Diyala Governorate

August 7, 2019 | Thomas Joscelyn |

Islamic State wages desert-based insurgency in Iraq and Syria

The Islamic State is far from dead in Iraq and Syria. Despite losing its physical caliphate, the group maintained enough manpower and resources to continue waging an insurgency in both countries. And America’s...

April 6, 2018 | Thomas Joscelyn |

Trump and Syria

The White House declared on April 4 that the "military mission to eradicate ISIS in Syria is coming to a rapid end, with ISIS being almost completely destroyed." While the United States is "commi...

January 8, 2015 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross The Spectator |

The Truth About ISIS… They’re Better at Twitter Than War

The Islamic State’s real social media skill makes commentators too willing to believe its shaky territorial claims

December 17, 2012 | Bill Roggio, Thomas Joscelyn The Long War Journal

Zarqawi’s Brother-in-Law Reported Killed While Leading Al Nusrah Front Unit

A brother-in-law of al Qaeda in Iraq's former leader, Abu Musab al Zarqawi, has died while fighting for the Al Nusrah Front in Syria, Al Jazeera reported. And the jihadist replacing...

June 15, 2011 |

Desperados

Al Qaeda is Having a Bad Reaction in Diyala Province.

June 14, 2011 | The Weekly Standard

The Sunni Side of the Street

As U.S. forces have pushed out from their bases and into neighborhoods across Iraq, and the surge has dramatically increased their capacity for offensive operations, a sense of security has swept...

June 14, 2011 | National Review Online

About-Face

Critics warm to the surge.

June 14, 2011 | The Weekly Standard

Operation Phantom Strike

How the U.S. military is demolishing al Qaeda in Iraq.

June 13, 2011 | FrontPage

Symposium: Shattered Dreams of Al Qaeda

FP: Bill Roggio, Andy McCarthy and Steve Schippert, welcome to this special edition of Frontpage Symposium. Bill Roggio, give us the background to how these documents we...

May 14, 2010 | Dr. J. Peter Pham Long War Journal

Al Qaeda appoints new ‘war minister’ for Iraq

Al Qaeda in Iraq appointed a new 'war minister' for its Islamic State after the group's top two leaders were killed by Iraqi and US forces one month ago. Al Qaeda in Iraq...

August 24, 2008 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Three senior al Qaeda in Iraq leaders captured in Baghdad

Coalition and Iraq forces captured three senior al Qaeda in Iraq leaders behind some of the deadliest violence over the past several years. Two of the men were detained...

August 24, 2008 |

Two senior al Qaeda in Iraq leaders captured in Baghdad

Coalition forces captured two senior al Qaeda in Iraq leaders behind some of the deadliest violence over the past several years. Both men were detained over the past two weeks during raids by Task Force 88, the hunter-killer special operations teams assigned to dismantle al Qaeda's networks in Iraq.

August 20, 2008 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal |

New Special Groups splinter emerges on Iraqi scene

In the wake of Muqtada al Sadr's defeat at the hands of the Iraqi and Coalition forces this spring and fall, Iran has increased its backing of splinter Shia terror groups operating in Iraq....

August 14, 2008 | The Long War Journal

Diyala governor survives potential coup d’etat suicide bomber

Diyala Governor Ra' ad Rashid al Tamini. Photo by Bill Murray. BAQUBAH, IRAQ: Governor Ra' ad Rashid al Tamini didn' t seem in an overly jovial mood on Wednesday,...

August 5, 2008 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

More than 375 suspected al Qaeda fighters detained in Diyala operation

Map of Diyala province [PDF]. Click to view. More than 375 insurgents and al Qaeda operatives have been captured during the first week of Operation Omens of Prosperity in Diyala...

July 29, 2008 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Operation Omens of Prosperity begins in Diyala

Map of Diyala province [PDF]. Click to view. The long awaited offensive to secure Diyala province has begun. Iraqi Army and police forces, backed by the US Army, officially started...

July 28, 2008 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Female suicide bombers kill 70 Iraqis in Kirkuk, Baghdad

Al Qaeda in Iraq conducted two successful strikes in Baghdad and the northern city of Kirkuk. At least seventy Iraqi civilians were killed and more than 300 wounded in four suicide attacks,...

July 26, 2008 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal |

Iraq, US target Iranian networks

Iraqi and US forces are maintaining the pressure against the Mahdi Army in central and southern Iraq. Over the past 24 hours, the US military announced the capture of three senior Special Groups...

July 23, 2008 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Iraqi military prepares for offensives in Diyala, Babil

Map of Iraq. Click to view. Iraqi security forces are massing more than 30,000 soldiers and police for an upcoming operation against al Qaeda and the Mahdi Army in the eastern...