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ISIS Pressed for Ransom Before Killing Journalist
Tag Archives: Syria
Al Nusrah Front-linked Kuwaiti terrorists resurface and retweet
Shafi Sultan Mohammed al-Ajmi and Hajjaj Fahd Hajjaj Muhammad Sahib al-‘Ajmi, who were added to the US’ list of global terrorists on Aug. 6 for supporting the Al Nusrah Front in Syria, appear relatively undeterred by the recent sanctions.
US launched raid in Syria to rescue American hostages held by Islamic State
The raid failed to rescue “a number of American hostages held in Syria” by the Islamic State, the Department of Defense’s spokesman said today.
Germany
Syria and Iraq: Why young German men bring terror and death
Iraq
Scholars call for Christian safe haven in Iraq
Syria
A new report estimates that militants in Syria have several hundred portable anti-aircraft missiles, which are easily smuggled out of the country. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the Islamic State gained 6,300 recruits in Syria in July alone. The Islamic State clashed with regime forces in Raqqah, where the IS reopened the road […]
Al Nusrah Front
Mother Agnes: The efficient mediator who draws controversy
Islamic State beheads American reporter
James Wright Foley, a journalist who was captured in Syria by the Islamic State in November 2012, was executed on camera. The Islamic State threatened to kill another captive American reporter if the US military does not halt its air campaign against the jihadist group in northern Iraq.
Iraq
Washington, Damascus at odds in fight against ISIS
Iraq
Islamic State recruits at record pace in Syria: monitor
Syria
The Islamic State clashed with Kurdish YPG forces in Hasakah, and kidnapped and killed a YPG commander; fought regime forces in eastern Hama; battled the Islamic Front and was targeted by regime airstrikes in Aleppo; killed a female dentist, issued rules for Al Mayadin city, and clashed with and was bombarded by regime forces in […]
Islamic State
Morocco ramps up counter-terror fight
US airpower supports Peshmerga, Iraqi forces to retake Mosul Dam
President Obama expanded the US military mission in Iraq to include protecting “critical infrastructure” and supporting Iraqi Army and Peshmerga offensive military operations in northern Iraq.
Iraq
Exclusive: Kurdish fighters protect Yazidis fleeing IS terror campaign
US adds Islamic State, Al Nusrah Front leaders to list of global terrorists
Abu Muhammed al Adnani is the Islamic State’s controversial spokesman. Said Arif is a seasoned jihadist who has traveled to several battlefields and is now with the Al Nusrah Front in Syria.
Al Qaeda
Did Ankara miss its chance to head off the Islamic State?
Iraq
Mount Sinjar dispatch: ‘The pilot was afraid for my safety. Within days he would be dead’
Australia
Living in Australia, longing for jihad
Syria
The Islamic State clashed with regime forces in Raqqah in Al Tabaqa; and in Aleppo, where the IS also battled the Islamic Front, the Al Nusrah Front, and Kurdish forces. In Deir Izzour, the Islamic State told families of Labor City oilfield workers to vacate their homes so foreign fighters could move in. The Syrian […]
Iraq
Strange bedfellows: terror groups, Kurdish factions unite against ISIS
Syria
Syrian Soldiers Celebrate Fall of Rebel Stronghold
Iraq
ISIS leader flees to Syria fearing US airstrikes: Kurdish official
Christians
‘Barbaric’ sexual violence perpetrated by Islamic State militants in Iraq – UN
Syria
The Islamic State battled regime forces in Deir Izzour; Hama; Homs; and Raqqah, where IS is said to be imposing an Islamic curriculum in schools in the Raqqah City and its countryside. The Al Nusrah Front and the Islamic Front clashed with regime forces in Aleppo, Hama, and Idlib. The Islamic Front also fought regime […]
Iraq
British ‘jihadist’ describes his plan to go to Iraq or Syria to fight
Islamic State
Islamic State takes Akhtarin
Al Nusrah Front
Terror finance worries may curb Doha kidnap mediation
Syria
The Islamic State clashed with the Islamic Front and rebels in Aleppo, and arrested and beheaded some of the fighters; clashed with villagers in Hasakah; battled regime forces in Raqqah; raided tribesmen in Deir Izzour; and fought regime forces in Hama. The Islamic State told its fighters in Aleppo that the battle in Dabeq would […]
Islamic State
Syrian army takes town near Damascus in blow to rebels
The Muslim Scholars Committee and the Lebanese tinderbox
A group of Lebanese clerics with links to Islamist groups mediated a ceasefire between the Lebanese military and fighters from the Islamic Front and the Al Nusrah Front in Arsal, which let as many as 2,000 Islamist fighters escape with over captive 35 Lebanese security forces.