The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham announced the formation of the Caliphate, changed its name to the Islamic State, and named Abu Bakr al Baghdadi as Caliph Ibrahim. The Iraqi military is reported to have withdrawn most of its ground forces from Tikrit after entering the city just one day ago. Heavy fighting […]
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The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham renamed itself the Islamic State. The IS released 15 of 140 detained Kurdish students. In Deir Izzour, the IS clashed with the Al Nusrah Front and the Islamic Front in Albu Kamal, and killed Al Nusrah’s military emir for Deir Izzour city; regime forces targeted the IS […]
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham, which now calls itself the Islamic State, has reportedly appointed Abdul Salam al Ordoni as its emir for Lebanon. Ordoni allegedly has set up a camp near the Turkish-Syrian border to train suicide bombers for attacks in Lebanon, and provided instructions in Istanbul to the ISIS suicide […]
Taliban hold territory after Afghan offensive
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The Islamic State named Abu Bakr al Baghdadi as its caliph. Baghdadi is now to be referred as “khalifah Ibrahim.”
Over the past week, two rallies in support of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham were held in Maan, the first such public demonstrations for the group in Jordan. Salafi jihadist leader Mohammad Shalabi a.k.a. Abu Sayyaf reportedly convinced the ISIS demonstrators to tone down their activities. Al Qaeda and other jihadist groups […]
Prime Minister Netanyahu called for international support for Jordan in the face of the Islamic State threat, and also for Kurdish autonomy. The Israeli military conducted airstrikes against 12 locations in the Gaza Strip, targeting rocket launchers, weapons manufacturing sites, and “terror activity” sites, in response to a sharp increase in rocket attacks from Gaza. […]
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters attacked a hospital in Hadramout yesterday; four AQAP fighters and two soldiers were killed in the fighting. A Saudi citizen who was held hostage by a tribe has been freed.
A spokesman for Khalid Haftar’s “Operation Dignity” forces said the Libya Shield militia, which conducted surveillance of the home of slain activist Salwa Bugaighis prior to her murder, was probably responsible. A gardener injured in the attack has died under mysterious circumstances, apparently after torture. Saiqa Special Forces freed a kidnapped man in Benghazi. The […]
Abandoned KDF war boys return to unleash terror in Kenya
ISIS Declares ‘Islamic Caliphate’, Names al Baghdadi as ‘Caliph’
A Kenyan MP claimed that about 3,000 Kenyan and Somali youth trained under a US-funded program to provide security for a buffer zone along the Somali border have instead become terrorists for hire in Kenya. A police officer investigating “sensitive cases” was shot and killed by three gunmen in Mombasa, where Shabaab sympathizers have murdered […]
Benghazi attack suspect ‘compliant but not cooperative’ in federal custody
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Boko Haram militants armed with explosives and guns attacked several churches in Borno state near Chibok, slaughtering “dozens” of men, women, and children, and burning at least three churches to the ground. The governor of Lagos state urged vigilance following a recent car bombing in Apapa. A witness to the June 27 bombing at a […]
Taliban hold territory after Afghan offensive
US intervention in Libya now seen as a cautionary tale
White Widow Samantha Lewthwaite ‘mentored by hate preacher in UK’
Iraq’s Sunni Militants Take to Social Media to Advance Their Cause and Intimidate
Insight: Sectarian genie is out of the bottle from Syria to Iraq
Reports indicate that Iraqi forces have withdrawn from much of the city after heavy fighting with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham and allied Baathists.
Syrian rebels buckling in face of jihadists
Report: ISIS Selling Oil to Finance Terrorist Operations; Army, Security Forces Main Targets in Lebanon
ISIS fears in Lebanon on the rise