Iraq
Revealed: the Islamic State ‘cabinet’, from finance minister to suicide bomb deployer
Revealed: the Islamic State ‘cabinet’, from finance minister to suicide bomb deployer
In Iraq, death toll rises among Shiite recruits battling insurgency
Musa Cerantonio claimed he arrived in Syria on July 3, but he was recently arrested in Cebu.
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.
Dabiq: the smiling face trying to sell Iraq-Syria ‘caliphate’
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.
Turkey faces threat from returning jihadists
Fallujah key to defeating Islamic State in Iraq
Bruised Iraqi army leans on Shi’ite militias, volunteers
Islamic State militants on offensive against Kurds in northern Syria near Turkish border
Hagel suggests Islamic State militants pose threat to US homeland
Lebanese jihadis pledging allegiance to the Islamic State
Syria’s Druze reject autonomous statelet despite growing ISIS threats
Exclusive: Iraq tells UN that ‘terrorist groups’ seized nuclear materials
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.
ISIS Is About to Destroy Biblical History in Iraq
Jihadis Tug at Edges of a Staunch American Ally
Fears of ISIS grow in Lebanon
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.
Jihadists demolish Sunni and Shiite mosques and shrines in Mosul
Shortly after the Islamic State declared the formation of the caliphate, Musa Cerantonio, a popular cleric, announced he was planning to travel to Syria.
Europe’s fear: Turkey’s porous border serves as gateway for ISIS’s spread
NGO: ISIS expels thousands in east Syria
Who controls Syria’s oil?
ISIS preparing attacks in Lebanon: report
Al Nusrah Front weakened in Syria by ISIS Islamic State: Analysts
Story of former militant reveals young Turks attracted by ISIS
In Iraq, Islamic State jihadists destroy ancient mosques, shrines
How a talented footballer became world’s most wanted man, Abu Bakr al Baghdadi
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.