Tajik President Says 200 Tajik Jihadists Fight in Iraq, Syria
Tajikistan's president says some 200 Tajik nationals have joined Islamist militants in Iraq and Syria.
Iraq bombings kill at least 16
Source: Agence France-Presse Country: Iraq 09/19/2014 09:44 GMT BAGHDAD, September 19, 2014 (AFP) - A car bomb in a Shiite-majority district of Baghdad and a motorcycle bombing in the northern city of Kirkuk killed at least 16 people Friday, security and medical officials said. The attacks come as s ...
French president: First French airstrike destroys depot of Islamic State group in Iraq
PARIS (AP) -- Joining U.S. forces acting in Iraqi skies, France conducted its first airstrikes Friday against the militant Islamic State group, destroying a logistics depot that it controlled, Iraqi and French officials said. Rafale fighter jets ...
France launches first air strike against IS in Iraq: Hollande
PARIS, Sept. 19 (Xinhua) -- France's President Francois Hollande said on Friday French jets had launched first air strikes against Islamic State (IS) fighters in Iraq where they seized major towns and threatened the region's security. "This morning at 9:40 ...
