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Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP via Getty Images ISIS is using lull period caused by the pandemic to regroup, a Kurdish general told the Times. Siwan Barzani said that coalition forces had been forced to suspend training due to COVID-19 All the while, ISIS fighters have been infiltrating the civilian population and building up their base again. Thousands of Islamic State jihadists are using lull period caused by the coronavirus pandemic to regroup in key areas and are threatening a new wave of attacks, a Kurdish general has warned, according to the Times.  Siwan Barzani, a ...

At the direction of President Joe Biden, the United States carried out an airstrike Thursday evening in Syria on a structure linked to an Iran-backed militia, according to a statement from the Department of Defense provided to American Military News. The strike was in response to three different rocket attacks against U.S. and Coalition forces in Iraq last week, aiming to harm the militia’s ability to make future attacks. Department of Defense Press Secretary John Kirby issued the following statement on the strike: “At President Biden’s direction, U.S. military forces earlier this eve...

A volley of rockets targeted the high-security zone in the Iraqi capital that is home to the US embassy, the military and security sources said

A volley of rockets on Monday targeted the high-security zone in the Iraqi capital that is home to the U.S. embassy, the military and security sources said. The attack is the third in a week to target Western diplomatic, military or commercial installations across Iraq after months of relative calm.…

WORLD / MID-EAST By AFP Published: Feb 23, 2021 03:58 PM American soldiers take position around the US Embassy to Iraq in Baghdad, after supporters and members of the Hashed al-Shaabi military network breached the outer wall of the diplomatic mission during a rally to vent anger over weekend airstrikes that killed pro-Iran fighters in western Iraq. Photo: AFPA volley of rockets on Monday targeted the high-security zone in the Iraqi capital that is home to the US embassy, the military and security sources said. The attack is the third in a week to target Western diplomatic, military or co...