By Kyle Richardson |Staff Writer| The war on ISIS has shifted to Libya, as American forces released militant air strikes on the coastal city of Sabratha. The U.S. airstrikes on ISIS in Libya has shifted the war on the Islamic extremist militants from Iraq and Syria, 2,000 miles west to the North African nation. According to Time, local officials estimated that more than 40 people were killed. The death toll could rise because it is possible that more people are still under the rubble. It is believed more than 60 people were inside the ISIS training facility when it was hit, according to CNN. Medium-caliber weapons including machine guns and … [Read more...] about U.S. launches airstrikes in Lybia
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America and Russia: possible partnership
By Raequan Harrison |Staff Writer| Russia will join President Obama in the fight against ISIS-under one condition. “The roots of ISIS can be traced, in part, to the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003 and the subsequent emergence of al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI), founded by Jordanian national Abu Musab al-Zarqawi,” according to MSNBC. The Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said, “the best way to combat the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria is to unite with the West, and Russia is already coordinating airstrikes with France.” “While President Obama seems to agree, he said there is a catch: Russia must first help end the Syrian war. Just days after Russia launched … [Read more...] about America and Russia: possible partnership
Who, what, where, why of ISIS
By Francisco Casillas |Staff Writer| For the past year, ISIS has been the center of political media worldwide. With media bombarding readers with back-to-back articles about ISIS airstrikes and military action surrounding Iraq and Syria, it can be difficult to understand what is happening there. By spreading the facts about the terrorist organization called ISIS, we can understand what happens behind the organization. The Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham, otherwise known as ISIS or ISIL, formed in 2013. After seizing Mosul, Iraq, ISIS’s self-declared leader of Muslims, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, declared a caliphate, which erased borders and pushed Taliban-like rule upon any territory they … [Read more...] about Who, what, where, why of ISIS