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The Muslim who gave up his life for Mosul’s Christians
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
Moroccan jihadists turn to crime
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Defying Syria, United Nations Sends in Trucks Carrying Aid
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Islamic State destroys ancient mosque in Mosul
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Unidentified “gunmen” killed 52 prisoners and eight policemen during an ambush on a prison convoy in Taji. The military claimed it killed 28 Islamic State fighters in Dhuluiyah. Parliament elected Fouad Massoum, a Kurdish politician, to serve as president.
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UN: Islamic State ‘orders female genital mutilation’ for women in Mosul
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The Islamic State took control of a state-run pharmaceutical company north of Mosul. Parliament has postponed a decision to announce Iraq’s new president. Eight people were killed during fighting outside of Ramadi. The government said it would arm the tribes in Ninewa, Salahadin, and Anbar to fight the Islamic State.
Al Qaeda
Why Islamic State is no al Qaeda clone
Iraq
In a Syrian City, ISIS Puts Its Vision Into Practice
Islamic Front rejects rival’s caliphate, as well as proposed emirate in Syria
The Islamic Front, a coalition of several leading insurgent groups in Syria, has issued a statement rejecting any attempt by its fellow insurgency groups to unilaterally create a new government.
Ansar al Islam claims new attacks on official Twitter feed
In one tweet earlier this month, Ansar al Islam implied that it had a hand in the killing of a top Iraqi general. But this claim cannot be independently verified and the few details offered by the group conflict with published reports based on Iraqi government sources.
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A suicide bomber killed 21 Iraqis, including seven policemen, in an attack at a checkpoint in Baghdad. The military killed 19 people, most of them civilians, in airstrikes in Fallujah and Garma. The Islamic State released photographs of its training camps in Ninewa.
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Islamic State crushes and coerces on march towards Baghdad
Islamic State touts training camp in northern Iraq
The images are the latest in a propaganda effort by various terror groups in both Iraq and Syria to promote their training camp infrastructure.
Al Nusrah Front
Gloves come off between Syrian regime, Islamic State
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Islamic State jihadists sell Syrian oil to Iraqi businessmen
Iraqi military says it retakes control of key base in Tikrit
The military said that Camp Speicher is now back under its control after an Islamic State assault that took place last week.
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ISIS gains highlight ‘aggressive’ use of water as weapon of war
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Christian exodus from Mosul sparks outrage
Al Nusrah Front
More Western fighters joining militants in Iraq and Syria
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Twenty-seven people were killed in a series of bombings in Baghdad. In one attack, a suicide bomber killed nine people at a checkpoint. The Islamic State reportedly overran Camp Speicher outside of Tikrit. The group claimed to have destroyed nine aircraft and killed two senior officers and scores of troops. The Islamic State expelled Christians […]
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Jihadist ultimatum sparks Christian exodus from Iraq’s Mosul
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ISIS burns 1,800-year-old church in Mosul
Iraqi Army comes under attack in Haditha
Islamic State fighters overran a military outpost somewhere near the city of Haditha, one of the last areas in Anbar under Iraqi control.
Islamic State storms Camp Speicher, routs Iraqi forces
The large military base was attacked two days after the retreat of the Iraqi military and allied militias following their failure to recapture Tikrit.
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In Iraq, Syria, militants try to govern as a state
Al Qaeda
Can ISIS maintain its self-declared caliphate?
Iran
Militias that fought US now lead charge against Sunni militants
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ISIS Expels Last Iraqi Christians From Mosul