Iraq
Revealed: the Islamic State ‘cabinet’, from finance minister to suicide bomb deployer
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Iraq
In Iraq, death toll rises among Shiite recruits battling insurgency
Australian cleric who claimed to join Islamic State captured in Philippines
Musa Cerantonio claimed he arrived in Syria on July 3, but he was recently arrested in Cebu.
Taliban calls for reconciliation in Syria, avoids mentioning Islamic State’s caliphate
The Taliban’s statement avoids any explicit mention of the Islamic State or its announced caliphate, even though the Islamic State has claimed that all Muslims must pledge allegiance to its leader.
Al Qaeda
Dabiq: the smiling face trying to sell Iraq-Syria ‘caliphate’
Social Media Jihad: Zawahiri on how to build an Islamic state
Sanafi al Nasr, a senior al Qaeda operative, reposted part of a message from Ayman al Zawahiri that was released in January. The excerpt deals with how al Qaeda thinks an Islamic State should be built. It is intended as a rebuttal to the Islamic State’s announced caliphate, which al Qaeda still has not officially addressed.
Al Qaeda
Turkey faces threat from returning jihadists
Iraq
Fallujah key to defeating Islamic State in Iraq
Iraq
Bruised Iraqi army leans on Shi’ite militias, volunteers
Islamic State
Islamic State militants on offensive against Kurds in northern Syria near Turkish border
United States
Hagel suggests Islamic State militants pose threat to US homeland
Al Nusrah Front
Lebanese jihadis pledging allegiance to the Islamic State
Islamic State
Syria’s Druze reject autonomous statelet despite growing ISIS threats
Iraq
Exclusive: Iraq tells UN that ‘terrorist groups’ seized nuclear materials
Al Qaeda ally calls for statement on Islamic State’s caliphate
Hani Sibai, a longtime ally of Ayman al Zawahiri, has called on al Qaeda to issue a statement regarding the Islamic State’s announced caliphate.
Iraq
ISIS Is About to Destroy Biblical History in Iraq
Islamic State
Jihadis Tug at Edges of a Staunch American Ally
Al Nusrah Front
Fears of ISIS grow in Lebanon
AQAP praises Ayman al Zawahiri, defends jihadist scholars against ‘slander’
Nasir al Wuhayshi, who is the emir of AQAP as well as al Qaeda’s general manager, has released a poem praising Ayman al Zawahiri as the “Sheikh father.” A video from two leading AQAP ideologues decrying the “slander” of jihadist leaders was released shortly afterwards. Al Qaeda members are trumpeting the messages as rebuttals to the Islamic State and its newly announced caliphate.
Iraq
Jihadists demolish Sunni and Shiite mosques and shrines in Mosul
Updated: Popular Australian cleric seeks to travel to Syria, join Islamic State
Shortly after the Islamic State declared the formation of the caliphate, Musa Cerantonio, a popular cleric, announced he was planning to travel to Syria.
Islamic State
Europe’s fear: Turkey’s porous border serves as gateway for ISIS’s spread
Al Nusrah Front
NGO: ISIS expels thousands in east Syria
Al Nusrah Front
Who controls Syria’s oil?
Free Sunnis of Baalbek Brigade
ISIS preparing attacks in Lebanon: report
Al Nusrah Front
Al Nusrah Front weakened in Syria by ISIS Islamic State: Analysts
Islamic State
Story of former militant reveals young Turks attracted by ISIS
Iraq
In Iraq, Islamic State jihadists destroy ancient mosques, shrines
Al Qaeda
How a talented footballer became world’s most wanted man, Abu Bakr al Baghdadi
Analysis: Islamic State’s ‘caliph’ leads prayers in Mosul
The Islamic State’s video of Abu Bakr al Baghdadi, now known as ‘Caliph Ibrahim’, is intended to answer critics of the newly-announced caliphate.