The rise of isis frontline correspondent martin smith reports from. This is vice special report fighting isis by red iron nyc on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. The concept of the virtue and vice committee is also important to note here as a predecessor to the diwan alhisbah and diwan alqa. Last week, the extremist militant sunni group islamic state of iraq and.
Posted in rcombatfootage by upurpleolive 231 points and 65 comments. Iraqi security forces recaptured a large part of the city of ramadi this week in one of their most significant military victories over the. The democratic dispatch powered by disqus politics. It was beyond the bounds of international morality. Fighting isis is on the hbo channels plus appearing on hbonowgo and on demand. Vice president pence says isis is waging antichristian genocide. Isis began an assault on the historically assyrian christian city of qaraqosh in the northern nineveh.
A member of the iraqi security forces fires artillery during clashes with isis militants near falluja, iraq, may 29, 2016. Institute of peace, his top general running the isis campaign was warning the war is far from. The group, which adheres to the strictest form of sharia law, is determined to establish a. Isis is now fighting every other armed group in the country, and is abandoning its former strongholds all across northern syria.
The islamic state part 2 the islamic state, a hardline sunni jihadist group which formerly had ties to al qaeda, is now in control of a large swath of territory in iraq and syria. Video footage obtained by vice purports to show a large stash of cocaine found inside the home of isis leader emir abu zahra in kobane, along with a knife and a laptop. It probably prolongs it because this gives isis an opportunity for a resurgence. Canadian special forces were within 6 kilometers of the front lines, and some members were close enough to return fire on the isis militants. I believe that isis is guilty of nothing short of genocide against people of. The law that the documentary may violate is a prohibition on providing material support to designated foreign terrorist organizations. It serves as a prelude to the emmy winning hbo series vice which kicks off its 18episode fourth season, on friday, february 05 at 11. Isis will flourish and survive even if it is defeated in the present battle for syria and iraq an isis militant has told the independent. As trump was declaring victory, close to 100 percent, in defeating isis, across town at the u. Vice presents this authoritative look at how the islamic state was made, and what its future holds as the worlds superpowers struggle to find a. Isis presence in tel abyad dates back to the late spring of 20 following the defection of the local jabhat alnusra contingent to isis on account of baghdadis call for merging under isis. Vice reporter ben anderson talks about facing captured isis soldiers and more in tonights vice on hbo debrief of fighting isis.
Fighting isis ben anderson journalist ben anderson gains access to three front lines in iraq, where sunni, shiite and kurdish forces are. In august 2014, isis moved to the sinjar area of iraq and began to persecute, capture and kill its minority yazidi populationan ancient, mainly kurdish people. This is an ethnic minority that has lived in northwestern iraq for centuries and suddenly they were under attack. The cf18s were on patrol the region, when a large isis offensive pushed at the kurdish front lines.
Vice president pence says isis is waging antichristian. Meet the kurdish women fighting isis all thats interesting. The islamic state part 1 the islamic state, a hardline sunni jihadist group that formerly had ties to al qaeda, has conquered large swathes of iraq and syria. Campus rock repainted to hide proisis graffiti news. Last week, the extremist militant sunni group islamic state of iraq and syria isis, along with other sunni militias and former baathist party members, seized control of large parts of iraq. Isis may be gone, but iraqs yazidis are still suffering. Congress should draw on lessons learned from efforts to counter violent extremism. Isis video shows complete destruction of ancient city of. Vice news traveled to meet the kurdish peshmerga fighters manning the trenches at the strategic junction of keske, outside the islamic states iraqi stronghold of mosul.
This is not some political hit piece, or a one sided perspective on the causes of the conditions in iraq and the greater middle east as a result of the us or its. Youngstown students at youngstown state university painted the american flag and. Isis news isis, the islamic state of iraq and syria, known by its arabic acronym daesh is a salafi jihadist militant group following a fundamentalist doctrine of sunni islam and has been. New evidence has emerged that the turkish government under president erdogan is covertly providing direct military, financial and logistical support to. Isis had us weapons by various means in both iraq and syria when, in late 2014, a nonaggression pact was reported in the southern area of hajar alaswad between moderate rebels and isis, as both recognised a common enemy in syria. It was what you might expect from unscrupulous arabs. In the summer of 2014, isis forces swept through parts of iraq that were home to the yazidi people.
The official isis operation released photos of them filming and its all on equipment that we use at vice, says vice journalist aris roussinos, who reports extensively on both jihadists and. Vice news reports on fight against isis june 21, 2014 july 9, 2014 vice news examines the extremist militant group isis islamic state of iraq and syria and the fight, or lack thereof, against the group. Start small to stop the next isis one year on from the defeat of the islamic state, the new u. As a coalition of isis fighters, sunni militias, and former baathists continues. Dafna rand, the vice president of policy and research at mercy corps stated, the global fragility act, in just one sentence, is a new way for the u.
Is there an isis terrorist attack threat for september 11. We traveled to al hol camp in northeast syria to meet wives of isis fighters. Washington takes on isis, iran, and russia by michael t. Former viceadmirals state rcn needs at least 12 surface.
It was the oil weapon and back in 1973, it was directed at the united states. As the 72 hour humanitarian ceasefire entered its second and third days. If hell exists, rest assured that they have been sent there by a number of kurdish women. Its edge intact, vice is chasing hard news the new york. Scribbled on the side of a house read the words, isis will stay forever, written in august by a 12yearold boy, according to a neighbor. Candid oncamera interviews are the heart of this revealing unsettling report by medyan dairieh a filmmaker and vice news journalist who managed to embed himself among isis fighters for three weeks in iraq and syria he came away with video of true believers boasting of the infidels theyve killed or hope to and declaring that they seldom have.
Anything below these numbers will result in canadas ability to play any rapid and long term international role is severely impacted and could also potentially result in a loss of operational capability in either the broader atlantic or pacific. Previously known as the islamic state of iraq and syria isis, the group has announced their intention to reestablish the caliphate and declared their leader, the shadowy. Just hours after a labor union reported what may be the first poultryworker deaths associated with the coronavirus in the u. Vice news gets inside access to isis vice news gained exclusive access to isis and has produced a fivepart documentary revealing the unknown story of its message and influence. Less than 12 hours later, slates ashley feinberg published a piece saying that shed found it. In an exclusive interview, faraj, a 30yearold veteran. If this happens, isis members believe that they will go directly to hell. The northern iraq offensive began on 4 june 2014, when the islamic state of iraq and the levant isil. A gripping dispatch from the last stand of isis and a chilling warning about their resurgence by ian birrell in qamishli, syria. Isis has released a video showing militants using power tools and bulldozers to deface and destroy ancient monuments in the assyrian city of nimrud in northern iraq, before the site is levelled. Iraqi forces started pushing into the city of fallujah on monday, may 30. Emmynominated vice on hbo full episode this is an objective look at the situation, the best short documentary ive seen so far on isis and the current state of iraq.
Abu hajaar and that isis video on vice posted on april 28, 2016 by justin ames 15 comments well, this certainly turned into a bigger story than we expected. Canadians called for air support, as hundreds of isis fighters attacked northwest of mosul. Watch fulllength episodes of pbs documentary series frontline for free. After conquering large swathes of iraq and syria, the islamic state is now. Even more remarkably, vice rode along with the islamic state in iraq and syria this summer as the extremist group made a lightning grab for power. A study in combat footage from historical and current events.
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