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Islamic State and the crisis in Iraq and Syria in maps - BBC News
Keywords: Mosul, Syria, Iraq, Isis, Islamic State, Caliphate,
Questions and Answers about Islamic State on the BBC website give a short and simple look at Islamic State or ISIS in Syria and Iraq, its origins and how it developed upto the Iraqi government's efforts to retake Mosul in northern Iraq in Dec. 2016.
The retaking of Mosul, Iraq, from Islamic State in December 2016
11/01/2016
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Battle For Mosul Begins in Iraq Against Islamic State - SPIEGEL ONLINE
SPIEGEL ONLINE 10/22/2016
WorldLink: Fleeing Mosul | All media content | DW.COM | 04.11.2016
DW.COM 11/04/2016
Islamic State and the crisis in Iraq and Syria in maps - BBC News
BBC News 12/07/2016
Iraqi forces push into deadliest areas of Mosul as civilian exodus accelerates
The Guardian 03/06/2017
Arrival of US troops intensifies struggle for influence in Syria
The Guardian 03/09/2017
Iraq Recaptures Al Nuri Mosque in Mosul, but Only Rubble Remains
The New York Times 06/29/2017
Matt Bradley's WSJ report from Mosul in August 2014- the collapsing economy and life in Mosul
08/28/2014
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In Islamist-Ruled Mosul, Resentment of Militants Grows
Wall Street Journal 08/28/2014
U.S. Embracing a New Approach on Battling ISIS in Iraq
New York Times 06/10/2015
Ex-premier Maliki on hot seat in Iraq over fall of Mosul to Islamic State - The Washington Post
Washington Post 08/17/2015
WorldLink: Fleeing Mosul | All media content | DW.COM | 04.11.2016
DW.COM 11/04/2016
Islamic State and the crisis in Iraq and Syria in maps - BBC News
BBC News 12/07/2016
Iraqi forces push into deadliest areas of Mosul as civilian exodus accelerates
The Guardian 03/06/2017
The Nov 12, 2015, Islamic State (ISIS) attacks in Paris, France
11/13/2015
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Paris Attacks Kill More Than 100, Police Say; Border Controls Tightened
New York Times 11/13/2015
‘Scene of Carnage’ Inside Sold-Out Paris Concert Hall
New York Times 11/13/2015
Paris Attacks Leave More Than 100 Dead
Wall Street Journal 11/14/2015
Islamic State has increasingly hit soft targets outside of ‘caliphate’ borders - The Washington Post
Washington Post 11/14/2015
French president calls Paris attacks ‘act of war’ by Islamic State - The Washington Post
Washington Post 11/14/2015
Caught between internal and external terror threats, France struggles to cope - The Washington Post
Washington Post 11/14/2015
Nordland and Rubin's indepth NYT account of the Islamic State of Syria and Iraq (ISIS) in Syria and Iraq, as a Sunni organization based on money raising capabilities
06/20/2014
The ISIS raises money through various activities including taxes it imposes and collects in territories under its control. This extends to taxes on Christians in Mosul. Other activities include smuggling and money raised from taking oil refineries in Iraq and Syria. Some of the oil in Syria is sold to the Assad regime. Money is also raised from bank vaults such as in Mosul. It also has wealthy backers in Saudi Arabia and the Gulf kingdoms as a result of the Sunni-Shiite conflict.
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Iraq Insurgents Reaping Wealth as They Advance
New York Times 06/20/2014
Washington Post 07/12/2014
Iraq Crisis: Effort to Aid Kurdish Forces Puts Iran, U.S. on Same Side
Wall Street Journal 08/14/2014
Want to Defeat ISIS? Help the Syrian Opposition
Wall Street Journal 08/14/2014
U.S. Widens Air Campaign in Northern Iraq
Wall Street Journal 08/18/2014
Assad Policies Aided Rise of Islamic State Militant Group
Wall Street Journal 08/22/2014
Ancient Islamic religious text Hadith, prophecies, and the Islamic State (ISIS)
11/19/2014
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Ancient Prophecies Motivate Islamic State Militants
Wall Street Journal 11/19/2014
In Islamic State Stronghold of Raqqa, Foreign Fighters Dominate
Wall Street Journal 02/05/2015
Splits in Islamic State Emerge as Its Ranks Expand
Wall Street Journal 03/10/2015
Islamic State’s Deep, Poisonous Roots
Wall Street Journal 01/02/2016
Islamic State and the crisis in Iraq and Syria in maps - BBC News
BBC News 12/07/2016
Islamic State and Libya
02/17/2015
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Islamic State Secures New Haven in Libya
Wall Street Journal 02/17/2015
Splits in Islamic State Emerge as Its Ranks Expand
Wall Street Journal 03/10/2015
Islamic State Solidifies Foothold in Libya to Expand Reach
Wall Street Journal 05/20/2015
Western Officials Alarmed as ISIS Expands Territory in Libya
New York Times 05/31/2015
ISIS’ Grip on Libyan City Gives It a Fallback Option
New York Times 11/28/2015
A New Libya, With ‘Very Little Time Left’
New York Times 02/27/2016
Islamic State (ISIS) and Pakistan
11/21/2014
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Allure of ISIS for Pakistanis Is on the Rise
New York Times 11/21/2014
Splits in Islamic State Emerge as Its Ranks Expand
Wall Street Journal 03/10/2015
Islamic State and the crisis in Iraq and Syria in maps - BBC News
BBC News 12/07/2016
The situation with ISIS (Islamic State) in 2016
08/04/2016
President Obama and other administration officials describe the situation with ISIS in 2016.
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Barack Obama Says Islamic State Is Losing Ground Militarily, Turning More to Terrorism
WSJ 08/04/2016
Islamic State and the crisis in Iraq and Syria in maps - BBC News
BBC News 12/07/2016
Iraq in 2016- effective partition of the country
04/28/2016
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With Iraq Mired in Turmoil, Some Call for Partitioning the Country
New York Times 04/28/2016
Islamic State and the crisis in Iraq and Syria in maps - BBC News
BBC News 12/07/2016
The PKK and Kurdish peshmerga in the war in Syria and Iraq
07/25/2015
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America’s Marxist Allies Against ISIS
Wall Street Journal 07/25/2015
Sinjar Victory Bolsters Kurds, but Could Further Alienate U.S. From Iraq
New York Times 11/13/2015
On the Front Line Against Islamic State
Wall Street Journal 12/05/2015
Stingy Baghdad Harms the ISIS Fight
Wall Street Journal 12/21/2015
Islamic State and the crisis in Iraq and Syria in maps - BBC News
BBC News 12/07/2016
Arrival of US troops intensifies struggle for influence in Syria
The Guardian 03/09/2017
Tribes in Iraq in 2014, the Islamic State (ISIS) and the Iraqi government- 2014 reversals after the U.S. supported Awakening movement
11/15/2014
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Iraq and U.S. Find Some Potential Sunni Allies Have Already Been Lost
New York Times 11/15/2014
Coalition Has Reclaimed Territory from Islamic State, Kerry Says
Wall Street Journal 01/23/2015
Splits in Islamic State Emerge as Its Ranks Expand
Wall Street Journal 03/10/2015
U.S. Embracing a New Approach on Battling ISIS in Iraq
New York Times 06/10/2015
Iraqi Forces Repel Islamic State Counterattacks in Ramadi
Wall Street Journal 12/10/2015
Islamic State’s Deep, Poisonous Roots
Wall Street Journal 01/02/2016
ISIS (Islamic State) and the different interests in the Middle East region- the U.S. under the Obama administration, Turkey under Erdogan, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Russia under Putin and Iran under Khamanei in 2015-2016
10/16/2015
Turkey's Erdogan is fighting PKK and Kurds, as he faces domestic opposition with Kurdish parties doing well in the recent election, Israel is focussed on Iran's growing influence, the Saudis in protecting Sunni interests and limiting Iranian influence, the U.S. under the Obama administration focussed on limiting the U.S. involvement to an extraordinary degree, and Putin supporting the Iranian government.
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Regional Discord Fuels Islamic State’s Rise in Mideast
Wall Street Journal 10/16/2015
Sinjar Victory Bolsters Kurds, but Could Further Alienate U.S. From Iraq
New York Times 11/13/2015
Islamic State Understands One Thing: Force
Wall Street Journal 11/20/2015
Turkey Shoots Down Russian Military Jet
Wall Street Journal 11/24/2015
Wall Street Journal 11/24/2015
Russia, West Diverge on Military Tactics in Syria
Wall Street Journal 12/16/2015
The insurgency in Iraq in 2014 against the Maliki government's sectarian policies- the Islamic state of Iraq and Syria
06/10/2014
Mosul on the border with Syria is taken by the insurgents ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria) who operate on the Syrian side against Assad. Mosul is Iraq's second largest city with different ethnic groups. Foreign fighters operating in Syria have joined the ISIS. Maliki had lost support in Mosul with his increasingly sectarian policies favoring Shiites and marginalizing Sunnis. The Iraqi forces lack training and are poorly organized compared to the insurgents fighting the Assad regime in Syria. The U.S. lost any chance of maintaining peace in the region with policies of the Obama administration distancing itself in Iraq, Syria and towards Iran's non-sectarian democracy movement. With moderates left in the cold in the region, sectarian influences are taking control and undoing the hard work of previous administrations. The hopes of the heavily young demographic oriented Middle East region in 2011-2012 for economic progress are now fading first into religious extremism and then into sectarian religious conflict, with Putin's government in Russia allowed by the Obama administration to pursue reckless policies in Syria against the interests of people in the region. A no fly zone or action of the kind taken in Libya at very small cost to the U.S. was not taken by U.S. president Obama. The failed reelection bid of Sarkozy in France left Britain's prime minister Cameron with no allies to pursue prudent policies in Syria that would have advanced democracy and economic development in the entire region.
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Sunni Militants Drive Iraqi Army Out of Mosul
New York Times 06/10/2014
Wall Street Journal 06/11/2014
Iraqi, U.S. Forces Trade Barbs Over Failures
Wall Street Journal 06/12/2014
Mosul Falls to ISIS, Endangering Iraq’s Democracy
New York Times 06/11/2014
U.S. Said to Rebuff Iraqi Request to Strike Militants
New York Times 06/11/2014
Sunni Fighters Gain as They Battle 2 Governments, and Other Rebels
New York Times 06/11/2014
Boko Haram and Islamic State
03/07/2015
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Boko Haram Generates Uncertainty With Pledge of Allegiance to Islamic State
New York Times 03/07/2015
African Training Exercise Turns Urgent as Threats Grow
New York Times 03/07/2015
Splits in Islamic State Emerge as Its Ranks Expand
Wall Street Journal 03/10/2015
Boko Haram’s Abduction of Girls Still Grips Nigeria
Wall Street Journal 04/14/2015
Calling It Genocide Won’t Stop It
Wall Street Journal 03/24/2016
Islamic State and the crisis in Iraq and Syria in maps - BBC News
BBC News 12/07/2016
Iraq's Kurdistan region and the invasion by ISIS in August 2014, the Kurdish U.S. backed response in 2015
08/14/2014
Iran and the U.S. aid the Peshmerga forces to push the ISIS Islamic state militants out of Kurdistan. Maliki steps down as prime minister and a new prime minister who would appeal to both Shia and Sunnis takes over. The failure of Maliki to bring national reconciliation and build a strong national military comprised of Shia and Sunni with the help of the U.S. leads to the collapse of Mosul. The situation with a badly trained and poorly organized Iraqi military and poorly equiped Peshmerga leads to the general collapse as Sunni ISIS militants in Syria push into Iraq in 2014. U.S. airstrikes help prevent the fall of Erbil, capital of the Iraqi Kurdistan region. France moves to aid Kurdistan as the EU fails to come up with a response. By 2015 the situation changed, with U.S. led airstrikes the Kurds had taken Sinjar from ISIS. an agreement.
Grouped Articles
Iraq Crisis: Effort to Aid Kurdish Forces Puts Iran, U.S. on Same Side
Wall Street Journal 08/14/2014
With Maliki Out of the Picture, U.S. Prepares to Boost Iraq Aid
Wall Street Journal 08/16/2014
How to Save Iraq and Honor American Sacrifice
Wall Street Journal 08/15/2014
U.S. Widens Air Campaign in Northern Iraq
Wall Street Journal 08/18/2014
Islamic State Fills Coffers From Illicit Economy in Syria, Iraq
Wall Street Journal 08/28/2014
How Kurds Came to Play Key Role in U.S. Plans to Combat Islamic State
Wall Street Journal 09/09/2014
U.S. president Obama and handling of Islamic State (ISIS) in Syria and Iraq- policy failures and corrective course
09/28/2014
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Obama Acknowledges U.S. Erred in Assessing ISIS
New York Times 09/28/2014
Iraq and U.S. Find Some Potential Sunni Allies Have Already Been Lost
New York Times 11/15/2014
Months of Airstrikes Fail to Slow Islamic State in Syria
Wall Street Journal 01/15/2015
Coalition Has Reclaimed Territory from Islamic State, Kerry Says
Wall Street Journal 01/23/2015
New York Times 02/07/2015
Obama’s Dual View of War Power Seeks Limits and Leeway
New York Times 02/11/2015
Islamic State and the Syrian city of Raqqa- role of the 20,000 foreign fighters in the Syria-Iraq conflict
02/05/2015
Fighters come from Russia's province of Chechnya, Tunisia, other Arab countries, and Britain. In some Syrian cities such as Raqqa they are the dominant group with the war turning many Syrians into refugees in Turkey and Jordan.
Grouped Articles
In Islamic State Stronghold of Raqqa, Foreign Fighters Dominate
Wall Street Journal 02/05/2015
Splits in Islamic State Emerge as Its Ranks Expand
Wall Street Journal 03/10/2015
Islamic State’s Deep, Poisonous Roots
Wall Street Journal 01/02/2016
Syrian rebels backed by Turkish tanks capture key border stronghold from ISIS
Washington Post 08/24/2016
Islamic State and the crisis in Iraq and Syria in maps - BBC News
BBC News 12/07/2016
Tunisia's radicalized youth | Middle East | DW.COM | 21.12.2016
DW.COM 12/21/2016
The effort against Islamic State in 2015
01/23/2015
Grouped Articles
Coalition Has Reclaimed Territory from Islamic State, Kerry Says
Wall Street Journal 01/23/2015
Obama’s Dual View of War Power Seeks Limits and Leeway
New York Times 02/11/2015
Splits in Islamic State Emerge as Its Ranks Expand
Wall Street Journal 03/10/2015
Sunni Tribes in Iraq Divided Over Battle Against Islamic State
Wall Street Journal 05/22/2015
Regional Discord Fuels Islamic State’s Rise in Mideast
Wall Street Journal 10/16/2015
On the Front Line Against Islamic State
Wall Street Journal 12/05/2015
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
06/11/2014
Grouped Articles
Sunni Fighters Gain as They Battle 2 Governments, and Other Rebels
New York Times 06/11/2014
In Shiite Heartland of Iraq, Volunteers Get Set for a ‘Defensive Jihad’
New York Times 06/21/2014
Answering a Cleric’s Call, Iraqi Shiites Take Up Arms
New York Times 06/21/2014
Iraq Insurgents Reaping Wealth as They Advance
New York Times 06/20/2014
Iraqi Army, in New Show of Force, Drives Back Insurgents in Major City
New York Times 06/28/2014
Washington Post 07/12/2014
Shift to new prime minister and president in Iraq as confidence in Maliki collapses
07/25/2014
Faoud Massoum, a Kurdish leader, is selected as new president of Iraq in July 2014, as the process of selecting a new president begins.
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Iraq Parliament Chooses New President, as Rebel Attack Kills 60
Wall Street Journal 07/25/2014
Iraq Crisis: Nouri al-Maliki Quits
Wall Street Journal 08/15/2014
With Maliki Out of the Picture, U.S. Prepares to Boost Iraq Aid
Wall Street Journal 08/16/2014
How to Save Iraq and Honor American Sacrifice
Wall Street Journal 08/15/2014
New York Times 08/15/2014
Facing Militants With Supplies Dwindling, Iraqi Soldiers Took to Phones
New York Times 09/26/2014
Two millon displaced Iraqi refugees in the winter of 2014-2015
12/27/2014
Displaced Iraqis in Kurdish areas of Iraq and other parts of the country following the U.S. intervention period and the invasion by Islamic State from Syria. Just as the country was returning to a degree of normalcy after the U.S intervention, actions of the Maliki adminsitration and Islamic State's attack on Mosul lead to a huge wave of refugees and displaced people by the winter of 2014-2015. The inaction of the Obama administration till the fomation of the new Abadi government in Iraq worsened the situation.
Grouped Articles
Iraq faces new crisis as winter descends on millions uprooted by Islamic State - The Washington Post
Washington Post 12/27/2014
Coalition Has Reclaimed Territory from Islamic State, Kerry Says
Wall Street Journal 01/23/2015
Kurdish Forces Declare Victory in Kobani
Wall Street Journal 01/28/2015
The Too Little, Too Late Presidency
Wall Street Journal 02/18/2015
Splits in Islamic State Emerge as Its Ranks Expand
Wall Street Journal 03/10/2015
Iraq Inches Toward 3-Way Split
Wall Street Journal 03/26/2015
Shiites and Sunnis in Iraq- Shiite Badr militias in Diyala province Feb. 2015
02/07/2015
Grouped Articles
Shiite Militia Drives Back Islamic State, but Divides Much of Iraq
New York Times 02/07/2015
To Defeat Islamic State in Iraq, Bridge the Sunni-Shiite Divide
Wall Street Journal 02/13/2015
Who’s Willing to Fight for Iraq?
New York Times 06/01/2015
With More Cash, Iran Poised to Help Mideast Friends
Wall Street Journal 07/16/2015
Washington Post 12/02/2015
Saudi Arabia executes prominent Shiite cleric and 46 others in 12 cities - The Washington Post
Washington Post 01/02/2016
Iraq- history and geography
03/06/2012
Grouped Articles
Would New Borders Mean Less Conflict in the Middle East?
Wall Street Journal 04/12/2015
Wall Street Journal 09/25/2015
New York Times 03/06/2012
Failed Efforts and Challenges of Americaâs Last Months in Iraq
New York Times 09/22/2012
Islamic State and the crisis in Iraq and Syria in maps - BBC News
BBC News 12/07/2016
Nouri-al-Maliki's second term as prime minister of Iraq
12/21/2010
Iraq after the American withdrawal and the uncertain future.
Grouped Articles
Iraq's Vote Looks Set to Deepen, Not Heal, Rifts
Wall Street Journal 04/19/2013
Clashes Carry Worries of a New Civil War
New York Times 04/28/2013
Sectarian Attacks Return With a Roar to Iraq, Rattling a Capital Already on Edge
New York Times 08/17/2013
Senators warn Obama that Maliki may be leading Iraq back toward civil war - The Washington Post
Washington Post 10/30/2013
The Iraqi Prime Ministerâs Plea to Americans
New York Times 10/29/2013
Surge in Iraqi Violence Reunites Maliki and Obama
New York Times 11/01/2013
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