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In Turkey, a late crackdown on Islamist fighters
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Iraq
Syrian Kurdish fighters rescue stranded Yazidis
Iraq
US military role in its 3rd Iraq conflict unlikely to accomplish much
Iraq
Pentagon Says Airstrikes Have Slowed but Not Stopped Sunni Militants
Iraq
Vatican calls on Muslim leaders to denounce ISIS
Iraq
Aleppo’s forgotten Christians
Chechen-led jihadist group in Syria releases video of training camp
Jamaat Ahadun Ahad, or the Group of the One and Only, is led by a Chechen commander and its fighters include “many Chechens, Turks, Arabs, Europeans, and even several former members of the Taliban.”
Islamic State
Islamic State beheads, crucifies in push for Syria’s east
Iraq
US lawmakers mull ISIS action
Syria
The Islamic State clashed with regime forces near the military airport of Al Tabaqa in Raqqah; as well as in Homs, Quneitra, and in Deir Izzour, where the IS executed six men, including two who were beheaded. The Al Nusrah Front and the Islamic Front battled regime forces in the Om Al Sharashih area of […]
Syria
The Islamic State carried out a suicide car bombing at a tribal checkpoint, and clashed with tribal gunmen and regime forces in Deir Izzour; and arrested Islamic Front fighters accused of stealing electricity in Aleppo. The Al Nusrah Front and the Islamic Front battled regime forces in Hama near Morek, and also clashed with regime […]
Iraq
ISIS persecution of Iraqi Christians has become genocide, say religious leaders
Iraq
Turkey downplays Islamic State threat, but concerns grow
Hezbollah
Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, ISIS and Hezbollah
Syria
The Islamic State clashed with regime forces in Hasakah; in Deir Izzour, where regime aircraft dropped flyers congratulating tribes who are battling the Islamic State; and in Raqqah, where the IS is preparing to storm the Al Tabaqa military airport. The Al Nusrah Front clashed with the Islamic Front in Hama near Morek; and was […]
Al Nusrah Front
Lebanese Army in control after militants flee Arsal
OPCW
Syria Chemicals near Three-Quarters Destroyed
Europe
Patriarchs decry Christian exodus, demand UN act
Syria
The Islamic State killed over 40 people in three suicide bombings at one of the regime’s last remaining bases in Raqqah; clashed with tribal gunmen in Deir Izzour, where it also executed 18 employees of the sharia council who had been guarding oilfields for the Al Nusrah Front, the Islamic Front, and rebels; and clashed […]
Iraq
Islamic Militants in Iraq Are Widely Loathed, Yet Action to Curb Them Is Elusive
Iraq’s largest Christian town falls to Islamic State
Qaraqosh, as well as Tal Kayf, Bartella, and Karamlesh, fell to the Islamic State after Kurdish Peshmerga abandoned the towns without a fight.
US adds Nusrah, Islamic State financiers to list of global terrorists
Two Al Nusrah Front financiers/facilitators are based in Kuwait. The Islamic State operative has moved Kuwaiti fighters into Syria and Afghanistan and works with “Iran-based al Qaeda facilitators.”
Islamic State overruns Syrian artillery regiment in Hasakah
The jihadist group seized a large amount of military hardware and munitions after overrunning Regiment 121. Fighters loyal to Chechen commander Omar al Shishani were spotted at the fighting.
Islamic State leader who defected from al Qaeda reported killed in Mosul
Abdul Rahman al Amjad al Pakistani is thought to be Abdullah al Punjabi, one of nine mid-level al Qaeda commanders to openly defect from the global jihadist group and join the Islamic State.
Islamic State
Islamic State jihadists behead Sunni tribesmen in Syria: monitor
Iran
Larijani adviser: Syria relies on ‘excessive force’
Al Nusrah Front
New Border Fighting Between ISIS and Lebanon’s Army
Syria
The Islamic State killed seven members of an Ismaili family in Salamiya; and stormed the town of Srehin in Hama, shooting an official and kidnapping two other people. The Islamic State clashed with regime forces in Raqqah; battled Kurdish YPG forces in Ayn al Arab in Aleppo; and killed at least 15 people in Deir […]
Iraq
Special Report : The doubt at the heart of Iraq’s Sunni ‘revolution’
Islamic State takes control of Sinjar, Mosul Dam in northern Iraq
Kurdish forces are reported to have fled Sinjar and the Mosul Dam after minimal fighting. The town of Zumar was abandoned after heavy clashes.