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The Free Iraqi Army (Arabic: الجيش العراقي الحر, Al-Jayš Al-‘Irāqī Al-Ḥurr, FIA) was an Iraqi rebel group formed in the western Sunni-majority provinces of Iraq from Iraqi supporters of the Free Syrian Army rebels fighting in the Syrian Civil War. [3]
This is a list of FIA member organisations. [1] These are the clubs, local authorities and governing bodies that work on a more localized level to help the global Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) organise racing events, among other pursuits. There are hundreds of different groups all around the world.
This article is a list of armed groups involved in the War in Iraq (2013–2017). Part of the Iraqi conflict, the war escalated in 2013, following a 2011–2013 insurgency and the rise of the Islamic State. Following the liberation of much of Islamic State-held territory in 2017, only a low-level insurgency continued after.
Map of major U.S. military bases in Iraq and the number of soldiers stationed there (2007) The United States Department of Defense continues to have a large number of temporary military bases in Iraq, most a type of forward operating base (FOB).
The ISOF killed Abu Ayyub al-Masri and Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, the leaders of the Islamic State of Iraq, 16 others were also arrested. [ 14 ] [ 15 ] [ 16 ] After the U.S. left in 2011, the CTS struggled without American intelligence, air strikes, logistical capabilities, and medical care. [ 17 ]
The Islamic State group still commands between 5,000 and 7,000 members across its former stronghold in Syria and Iraq and its fighters pose the most serious terrorist threat in Afghanistan today ...
Iraq urged countries on Monday to repatriate their citizens from a sprawling camp in Syria housing tens of thousands linked to the extremist Islamic State group, saying it has become a “source ...
The militia was formed in Iraq in 2007 to protect Yazidis in Iraq in the wake of attacks by Sunni Islamist insurgents as the Malik Al-Tawus Troop. [10] The Sinjar Resistance Units took part in the August 2014 Northern Iraq offensive , killing at least 22 fighters of the Islamic State and destroying five armored vehicles in the vicinity of the ...