seven people and wounded 18 in the towns of Tarmiyah and Husseiniya.[189] An Iraqi officer and seven soldiers were killed in two ambushes in Diyala province in Iraq.[189]
- 5 October: A joint ISIL–al-Nusra invasion of Lebanon was beaten back by Hezbollah.[190]
- 7 October: The House of Commons of the Parliament of Canada voted 157:134 to authorize the Royal Canadian Air Force to conduct airstrikes against ISIL in Iraq.[191]
- 8 October: Terrorists claiming to be "Islamic State in Gaza" took responsibility for an explosion and fire in the French Cultural Center in Gaza City.[192][193] However, hours later, a group by the same name denied responsibility for the blast.[193] The blast did not result in casualties. The incident was downplayed by Hamas as likely being a generator malfunction.[194]
- 10 October: Spanish Defence Minister Pedro Morenés announces that Spain will send 300 troops to Iraq in non-combat roles.[195]
- 11 October: Car bombings killed at least 38 people in Baghdad.[196]
- 12 October: Two improvised explosive devices killed General Ahmad Sadak al Dulaymi, chief of police of Al Anbar province, and three more men[197]
- 13 October: US airplanes launched 21 strikes against ISIL forces near the besieged town of Kobane in northern Syria on the border with Turkey.[198]
- 14 October: ISIL forces captured the Iraqi city of Hīt, after the 300-strong Iraqi Army garrison abandoned its local base, and about 180,000 civilians fled the area.[199][200] Taliban leaders in Pakistan swore loyalty to ISIL, after fundamentalists in Egypt and Libya had done the same several days previously.[201] A suicide car bombing killed 25 people in Baghdad, including Iraqi Parliament member Ahmed al-Khafajii; 3 more people were killed by a roadside bomb.[202] Reports spread about the formation of small Syrian armed groups which target and kill ISIL members in ISIL-controlled territory.[203]
- Between 7 and 14 October, 42 people were killed in Turkey in clashes between Kurdish fighters and ISIL supporters, 12 of them in Diyarbakir.[204]
- 15 October: The US anti-ISIL operation was named "Operation Inherent Resolve".[205] The US launched 18 airstrikes against ISIL forces in Kobane.[206] Forty-six people were executed by ISIL in Mosul.[207]
- 16 October: ISIL has been driven out of most of Kobane, except for two pockets of resistance in the east of the town.[208] Four car bombings killed 36 people and wounded 98 in Baghdad[209] Italian Defence Minister Roberta Pinotti announces that Italy is to send 280 soldiers to train Kurd fighters, plus two Predator drones and a KC-767 refuelling plane.[210]
- 17 October: Iraqi Army and police storm an ISIL camp in Jaberiya, killing 60 ISIL militants; other senior ISIL figures are killed in another attack near Ramadi[211] Residents of Aleppo area report that three Mig-21 or Mig-23 fighters are being flown ISIL milintants under training by former Iraqi Ba'ath officers at Al Jarrah air base.[212] Yemen leaders of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula urge all jihadists to "forget their differences" and join ISIL in the fight against Western "crusaders".[213][214]
References
- ^ "ISI Confirms That Jabhat Al-Nusra Is Its Extension In Syria, Declares 'Islamic State Of Iraq And Al-Sham' As New Name of Merged Group". MEMRI. 8 April 2013. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
- ^ "Key Free Syria Army rebel 'killed by Islamist group'". BBC News. 12 July 2013.
- ^ "Al-Qaeda in Iraq confirms Syria's Nusra Front is part of its network". Al Arabiya. 9 April 2013. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
- ^ a b Gul Tuysuz, Raja Razek, Nick Paton Walsh (6 November 2013). "Al Qaeda-linked group strengthens hold in northern Syria". CNN. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
{{cite news}}
: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Death toll rises to 42 as explosions hit Turkish town on border with Syria". Hürriyet Daily News. 11 May 2013. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
- ^ "Deadliest Terror Attack in Turkey's History Might Be Another Attempt to Derail Peace Talks? But Which One? Syria or PKK?". The Istanbulian. 11 May 2013. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
- ^ Hacaoglu, Selcan; El Baltaji, Dana (12 May 2013). "Turkey Holds Nine Suspects in Deadly Attack Blamed on Syria". Bloomberg Businessweek. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
- ^ Dorell, Oren (12 May 2013). "Turkey: 9 with Syrian ties arrested in car bombings". USA Today. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
- ^ "Turkey charges prime suspect in car bombings, report says". Al Arabiya. 21 May 2013. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
- ^ Morris, Loveday; DeYoung, Karen (12 July 2013). "Al-Qaeda-affiliated gunmen kill Syrian rebel commander, rebels say". The Washington Post. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
- ^ a b "Iraq:hundreds escape from Abu Ghraib jail". The Guardian. Associated Press. 22 July 2013. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
- ^ a b Schreck, Adam (23 July 2013). "Abu Ghraib Prison Break: Al Qaeda in Iraq Claims Responsibility for Raid". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
- ^ Lake, Eli (29 July 2013). "Al Qaeda in Iraq Abu Ghraib Jailbreak a Counterterrorism Nightmare". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
- ^ Malas, Nour; Abushakra, Rima (6 August 2013). "Islamists Seize Airbase Near Aleppo". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 16 July 2014.(subscription required) Accessible via Google.
- ^ Luca, Ana Maria (11 November 2013). "Message from Ayman al-Zawahiri". NOW News. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
- ^ Loyd, Anthony (20 September 2013). "Will I die today? Face to face with jihadists fuelled by hate". The Australian. Retrieved 16 July 2014.(subscription required) Accessible via Google.
- ^ Burch, Jonathon; Dziadosz, Alexander (19 September 2013). "Syrian rebels, Qaeda group clash near Turkish border crossing". Reuters. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
- ^ Al-Qaeda group and FSA declare truce as Turkey keeps Syria border gate closed Hürriyet Daily News, 19 September 2013
- ^ Syrian al-Qaeda prepares to launch attack in Turkey's big cities Today's Zaman, 4 November 2013
- ^ "Reyhanlı saldırısını El Kaide üstlendi". Oda TV. 1 October 2013.
- ^ "Al-Qaeda Claims Responsibility for Reyhanlı". Aydınlık. 2 October 2013. Retrieved 21 January 2014.[dead link]
- ^ "ISIL threatens Erdoğan with suicide bombings in Ankara, İstanbul". Today's Zaman. 30 September 2013. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
- ^ "El Kaide, Reyhanlı'yı üstlendi iddiası". CNN Türk. 1 October 2013.
- ^ Surk, Barbara (10 December 2013). "Syrian army pounds rebels near Lebanon border". Yahoo! News. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
- ^ "Iraqi City in Hands of Al-Qaida-Linked Militants". Voice of America. 4 January 2014. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
- ^ Bulos, Nabih (5 January 2014). "Al Qaeda-linked group routed in Syrian rebel infighting". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
- ^ Mohammed Tawfeeq and Laura Smith-Spark (4 January 2014). "Islamist group ISIS claims deadly Lebanon blast, promises more violence". CNN. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
- ^ "ISIS claims responsibility for Beirut car bomb". The Daily Star. 4 January 2014. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
- ^ Chulov, Martin (6 January 2014). "Syrian rebels oust al-Qaida-affiliated jihadists from northern city of Raqqa". The Guardian.
- ^ "Hardly any Qaeda militants left in Aleppo". Al Arabiya. 8 January 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
- ^ "Syria: ISIS besieged by opposition fighters in Raqqa". Asharq Al-Awsat. 7 January 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
- ^ "Al-Qaeda-linked groups expand into Lebanon". Aljazeera. 26 January 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
- ^ "Turkish army strikes ISIS convoy in Syria". Al Arabiya. 30 January 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
- ^ "Syria: Turkey Hits Islamic State of Iraq Convoy Near Border". EA WorldView. 29 January 2014. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
- ^ "TSK, IŞİD konvoyunu vurdu". Milliyet. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
- ^ "Türkiye IŞİD konvoyunu vurdu". dw.de. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
- ^ "TSK, Irak-Şam İslam Devleti Örgütü konvoyunu vurdu". CNN Turkey. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
- ^ "Key Al-Qaeda militant reportedly killed in Syria". Asharq Al-Awsat. 27 January 2014. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
- ^ Holmes, Oliver (3 February 2014). "Al Qaeda breaks link with Syrian militant group ISIL". Reuters. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
- ^ "Islamist rebels oust ISIS from Syria's Deir Ezzor". Al Arabiya. 10 February 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
- ^ "List of bombings during the Syrian Civil War". Retrieved 25 September 2014.
- ^ "إدلب خالية من " داعش " بشكل كامل .. و الثوار يعلنون بدء معركة تحرير " خان شيخون " ( فيديو ) | عكس السير دوت كوم". Aksalser. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
- ^ Landis, Joshua (21 February 2014). "Saudis And CIA Agree To Arm Syrian 'Moderates' With Advanced Weapons". Eurasia Review. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
- ^ Sly, Liz (for The Washington Post) (4 March 2014). "Renegade al-Qaida faction withdraws from Syrian border town of Azaz". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
- ^ Parker, Ned; Ireland, Louise (9 March 2014). "Iraqi PM Maliki says Saudi, Qatar openly funding violence in Anbar". Reuters.
- ^ "Exclusive: Iraq's Maliki accuses Saudi Arabia of supporting 'terrorism'". France 24. 8 March 2014.
- ^ "Niğde zanlıları tutuklandı". Dha.com.tr. 24 March 2014. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
- ^ Barış Yarkadaş (21 March 2014). "Niğde saldırısını El Kaide düzenledi – Gerçek Gündem". Gercekgundem.com. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
- ^ "Jandarma'ya saldırı: 2 şehit". Dha.com.tr. 20 March 2014. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
- ^ "Niğde'de kanlı saldırı: 3 şehit var – saldırganlar yakalandı – TG". Turkiyegazetesi.com.tr. 20 March 2014. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
- ^ "NİĞDE'DEKİ SALDIRIYLA İLGİLİ İSTANBUL'DA 2 KİŞİ YAKALANDI". Dha.com.tr. 25 March 2014. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
- ^ "Iraq hits 'jihadist convoy' in Syria". BBC News. 27 April 2014. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
- ^ Abdelaziz, Salma (2 May 2014). "Death and desecration in Syria: Jihadist group 'crucifies' bodies to send message". CNN. Retrieved 2 May 2014.
- ^ Soffer, Ari (1 May 2014). "Syrian Islamists Stage Public Crucifixions". Arutz Sheva. Retrieved 2 May 2014.
- ^ Almasy, Steve (29 June 2014). "Group: ISIS 'crucifies' men in public in Syrian towns". CNN. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
- ^ "ISIS terror in and around Rojava, March-April 2014". The Kurdistan Tribune. 13 April 2014. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
- ^ Al-Salhy, Suadad; Arango, Tim (10 June 2014). "Sunni Militants Drive Iraqi Army Out of Mosul". The New York Times.
- ^ "Iraq city of Tikrit falls to ISIS fighters". Al Jazeera. 12 June 2014.
- ^ Curry, Colleen (13 June 2014). "A Simple and Useful Guide to Understanding the Conflict in Iraq". ABC News. Retrieved 14 June 2014.
- ^ a b Neriah, Jacques (11 June 2014). "Is the Fall of Mosul in Iraq to the Jihadists a "Game Changer"?". Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
- ^ "Diverse groups make up Iraq's Sunni insurgency". Middle East Eye. 18 June 2014. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
- ^ Sherlock, Ruth; Malouf, Carol (20 June 2014). "Islamic Army of Iraq founder: Isis and Sunni Islamists will march on Baghdad". The Telegraph. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
- ^ Collard, Rebecca (20 June 2014). "Kurdish fighters mull whether to defend Iraq". Time. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
- ^ Windrem, Robert (20 June 2014). "As Sunnis, Shiites Battle, Are Iraq's Kurds Preparing to Declare Independence?". NBC News. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
- ^ Hassan, Ghazwan (5 June 2014). "Iraq dislodges insurgents from city of Samarra with airstrikes". Reuters. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
- ^ "Deadly fighting breaks out in Iraq's Mosul". Aljazeera. 7 June 2014. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
- ^ "Clashes between Iraqi Army, "Daash" militants in Mosul". Kuwait News Agency. 6 June 2014. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
- ^ "ISIL rebels release hostages in Iraq's Anbar". Worldbulletin. 7 June 2014. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
- ^ "Iraq university hostages' ordeal ends in Ramadi". BBC News. 7 June 2014. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
- ^ "Iraq militants control second city of Mosul". BBC News. 10 June 2014.
- ^ Caulderwood, Kathleeen (13 June 2014). "Mosul Bank Robbery Isn't The Only Thing Funding ISIS". International Business Times.
- ^ "Iraq crisis: Islamists force 500,000 to flee Mosul". BBC News. 11 June 2014.
- ^ http://www.iraqinews.com/features/isil-kills-670-prisoners-badush-prison-beings-campaign-turkmen-says-un/
- ^ a b http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/lauretta-brown/un-isis-massacred-700-turkmen-including-women-children-elderly
- ^ "ISIL kidnaps Turkish consul, special forces, children in northern Iraqi hotspot". Hurriyet Daily News. 11 June 2014.
- ^ Nadim Houry (12 June 2014). "Iraq: ISIS Advance Threatens Civilians". Human Rights Watch. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
- ^ Cumming-Bruce, Nick "U.N. Warns of Rights Abuses and Hundreds Dead in Iraq Fighting" The New York Times. 13 June 2014.
- ^ Al-Sanjary, Ziad; Rasheed, Ahmed (15 June 2014). "Advancing Iraq rebels seize northwest town in heavy battle". Reuters. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
{{cite web}}
: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|website=
(help) - ^ Norland, Rod; Rubin, Alissa A. "Massacre Claim Shakes Iraq" The New York Times. 15 June 2014.
- ^ "Sunni militants 'seize Iraq's western border crossings'". BBC News. 22 June 2014. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
- ^ Chulov, Martin; Hawramy, Fazel (27 June 2014). "Isis: Maliki hails Syrian air raids in Iraq as leaving both states 'winners'". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
- ^ Syrian branch of al Qaeda vows loyalty to Iraq's ISIS" France 24. 25 June 2014.
- ^ "Al Nusra pledges allegiance to Isil". Gulf News. 25 June 2014. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
- ^ Shahine, Aala; Hacaoglu, Selcan (26 June 2014). "Iraq Buys Used Russian Fighter Jets Amid U.S. Delivery Delay". Bloomberg News. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
- ^ Bengali, Shashank (27 June 2014). "Iraqi PM Nouri al-Maliki blames US for failure to block Sunni insurgents". The Sydney Morning Herald.
- ^ "Iraqi PM Nouri Maliki: Russian jets will turn tide". BBC News. 26 June 2014.
- ^ Ruth, Sherlock. "Hague urges unity as Iraq launches first counter-attack". The Telegraph. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
- ^ "Obama seeks $500 million from Congress to train 'moderate' Syrian rebels to fight ISIS" The Jerusalem Post. 28 June 2014.
- ^ "Isis rebels declare 'Islamic state' in Iraq and Syria". BBC News. 30 June 2014. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
- ^ Rousselle, Christine (2 July 2014). "Leader of Islamic State Claims Rome Will Be Conquered Next". Townhall. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
- ^ McElory, Damien. "Rome will be conquered next, says leader of 'Islamic State'". The Telegraph. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
- ^ "ISIS leader calls for global Muslim obedience". Middle East Star. 5 July 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
- ^ Westall, Sylvia (3 July 2014). "Islamic State seizes oil field and towns in Syria's east". Reuters. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
- ^ http://www.turkishweekly.net/news/170899/women-and-children-among-massacred-iraqi-turkmen.html
- ^ "Islamic State fighters seize Syria gas field". Al Jazeera. 19 July 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
- ^ "Islamic state killed 270 during Syrian gas field takeover: monitor". Reuters. 19 July 2014. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
- ^ Evans, Dominic (23 July 2014). "Islamic State says carried out Baghdad suicide bombing". Reuters.
- ^ "Iraq jihadists blow up 'Jonah's tomb' in Mosul". The Telegraph. Agence France-Presse. 25 July 2014. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
- ^ "Isis militants blow up Jonah's tomb". The Guardian. Associated Press. 24 July 2014. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
- ^ Malas, Nour (25 July 2014). "Jihadists in Iraq Erase Cultural Heritage". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
- ^ "Daesh destroys the grave of the prophet Jonah in Iraq". Ynet (in Hebrew). 26 July 2014. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
- ^ http://www.ibtimes.co.in/isis-captures-syrian-military-base-raqqa-beheads-captured-soldiers-605356
- ^ http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=67317
- ^ "ISIS destroys Prophet Sheth shrine in Mosul". Al Arabiya. 26 July 2014.
- ^ McElroy, Damien (30 July 2014). "Islamic State jihadists issue 30-minute killing spree on video". The Telegraph. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
- ^ "ISIS video wages psychological warfare on Iraqi soldiers". The Daily Star. 31 July 2014. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
- ^ "Jihadists kill dozens as Iraq fighting rages". Al Arabiya. Agence Presse-France. 2 August 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
- ^ "President Obama Makes a Statement on Iraq". The White House. 7 August 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
- ^ "BNPT Declares ISIS a Terrorist Organization". Tempo. 2 August 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
- ^ "Irak: 37 muertos en combates contra milicianos de ISIS". ANSA. 2 August 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2014.[dead link]
- ^ "Islamic State takes Iraqi oilfield and towns". Aljazeera. 3 August 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Countries/IQ/UNAMI_OHCHR_POC_Report_FINAL_6July_10September2014.pdf
- ^ Salih, Mohammed; van Wilgenburg, Wladimir (5 August 2014). "Iraqi Yazidis: 'If we move they will kill us'". Aljazeera. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
- ^ "Iraq Christians flee as Islamic State takes Qaraqosh". BBC News. 7 August 2014. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
- ^ http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/inpictures/2014/08/pictures-kurdish-frontline-iraq-20148128625609338.html
- ^ http://online.wsj.com/articles/iraqi-militants-seize-christian-villages-1407404503
- ^ "Obama Authorized Targeted Airstrikes in Iraq Against Islamic Militants, Along with Airdrops". Associated Press. 7 August 2014. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
- ^ "UK planes to drop emergency aid to Iraqi refugees". BBC News. 8 August 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
- ^ Noack, Rick (8 August 2014). "When Obama talks about Iraq, his use of the word 'genocide' is vital". The Washington Post. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
- ^ "فابيوس: ينبغي تشكيل حكومة شراكة وطنية في العراق". BBC News. 10 August 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
- ^ Shear, Michael D. (9 August 2014). "Obama Says Iraq Airstrike Effort Could Be Long-Term". The New York Times. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
- ^ "مصادر كردية: "الدولة الإسلامية" على بعد 30 كيلومترا من إربيل". ynewsiq.com. 9 August 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
- ^ Spencer, Richard (10 August 2014). "American air strikes help Kurdish forces reclaim towns from Islamic State". The Telegraph. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
- ^ Farmer, Ben (8 August 2014). "Britain considers air strikes to avert genocide in Iraq". The Telegraph. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
- ^ "France to consider arming Iraqi Kurds battling ISIS". France 24. 11 August 2014. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
- ^ Adam Withnall (10 August 2014). "Iraq crisis: Islamic militants 'buried alive Yazidi women and children in attack that killed 500' – Middle East – World". The Independent. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
- ^ Rasheed, Ahmed (10 August 2014). "Exclusive: Iraq says Islamic State killed 500 Yazidis, buried some victims alive". Reuters. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/11/world/middleeast/iraq.html?_r=1
- ^ "Arab League denounces ISIS attacks as "crimes against humanity"". Al Arabiya. 11 August 2014. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
- ^ "Mid Day News – 11/08/2014 - التطورات في العراق". YouTube. Retrieved 2014-08-12.
- ^ Penny, Thomas (11 August 2014). "U.K. Rules Out Iraq Air Strikes as Increased Aid Planned". Bloomberg News. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
- ^ أبوظبي - سكاي نيوز عربية (12 August 2014). "واشنطن لن توسع الضربات بالعراق - أخبار سكاي نيوز عربية" (in Arabic). Sky News Arabia. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
- ^ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2723443/Australian-photographer-board-overloaded-Iraqi-helicopter-crashed-killed-pilot-injured-20-evacuees-carrying-aid-Yazidi-refugees.html
- ^ http://www.theamericanconservative.com/dreher/general-majid-who-gave-his-life-for-others/
- ^ "Islamic State advances in Syria's Aleppo province: NGO". Agence France-Presse. 13 August 2014. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
- ^ http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/14/world/middleeast/iraq-yazidi-refugees.html?_r=0
- ^ http://www.thestar.com/news/world/2014/08/14/iraqs_nouri_almaliki_agrees_to_step_aside_state_tv_reports.html
- ^ "Adopting resolution, Security Council approves sanctions against militants in Iraq, Syria". UN News Centre. 15 August 2014. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
- ^ "Iraq conflict: Islamic State massacres 80 Yazidis; UN passes sanctions against jihadist group". ABC News. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
- ^ Borger, Julian (15 August 2014). "EU backs supply of arms to Kurdish fighters in Iraq". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
- ^ "US confirms Iraq air strikes on Isis fighters near key Mosul dam". The Guardian. 16 August 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
- ^ "Islamic State killed 700 people from Syrian tribe: monitoring group". Reuters. 16 August 2014. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
- ^ "Mosul Dam's Takeover by ISIS Raises Risk of Flooding". The Wall Street Journal. 17 August 2014.(subscription required) (Accessible via Google.)
- ^ "US air strikes hit Islamic State near Mosul dam". Sydney Morning Herald. 17 August 2014.
- ^ "Pope Francis hints at US trip, says he would go to China 'tomorrow' if invited". The Guardian. 18 August 2014. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
{{cite news}}
: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|1=
(help) - ^ "Islamic State 'has 50,000 fighters in Syria'". Al Jazeera. 19 August 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
- ^ "Video shows ISIS beheading U.S. journalist James Foley". CNN. 19 August 2014.
- ^ http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-28858601
- ^ http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/19/isis-fighters-iraq-army-fails-tikrit
- ^ "Obama James Foley ISIS Statement WATCH LIVE STREAM VIDEO". Mediaite. 20 August 2014. Retrieved 2014-08-20.
- ^ Buel, Meredith (21 August 2014). "US Defense Secretary Says Islamic State is Imminent Threat". Voice of America. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
- ^ Nissenbaum, Dion (22 August 2014). "U.S. Considers Attacks on ISIS in Syria". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 23 August 2014.(subscription required) Accessible via Google.
- ^ "Lebanese man behind deadly ISIS suicide blast in Iraq". The Daily Star Newspaper - Lebanon. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
- ^ Karouny, Mariam. "Islamic State militants behead captive Lebanese soldier: video". Reuters. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
- ^ "Syria conflict: IS 'kills dozens of Assad soldiers'". BBC News. 28 August 2014. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
- ^ "Cameron talks tough on radical Islam as UK raises terror threat". Fox News. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
- ^ Ahmed, Rasheed; Coles, Isabel (31 August 2014). "Jubilant Iraqi forces break two-month siege of Amerli: officials". Reuters. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
- ^ "Germany to send Iraqi Kurds enough weapons for 4,000 fighters". Reuters. 31 August 2014. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
- ^ "Fight against "Islamic State": Germany provides anti-tank missiles to Kurds". Spiegel Online. 31 August 2014. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
- ^ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2792552/full-horror-yazidis-didn-t-escape-mount-sinjar-confirms-5-000-men-executed-7-000-women-kept-sex-slaves.html
- ^ Gathmann, Florian; Meiritz, Annett (1 September 2014). "Iraq debate in the Bundestag: Good weapons, evil weapons". Spiegel Online. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
- ^ Marszal, Andrew; Sanchez, Raf; Henderson, Barney (2 September 2014). "Steven Sotloff 'beheaded by Islamic State' – latest". The Telegraph. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
- ^ "After James Foley, ISIS beheads another US journalist Steven Sotloff". The Times of India. 3 September 2014. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
- ^ "Islamic State says Vladimir Putin's throne is 'under threat and will fall when we come to you'". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
- ^ Jim Hoft - Original video with English subtitles and transcript by MEMRI (Subscription required to watch video). (2014-09-04). "ISIS THREATENS PUTIN From Top of Captured Russian Jet: "We Will Liberate Chechnya & Caucusus" (Video)". The Gateway Pundit.
- ^ "Fight against "Islamic State": Bundeswehr flies first military equipment to Iraq". Spiegel Online. 2014-09-05.
- ^ "Iraqi and Kurdish troops enter the sieged Amirli". BBC News. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
- ^ "So hilft Israels Todfeind den USA im Kampf gegen ISIS!". Bild. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
- ^ "In Iraq, residents of Amerli celebrate end of militant siege". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
- ^ "ISIS-besieged Iraq town hit by double suicide bombing". CNN. 8 September 2014. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
- ^ Cohen, Tom (10 September 2014). "Obama outlines ISIS strategy: Airstrikes in Syria, more U.S. forces". CNN. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
- ^ Holmes, Oliver (14 September 2014). "Islamic State video purports to show beheading of UK hostage David Haines". Reuters. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
- ^ 15 arrested, one charged in terror raids "15 arrested, one charged in terror raids". sbs.com.au. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
{{cite web}}
: Check|url=
value (help) - ^ "IS leader accused of Sydney terror plot". 7 News. Yahoo7. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
- ^ Johnston, Chris (20 September 2014). "Isis militants release 49 hostages taken at Turkish consulate in Mosul".
- ^ "Islamic State overruns Iraqi military base in Anbar". The Long War Journal. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
- ^ http://www.ibtimes.co.in/isis-militants-iraqi-army-uniform-massacre-hundreds-capture-400-soldiers-camp-saqlawiyah-609729
- ^ "ISIS audio urges Muslims everywhere to kill 'unbelievers'". CBC News. 21 September 2014. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
- ^ Bayoumy, Yara (20 September 2014). "Isis urges more attacks on Western 'disbelievers'". The Independent. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
- ^ Abu Mohammad al-Adnani. "Indeed Your Lord Is Ever Watchful" (PDF). Archive.org. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
- ^ Cooper, Helene; Schmitt, Eric (22 September 2014). "U.S. and Allies Hit ISIS Targets in Syria". The New York Times. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
- ^ "U.S. Military, Partner Nations Conduct Airstrikes Against ISIL in Syria". U.S. Department of Defense (DOD). 23 September 2014. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
- ^ "400 ISIL militants killed in int'l alliance attacks". Kuwait News Agency. 23 September 2014. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
- ^ http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/herve-gourdel-beheading-recap-updates-4317638
- ^ Johnston, Chris (29 September 2014). "Isis: third video featuring British hostage John Cantlie is posted online". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
- ^ Smith-Spark, Laura; Carter, Chelsea J.; Tuysuz, Gul (3 October 2014). "Turkish lawmakers OK military action against ISIS". CNN. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
- ^ "Australia announces contributions to the war effort against Islamic Extremists in Iraq".
- ^ "ISIS video claims to show beheading of Alan Henning; American threatened".
- ^ a b c http://www.newsweek.com/town-falls-islamic-state-iraqs-anbar-province-275366
- ^ http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2014/Oct-06/273047-five-hezbollah-fighters-dead-in-border-clashes.ashx
- ^ http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2014/10/08/Canada-votes-to-join-anti-ISIS-air-strikes-in-Iraq.html
- ^ "IS claims responsibility for Gaza's French Cultural Centre blast, reports". Middle East Eye. 8 October 2014. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
- ^ a b Khoury, Jack (8 October 2014). "Group calling itself 'Islamic State in Gaza' says it blew up French cultural center". Haaretz. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
- ^ Yashar, Ari (8 October 2014). "ISIS Claims Attack on French Cultural Center in Gaza". Arutz Sheva. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
- ^ http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=2355993&CategoryId=12395
- ^ http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-29585351
- ^ http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2014/10/islamic_state_assass.php#ixzz3GK673Vri
- ^ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/11163386/US-military-admits-Isil-has-tactical-momentum-as-jihadist-siege-of-Kobane-continues.html
- ^ http://www.news.com.au/world/islamic-state-militants-overrun-the-strategic-city-of-heet-and-claim-half-syrian-border-town-of-kobane/story-fndir2ev-1227089645199
- ^ http://www.unhcr.org/543d10119.html
- ^ http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/186141#.VD5YlPmsXCt
- ^ http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/10/14/us-mideast-crisis-iraq-bomb-idUSKCN0I31OR20141014
- ^ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2791307/now-isis-attack-guerrillas-ultra-secret-white-shroud-group-strike-fear-terrorists-picking-fighters-one-one.html
- ^ http://www.lastampa.it/2014/10/14/esteri/effetto-isis-in-turchia-affari-doro-per-i-barbieri-si-radono-tutti-per-paura-di-sembrare-terroristi-xOBEcvkyNsYYVqfjkBG1AK/pagina.html
- ^ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/11165813/Americas-war-on-Isil-finally-gets-a-name-Operation-Inherent-Resolve.html
- ^ http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/isis-fight-airstrikes-on-kobani-get-more-accurate-with-help-from-kurds-1.2799085
- ^ http://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/mondo/2014/10/13/isis-turchia-accetta-aerei-usa-nelle-sue-basi_64459c05-ab1d-407b-9d85-c06b4e85d84f.html
- ^ "Islamic State 'being driven out of Syria's Kobane'". BBC News. 16 October 2014. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
- ^ http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/16/isis-targets-baghdad-car-bombs-mortar-attacks
- ^ https://www.ansa.it/english/news/politics/2014/10/16/italy-to-send-280-instructors-to-iraq_c52a8173-b55b-478d-8c45-192fc2f07243.html
- ^ http://www.news.com.au/world/middle-east/iraqi-army-and-police-score-rare-victory-in-the-battle-for-baghdad/story-fnh81ifq-1227093446397
- ^ http://www.worldbulletin.net/iraq/146443/isil-training-pilots-in-3-captured-jets-monitor
- ^ http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2014/Oct-17/274447-yemens-al-qaeda-urges-worldwide-support-of-isis.ashx#axzz3GQ0GOnU6
- ^ http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/americas-bombs-are-only-making-isis-stronger-and-alqaeda-has-just-proven-it-9802325.html