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.
Washington, Damascus at odds in fight against ISIS
Islamic State recruits at record pace in Syria: monitor
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 […]
Morocco ramps up counter-terror fight
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.
Exclusive: Kurdish fighters protect Yazidis fleeing IS terror campaign
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.
Did Ankara miss its chance to head off the Islamic State?
Mount Sinjar dispatch: ‘The pilot was afraid for my safety. Within days he would be dead’
Living in Australia, longing for jihad
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 […]
Strange bedfellows: terror groups, Kurdish factions unite against ISIS
Syrian Soldiers Celebrate Fall of Rebel Stronghold
ISIS leader flees to Syria fearing US airstrikes: Kurdish official
‘Barbaric’ sexual violence perpetrated by Islamic State militants in Iraq – UN
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 […]
British ‘jihadist’ describes his plan to go to Iraq or Syria to fight
Islamic State takes Akhtarin
Terror finance worries may curb Doha kidnap mediation
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 […]
Syrian army takes town near Damascus in blow to rebels
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.
Lebanon – Arsali and refugee relations tense
Why is Turkey supporting Islamic State fighters in Iraq?–commentary
The jihadist group ejected the rival Al Nusrah Front, al Qaeda’s branch in Syria, and allied jihadist groups from five towns and villages in Aleppo province.
Disrupt ISIS’s Cash Flow in Iraq
Exclusive: Islamic State militants seize wheat from state silos – Iraq Grain Board
Islamic State seizes more territory in Syria: monitor
In a video released on Aug. 8, Abu Firas al Suri, a senior al Qaeda operative who currently serves as the Al Nusrah Front’s spokesman, discusses al Qaeda’s approach to waging jihad in Syria. Al Suri denies that Al Nusrah seeks to unilaterally establish an Islamic emirate.