Iraq
Kurdish Sinjar offensive too late for some Yazidis
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Iraq
Islamic State executed nearly 2,000 people in six months: monitor
Jihadists continue to advertise training camps in Iraq and Syria
New camps belonging to the Islamic State, the Al Nusrah Front, the Chechen Jaish al Muhajireen wal Ansar, the Syrian Harakat Fajr al Sham al Islamiya, the Uzbek group Imam Bukhari Jamaat, and Jaish al Islam have been identified.
Al Nusrah Front
The Child Soldiers Who Escaped Islamic State
Iraq
Girls tried to commit suicide: Former ISIS captive
Iraq
Islamic State tests Jordan defenses with clashes along borders with Iraq, Syria
Islamic State
The Cost of the US Ban on Paying for Hostages
Iraq
Iraq seeks Turkish support in fight against ISIS
Iraq
The Islamic State is failing at being a state
Paraguay
Report: At least 60 journalists killed in 2014
Iraq
How a Syrian Boy, 14 and Sheathed in Explosives, Escaped ISIS’ Hold
Iraq
Senior Kurdish rebel leader warns Iraq must stay united to defeat ‘savage’ ISIS
Islamic State shoots down Jordanian warplane in Raqqah, captures pilot
The Jordanian Armed Forces confirmed that one of its aircraft has been shot down over Syria and its pilot is in the hands of the Islamic State.
Syria
A Jordanian pilot was captured by the Islamic State after his plane went down in northeastern Syria. The US-led coalition conducted seven airstrikes in Syria on Dec. 23. “At least 1,171 people have been killed” by the airstrikes since the start of the campaign, according to SOHR; this tally incudes 1,046 members of the Islamic […]
Jund al Sham
Defected Syrian Soldier Held on Suspicion of Plotting Terror Acts
Iraq
Rare Islamic State visit reveals ‘brutal and strong’ force
Islamic State
Over 1,000 Islamist militants killed in US strikes in Syria: monitor
Syria
US to accept thousands of Syrian refugees for resettlement
Syria
WHO says Syria opens Aleppo, other troubled areas for medical aid
Free Syrian Army
Syrian authorities halt ferries to Turkey
Al Nusrah Front
Arsal deputy mayor appointed hostage mediator, meets ISIS
Al Nusrah Front
Report: Apprehension of Terrorists to Impact Case of Captive Lebanese Servicemen
Canada
Are IS group hackers taking jihad online?
Ahrar al Sham
Al Nusrah Front deals Syrian regime major blow in Idlib
The oppression of women and girls in the Islamic State’s ‘caliphate’
Despite female Islamic State recruiters praising the “positive” aspects of life in Raqqah on their social media accounts, the group’s own material shows a different side, one that exposes its real and brutal treatment of women.
Al Nusrah Front
Al Nusrah Front and rivals clash in Deraa and Qalamoun
Iraq
Killing top ISIS leaders won’t cripple group: experts
US kills Islamic State deputy emir, 2 senior commanders in recent airstrikes
Among those killed was Abu Musallam al Turkumani, a top deputy of Abu Bakr al Baghdadi. Turkumani served in Saddam Hussein’s military before joining the Islamic State.
Al Nusrah Front
ISIS to launch battle for Lebanese town of Ersal
Chechnya
Islamic State Militant Seeks Chechen Wife For 15-Year-Old Child Fighter