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What is a Caliphate?

By on 30th June 2014 in John Cookson, Security

By John Cookson. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Iraq's extraordinary history has turned another page. Jihadists - who only 3 weeks ago swept into northern Iraq - have now declared thousands square kilometres between Aleppo jn Syria and the governorate of […]

Video: ISIL Declares 'Caliphate'

By on 30th June 2014 in Security

From AFP. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. The ISIL jihadists whose sweeping Sunni militant offensive has captured swathes of Iraq have declared an "Islamic caliphate" in their territory as Iraqi forces battle to retake Saddam Hussein's hometown Tikrit.