Islamic State
Kurdish defenders say Islamic State has retreated from Syrian border town of Kobane
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Iraq
Canadian soldiers involved in 2 more firefights in Iraq
Iraq
Japan condemns IS execution, demands remaining hostage release
Iraq
Japan condemns apparent Islamic State execution, demands release of remaining hostage
Iraq
In Mosul, Islamic State turns captured city into fortress
Islamic State
Local Islamic State commander arrested in Lahore, Pakistan
Islamic State gives ultimatum to Japan
The Islamic State is threatening to kill two Japanese hostages unless Japan pays the terrorist group $200 million within three days.
Ex-Gitmo detainee leads contingent of Islamic State fighters in Afghanistan
Mullah Raouf Khadim, an ex-Guantanamo detainee, leads a contingent of fighters loyal to the Islamic State in Helmand, Afghanistan. Raouf and another top Taliban commander were previously forced out of their positions in the Taliban’s hierarchy. According to a leaked threat assessment, the jihadist had ties to at least two members of the so-called “Taliban Five.”
Afghanistan
Top US commander in Afghanistan: ISIS recruiting in Afghanistan, Pakistan
Afghanistan
Officials, Experts Look to Clear Up Rumors of IS Militants in Afghanistan
India
US-returned techie held in India for planning to join ISIS
Australia
Malaysian man who ‘used Australia as step-off point for sending fighters to join ISIS terrorists in Syria’ arrested after being deported
Ethiopia
Ethiopia jails 3 Brits for ‘terrorist’ plot: Report
France
French Town Struggles Over Departures for Jihad
Belgium
As Terrorism Suspects Are Detained in Europe, Scope of Challenge Is Highlighted
Austria
Missing bomb plot teen arrested in Vienna
Islamic State
ISIS losing ground in symbolic Kobane battle
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
Belgian police foil terror attacks on ‘grand scale’
Lebanon
Lebanese Army thwarts more suicide bomb plots
Belgian authorities launch counterterrorism raids, killing 2
Belgian authorities launched a series of counterterrorism raids earlier today. Two suspects were killed in a shootout. Early reporting, which has not been confirmed, says that some of the suspects were acting on orders from the Islamic State.
Iraq
Morocco cracks down on ISIS backers
Islamic State
The Impact Of The Oil Collapse On ISIS Is Severe
Iraq
Female Yazidi captives forced to give blood to wounded Islamist fighters: survivor
Free Syrian Army
Turkey Bans Publication of Reports on Syria Arms Delivery
Germany
Germany closer to confiscating Islamist IDs
Iraq
Kurdish men on a mission to save IS captives
Al Nusrah Front
Lebanese police dismantle a prison’s ‘jihadist emirate’
US adds a leader of the Mujahideen Shura Council to list of global terrorists
In addition to serving as a senior MSC leader, Abdallah al Ashqar is on the jihadist group’s military committee, is a “foreign relations official,” and a weapons facilitator.
Iraq
Suicide bomber in Saudi border attack recruited family members to join ISIS: source
Al Nusrah Front
Jabhat al-Nusra tank commander sees little alternative to group