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The #Islamic_State: from Baghdadi the founder to Baghdadi the “caliph”
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An image grab taken from a video uploaded on Youtube on June 17, 2014, allegedly shows militants from the Islamic State of #Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) parading with their group’s flag in the northern city of Baiji in the in Salaheddin province. (Photo: AFP/Youtube) An image grab taken from a video uploaded on Youtube on June 17, 2014, allegedly shows militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) parading with their group’s flag in the northern city of Baiji in the in Salaheddin province. (Photo: AFP/Youtube)

Suhaib Anjarini The caliph directly supervises the group’s governing councils, each of which acts as an important hinge of the “central command.” The previous leader, #Abu_Omar_al-Baghdadi, can be (...)

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Civilians among 32 dead in Iraqi #air_strikes
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Iraqi air strikes killed at least 32 people on Tuesday as security forces held off attacks on a strategic town and an oil refinery, officials and witnesses said. In the town of Baiji, north of Baghdad, air strikes killed at least 19 people and wounded at least 17 others, officials said. The officials said the dead and wounded were civilians, and it was unclear if there were any casualties among the militants who were the target of the strikes. Iraqiya state television said 19 “terrorists” were killed in the Baiji raids. read more

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Les affrontements en Irak ont un impact limité sur les cours du pétrole - Le Monde

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L’Etat islamique en Irak et au Levant (EIIL) a lancé, lundi 18 juin, une offensive contre la raffinerie de pétrole de Baiji, à 200 kilomètres au nord de Bagdad. Bien que pour l’instant repoussée par l’armée, cette attaque contre la plus importante raffinerie d’Irak a accru l’inquiétude des marchés pétroliers quant à la menace que pourrait faire peser l’EIIL sur la production de pétrole brut irakien. Avec 3,4 millions de barils par jour, dont 2,5 millions à l’exportation, l’Irak est devenue le deuxième producteur mondial au sein de l’Organisation des pays exportateurs de pétrole (OPEP), derrière l’Arabie saoudite. Ces ventes de brut représentent plus de 75 % de son PIB et plus de 90 % des revenus de l’Etat irakien.

Militants attack Iraqi oil refinery as Maliki sack military commanders
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An image grab taken from a video uploaded on Youtube on June 17, 2014, allegedly shows militants from the Islamic State of #Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) parading with an Iraqi army vehicle in the northern city of #Baiji in the in Salaheddin province. (Photo: AFP / Youtube)

Militants pressing a major offensive in Iraq attacked the country’s biggest oil refinery Wednesday, as the premier scrambled to regain the initiative by sacking security commanders and reaching out to political rivals. The United States, which is mulling air strikes against the insurgents, said it believed Baghdad’s security forces were rallying against the assault, while #Iran pledged not to let Shia shrines in Iraq fall to the Sunni militants leading the charge. read (...)

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Suicide attacks, car bombs leave 21 dead across #Iraq
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Suicide attacks and bombings across Iraq killed at least 21 people on Monday, medical and police sources said, the latest in a series of attacks that has brought violence in Iraq to its highest level in five years. The deadliest attack took place in Baiji, 112 miles north of #Baghdad, where four bombers wearing explosive belts took over a police station after detonating a parked car bomb outside the building, police sources said. read more

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