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The US troop surge went into full effect in June 2007, and supplied the military with more manpower for operations targeting Islamic State of Iraq. According to US Colonel Donald Bacon, 19 senior operatives of Islamic State of Iraq were killed or captured by US and Iraqi Security Forces in July; 25 in August; 29 in September; and 45 in October ...
U.S. Army soldier in Iraq with captured flag from the Islamic State of Iraq, December 2010 By 2008, the ISI was describing itself as being in a state of "extraordinary crisis". [ 35 ] Its violent attempts to govern territory led to a backlash from Sunni Arab Iraqis and other insurgent groups and a temporary decline in the group, which was ...
On 4 February 2013, Wathiq al-Batat of the Shiite militant group Hezbollah in Iraq, announced the formation of the Mukhtar Army to fight against al-Qaeda and the Free Iraqi Army. [8] In August 2014, the group became defunct, after a large offensive by ISIL in northern Iraq, with activity on their websites ceasing.
Flag of the Islamic State: 2:3 Flag of Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region: Flag of Islamic Army of Iraq: Former 2:3 Flag of the Kurdistan Brigades: Flag of Al-Qaeda in Iraq: 2:3 Flag of the Sons of Iraq: Flag of Jama'at al-Tawhid wal-Jihad: Flag of the Mahdi Army: Flag of Ansar al-Islam: 2:3 Flag of White Flags: Flag of the Iraqi ...
The guiding principle of an Islamic government is the concept of al-Shura, meaning 'consultation' or 'collective decision-making'. Muslim scholars are of the opinion that Islamic al-Shura should consist of work in the public interest, compliance with the Quran and Sunnah, democratic elections conducted within shura bodies, and majority rule within the bounds of Islamic law.
Presidential flag of Syria: A horizontal tricolour of dark green, white and black with 3 red stars. [1] 1958–1961: Presidential flag of the United Arab Republic: A horizontal tricolour of red, white and black with 2 dark green stars. The coloured emblem of the United Arab Republic is at the top-left hoist. 1963–1972: Presidential flag of Syria
The land known as Mesopotamia is Iraq and eastern Syria and is called such by its inhabitants. Ever since Faisal I took the Iraqi throne in the early 1920s, Iraqi leaders have dreamed of unifying the two countries. The modern history of Iraq and Syria is deeply intertwined and has many troubled junctures.
Since 2014, the Islamic State has destroyed cultural heritage on an unprecedented scale, primarily in Iraq and Syria, but also in Libya. These attacks and demolitions targeted a variety of ancient and medieval artifacts, museums, libraries, and places of worship, among other sites of importance to human history.