Boko Haram is seeking to hold territory in northeastern Nigeria. In a recent video, Boko Haram’s leader declared that his jihadists rule over the town of Gwoza as a “state among the Islamic states.” This was widely interpreted to mean an Islamic caliphate, but that does not appear to be the case.
Intelligence chief David Irvine said that about 60 Australians are fighting in Syria or Iraq for the Islamic State or the Al Nusrah Front, and that 15 of them have died fighting there, two as suicide bombers. Irvine also warned that “dozens” have already returned home, and that another 100 Australians are known to be […]
Military Skill and Terrorist Technique Fuel Success of ISIS
Mother of American reporter held hostage in Syria begs for his life
The Islamic State battled regime forces in Hama; Deir Izzour, where Shaitaat tribal officials begged forgiveness and mercy from the IS, and regime airstrikes targeted an IS training camp in the Tal Tabus area of al Shmeteyyi; and Raqqah, where the IS captured 20 soldiers and four civilians, including three women, and has executed other […]
New ISIS Twitter campaign spurs hashtag war
Locked up: Finsbury Park Mosque detains journalist after tricky questions
Dragged into Syrian conflict, Druze seek unity
US considering new relief mission in Iraq
US seeks coalition against Islamic State, but military partners no sure bet
Security forces intercepted a vehicle loaded with RPGs in Hermel and detained the driver and a passenger; and arrested 32 Syrians in refugee camps in north and east Lebanon who did not have proper identification. Syrian airstrikes targeted border areas near Al-Rawhe outside Arsal. The Arab Tawhid Party announced it was closing its offices in […]
Recent Libya fighting ‘unprecedented in gravity,’ warns outgoing UN envoy
Syria’s brutal war threatens international peace and security, says UN rights panel
Jordanian authorities arrested over 40 people suspected of membership in the Islamic State or the Al Nusrah Front, as “precautionary measures” to deter others from joining the terrorist groups. A lawyer for Jordan’s Salafist movement said that over the past week 46 members of the movement had been arrested for pledging alliegiance to the Islamic […]
After Tabaqa airport, what is IS’ next target?
French authorities arrested ISIS operative Fayez Boushran, who holds dual French and Moroccan citizenship, on his return to France, after prompting by Lebanese security officials. Boushan had confessed to arriving in Beirut in June for an ISIS bomb plot in Lebanon along with another would-be suicide bomber who was originally from the Comoros Islands.
The head of Scotland Yard warned that about 250 militarized UK jihadists have returned home after fighting in Iraq and Syria, and said most of the estimated 600 who have traveled to those conflict zones were from London. He called for tougher counterterrorism measures, including revocation of citizenship for jihadist fighters and the reintroduction of […]
Muslims react with outrage at UK sex abuse report
Michel Coulombe, head of Canada’s spy agency CSIS, recently stated that “well over 100 Canadians have left Canada to support or train with terrorist movements,” and that some are women, and some are Canadian born. He said Canadians should not assume that a mass-casualty attack could not happen in Canada. Last month Hasibullah Yusufzai, 25, […]
After taking control of Tabqa in Raqqah province, Islamic State fighters executed Syrian soldiers, and captured at least three MiG fighter aircraft as well as a large quantity of weapons systems and munitions.
US Mobilizes Allies to Widen Assault on ISIS
The US has begun flying surveillance missions over Syria to gather intelligence on the Islamic State. The US denied a report that it is sharing intelligence with the Assad regime. Defense Secretary Hagel said that in addition to the US, seven other Western countries are providing weapons to Kurdish forces in Iraq fighting the Islamic […]
Turkey struggles as ‘lone gatekeeper’ against Islamic State recruitment
Grinning Britons leaving UK to join ISIS caught on tape
Smugglers, Kurdish militants help Yazidis escape to Turkey
Obama says rooting out Islamic State will not be easy
Hamas, Jihad chiefs in first public appearance since July 8
Australia announces $60 million to fight radicalization
The US launched two airstrikes against Islamic State forces in Irbil. Thirteen Iraqis were killed in two separate bombings in Baghdad. The military claimed it killed 13 Islamic State fighters in an airstrike north of Tikrit.
Libyan raids herald bolder Arab action as US wavers