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[218] the Iraqi Turkmen genocide began when ISIS captured Iraqi Turkmen lands in 2014 and it continued until ISIS lost all of their land in Iraq. In 2017, ISIS's persecution of Iraqi Turkmen was officially recognized as a genocide by the Parliament of Iraq, [219] [220] and in 2018, the sexual slavery of Iraqi Turkmen girls and women was ...
The Islamic State of Iraq (ISI; Arabic: دولة العراق الإسلامية Dawlat al-ʿIrāq al-ʾIslāmiyyah) was a Salafi jihadist militant organization that fought the forces of the U.S.-led coalition during the Iraqi insurgency.
The location of Iraq An enlargeable map of Iraq. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Iraq: . Iraq – sovereign country located in Western Asia. [1]
It’s many years since ISIS, also known as Islamic State, held sway over much of Syria and northern Iraq a time when it spawned affiliates throughout Africa and Asia and organized a series of ...
The man who drove a truck into a New Orleans crowd on New Year’s Day had recently pledged allegiance to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), according to the FBI.. While most ISIS-linked ...
Most geographers, including those of the Iraqi government, discuss the country's geography in terms of four main zones or regions: the desert in the west and southwest; the rolling upland between the upper Tigris and Euphrates rivers (in Arabic the Dijla and Furat, respectively); the highlands in the north and northeast; and the alluvial plain through which the Tigris and Euphrates flow.
United States and Iraqi military forces conducted a raid in western Iraq that targeted ISIS leaders and killed 15 ISIS militants, U.S. Central Command said in a statement. Seven U.S. military ...
BBC's recently updated map of ISIS controlled areas (This is the most recent source) BBC's map of Syria. Noria Research's map of Syria. Map and information on claimed areas. Some info in Aleppo and Ar-Raqqah Governorate (Jan 19, 2014) Derived from: File:Saudi Arabia location map.svg File:Jordan location map.svg File:Syria location map.svg