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Afghanistan
Terror Expert Louise Shelley: ‘Islamic State Is a Diversified Criminal Operation’
Al Nusrah Front
ISIS, Al Nusrah militants number 3,000 on Lebanon-Syria border: report
Iraq
World losing capacity to prevent conflict: UN refugee chief
Christians
Islamic State book burnings target minorities
Ansar Bayt al Maqdis
Gaza Salafist leader: ‘We are following Islamic State ideology’
Syria
Kurdish fighters killed 41 Islamic State militants in a clash near Kobane, according to SOHR. Islamic State fighters reportedly beheaded a street magician in Raqqa for un-Islamic behavior. A senior Islamic State policeman responsible for many executions and beheadings was himself found beheaded in al-Mayadeen city in Deir-al-Zor province. The US-backed plan to train moderate […]
Islamic State
Kurdish Fighters Capture Key District of Kobane
US Military
US Drone Fleet at ‘Breaking Point,’ Air Force Says
Syria
The US-led coalition conducted six airstrikes near Kobane on Jan. 4. At least 12 regime soldiers were killed during an attack on their camp in Aleppo. The Western-backed National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces has elected a new presidential committee. Lebanon has begun restricting the flow of refugees from Syria. A Turkish soldier […]
Islamic State
Syrian Journalists Say Islamic State Changed The Rules In Aleppo
Caucasus Emirate
Veteran Chechen IS Militant Reported Killed In Kobane
Al Nusrah Front attacks Hezbollah position on Lebanese border
Al Qaeda’s Syrian branch targeted Hezbollah positions near the Lebanese border in the Qalamoun region of Syria. Lebanese and Syrian sources say the positions have not fallen, and the fighting still rages, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
Iraq
Syrian troops foil IS attack in Deir al-Zour province
European Union
European Union to set up expert cell to fight jihadi propaganda: report
Islamic State
Islamic State seeking bases inside Lebanon: Lebanon security chief
Ahrar al Sham
Vanguard of Syria’s Uprising, Now on the Run From ISIS, Weighs a Bleak Future
Islamic State
New Zealander thought to be fighting in Syria accidentally tweets locations
Iraq
Obama Envoy John Allen: No ‘Short-Term Solutions’ for Stopping Islamic State
Syria
Monitor: over 76,000 killed in Syria in 2014
Iraq
How the Air Campaign Against ISIS Grew
Al Nusrah Front
Video purports to show 2 Italian women held by Syria captors
Dagestani jihadist swears allegiance to Islamic State, invoking backlash
Rustam Asilderov, the former head of the Islamic Caucasus Emirate’s Dagestan province, swore allegiance to the Islamic State’s Abu Bakr al Baghdadi earlier this month. The move by Asilderov and other jihadists drew harsh criticism from their former superiors.
Senior al Qaeda leader returns to Twitter, praises ‘martyrs’
The al Qaeda leader known as Sanafi al Nasr praised al Qaeda’s “martyrs” on Twitter. Among them is Adnan al Shukrijumah, an al Qaeda operative charged with attacking the West. Nasr’s tweets also shed additional light on the identity of another terrorist reportedly killed earlier this month.
Al Nusrah Front
New alleged ISIS demands impossible: Lebanese security source
Al Nusrah Front
Lebanon hostage ‘mediator’ says ISIS relayed 3 demands
Norway
Norway ‘too slow’ to tackle extremism: report
Islamic State uses US-made anti-tank missile near Damascus
In images released from the Damascus countryside, the Islamic State showcases its use of an American-made antitank missile on elements of the US-backed Free Syrian Army.
Al Nusrah Front
Residents of Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley Demand to Take Up Arms against Gunmen
Islamic State
Coalition strike targets ISIS meeting in Aleppo province