France announces first air strikes on IS in Syria

Given the region’s porous borders, USA officials emphasize that their figures are rough estimates, not precise head counts, based on allied reports about their citizens’ travel and other intelligence.

The report also lists the reasons why people joined the group in the first place, the most common one being the horrors committed by Bashar Al-Assad in Syria. The US has conducted more than 7,000 airstrikes to combat ISIS. He was not willing to forget how badly Assad’s government treated the Kurds but said the new enemy in Syria was far worse.

Third, all the powers involved must work together to help form a transitional (five to seven years) representative government.

Ivashov said Russian Federation does not breach any global treaties by participating in the creation of an information center in Baghdad. “We see a similar situation in Iraq“. The photos show fresh paving and clearing operations, along with new construction at the facility. And in Iraq, the fight grinds on.

The MoD said the Iraqi government had reclaimed 200 square kilometres in the north of the country, retaken the city of Tikrit and pushed IS out of Diyala province in the east. It wasn’t Obama’s fault, said White House press secretary Josh Earnest. Campbell’s recommendations are hardly radical, but now that the numbers are out, the shouting can begin. But in war, rarely do body counts provide a complete picture.

Good morning, all. There’s lots happening out there and we’re trying to fit it all in here.

That hack of the Office of Personnel and Management?

Russia has defied US attempts to block Moscow’s buildup of new air base with warplanes in Syria – a topic Obama will discuss with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the United Nations on Monday.

In recent weeks, there have been allegations that the U.S. military has been playing down the IS threat in intelligence reports, to paint a rosier picture of its efforts.

This messenger will self-destruct. Commanders bought their way in, collected money for more soldiers’ salaries than he had under command, and kept the difference. The USA has little choice but to accept this simple reality.

“We continue to encourage ISF (Iraqi safety forces) leaders to move as quickly as possible to avoid giving ISIL time and space to regroup and resupply”, Ryder mentioned, making use of an acronym for Islamic State. That’s an average of $9.9 million per day.

The source added a committee might be created in Baghdad to plan military operations and control armed forces units in the fight against Islamic State.