Nineveh Governorate

December 17, 2024 | Bill Roggio |

US military strikes Islamic State camps and personnel in central Syria

On December 16, the US military launched a second round of strikes against Islamic State personnel and infrastructure in Syria since the fall of the regime of Bashir al Assad on December 8. US operations...

November 14, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Destroyed by ISIS, a historic minaret in Mosul rises again

The repairs to this site which is in the old city of Mosul on the western bank of the Tigris river that runs through the city, is an important accomplishment.

May 30, 2022 | LTG (Ret.) H.R. McMaster |

This Memorial Day, remember those killed in this century’s wars

To the families of those who have given their holy blood for our land, we all bow to you in reverence and to the souls of your loved ones.

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...

December 23, 2016 | Aykan Erdemir |

Turkey’s Diplomatic Collision Course

The assassination Monday of Andrey Karlov, Russia’s ambassad...

January 14, 2016 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross |

How ISIS Makes Money: Oil Sales

The Islamic State, popularly known as ISIS, is in many ways an innovative economic actor. But its method of bringing oil to market has been anything but cutting-edge. ISIS took advantage of a bla...

February 9, 2015 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross |

How Many Fighters Does the Islamic State Really Have?

Estimates of the number of fighters in the ranks of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) are extraordinarily wide-ranging. On the low end of things, CNN’s Barbara Starr recently...

January 6, 2015 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross The Atlantic |

ISIS Is Losing Its Greatest Weapon: Momentum

Evidence suggests that the Islamic State's power has been declining for months

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...

December 29, 2010 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Suicide Assault Team Kills Mosul Emergency Police Chief

A team of al Qaeda in Iraq suicide bombers stormed a police headquarters in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul today and killed a senior police officer who has targeted al Qaeda's top leaders....

April 20, 2010 | Bill Roggio Long War Journal

Iraqi forces kill al Qaeda’ s top military commander in the north

Iraqi security forces killed al Qaeda in Iraq's top military commander for the north during a raid yesterday in the outskirts of Mosul. The al Qaeda military commander, identified a...

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.

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 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...

July 16, 2008 | Free Republic

Iraqi Army attempts to halt voter registration attacks as Iraq prepares for fall election

When Iraqi Army Brigadier General Noor Aldeen visited his old secondary school in northern Mosul this week, he had little time to reminisce about placing first in spelling and arithmetic. His for...

July 15, 2008 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Suicide bomber killed dozens of Iraqi Army recruits as a new Diyala offensive looms

Al Qaeda in Iraq conducted a successful dual suicide attack on an Army recruiting center in Baqubah as the Iraqi military is preparing to launch a new offensive in Diyala province. Two s...

June 26, 2008 | Bill Roggio Long War Journal

US names al Qaeda emir of Mosul killed during raid

  The US military has identified al Qaeda's leader of Mosul who was killed during a targeted raid in the northern city on June 24. Multinational Forces Iraq named Abu...