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Al Nusrah Front
Baghdadi, leader of Iraq insurgents, is jihad’s rising chief
Iraq
ISIS erases Iraq-Syria border
Iraq
Iraq crisis: al Qaeda forces seize Mosul and Tikrit – live
ISIS updates on Iraqi operations from social media
Social media accounts associated with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham posted photos and videos of ISIS’ ongoing campaign in Iraq.
Iraq
After Capture of Mosul, Militants Extend Control in Iraq
ISIS takes control of Bayji, Tikrit in lightning southward advance
Bayji, which hosts Iraq’s largest oil refinery, and Tikrit, the provincial capital of Salahaddin, are the latest cities to fall to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham.
Iraq
US Warns Iraqi Militants Threaten Entire Region, UN Chief ‘Gravely Concerned’
ISIS seizes more towns in northern and central Iraq
After seizing control of the northern city of Mosul in the past 24 hours, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham has advanced southward and taken control of territory in the provinces of Salahaddin and Kirkuk.
Video from ISIS fighter shows aftermath of ‘liberation’ of Mosul
The video shows several police and armored military vehicles that are abandoned, burning, or torched, and large numbers of Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham fighters moving on the streets.
ISIS takes control of Mosul, Iraq’s second largest city
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham overran the government center, military bases, and police stations as security security forces abandoned their posts.
Al Nusrah Front
Interview with Former UN Peace Envoy to Syria Lakhdar Brahimi
Iraq
Barrel bombs risk becoming answer to insurgency
Iraqi troops repel ISIS assault on Mosul
The ISIS killed 18 security personnel during a massed assault on the northern Iraqi city. ISIS fighters also briefly seized control of Anbar University in Ramadi.
Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham
European women find appeal in Syrian jihad
ISIS touts French, German, and Libyan suicide bombers in Syria
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham continues to highlight the deaths of foreign jihadists in both Iraq and Syria.
ISIS takes control of areas in central Iraqi city
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham took partial control of Samarra after more than 150 fighters stormed the city.
Analysis: Blowback from the Syrian jihad has begun
In well over a dozen countries, evidence has emerged that jihadists who trained or fought in Syria are engaging in terrorist activities in their home countries and elsewhere.
ISIS suicide bomber kills Anbar Awakening leader
The attack killed Mohammed Khamis Abu Risha, a senior official in the Anbar Awakening who was the nephew of Ahmed Abu Risha.
Al Qaeda
France – Parallel lives: the Brussels suspect and the Toulouse shooter
Iraq
Nearly 800 killed in Iraq’s bloodiest month this year: UN
Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham
Foreign Jihadis Fighting in Syria Pose Risk in West
ISIS again touts French and other foreign suicide bombers
The ISIS has identified two French suicide bombers who executed attacks in Iraq in the past month.
Iraq
Iraq PM calls for “jihad” against Anbar jihadists
Al Nusrah Front
UN report documents torture by regime, rebel militias in Syria
Al Nusrah Front
ISIS accused of massacring Kurdish villagers near border
Hamas
Hamas denies ISIS presence after Gaza jihadist killed in Syria
Jailed jihadist ideologue says the ISIS is a ‘deviant organization’
The Al Nusrah Front is promoting a new statement purportedly written by Abu Muhammad al Maqdisi, who denounces the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham (ISIS). Despite being jailed in Jordan, Maqdisi claims to have taken part in the efforts to end the jihadist infighting in Syria. Maqdisi also says he informed al Qaeda head Ayman al Zawahiri of his role.
Zawahiri again addresses jihadist infighting in Syria
In a newly released three-page statement, Ayman al Zawahiri again says that the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham (ISIS) owed its allegiance to al Qaeda’s senior leadership before disobeying orders. Any pledges of allegiance collected by the ISIS since then “are null pledges, because they arose from a direct violation of my command as his direct emir,” he states.
Al Nusrah Front rejects Syrian rebels’ revolutionary covenant
The Al Nusrah Front, al Qaeda’s official branch in Syria, has rejected a charter signed by a number of other leading insurgency groups. Al Nusrah argues that the charter is not rooted in proper Islamic principles, among other supposed flaws.