Obstacles Limit Targets and Pace of Strikes on ISIS

Iraqi military reach Baiji; Baghdadi’s fate unclear

The small Alpine country has become an extremist hub, where Hamas enjoys support, Iranian intelligence maintains a significant presence, and jihadist groups such as the Islamic State are drawing members and planning attacks.

How a Libyan City Joined the Islamic State Group

US air strikes target Islamic State convoy in Iraq

US-led airstrikes target Islamic State leaders in Iraq: report

Why arming rebels will fuel Syria’s inferno

Syrian official: negotiations with US blocked by Saudi Arabia

Central Command general to ISIS: We can hear you

Lebanese general: Negotiations with ISIS require more time

Russian Media Suggests Moscow ‘Grand Theft Auto’ Gang Linked To Islamic State, Central Asia

Peshmergas blunt, don’t break, Islamic State siege of Syria’s Kobane

Iraq’s top cleric says graft in army helped Islamic State

‘You want to kill’: ISIS deserter recounts training, torture and terror

In a new video released by the Islamic State titled “The Resolve of the Defiant,” the group attempts to justify the battle for Kobane.

The Al Nusrah Front, al Qaeda’s official branch in Syria, has tweeted a series of photos purportedly showing the aftermath of the US-led coalition’s airstrikes in Idlib. Prior to today, the coalition had not announced any airstrikes against Al Nusrah since the first day of the bombing campaign in Syria.

Iranian general is said to mastermind Iraq ground war

Al Qaeda Ally’s Advance Imperils Moderate Syrian Rebels

Rights group: Child captives suffered ‘torture and abuse’ by Islamic State

Life in Raqqah under Islamic State

British Intelligence Official Says US Tech Companies Offer Terrorists ‘Networks of Choice’

Usama Mahmood, the spokesman for al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS), has released a statement calling on all jihadists to unite against the US-led coalition, which is bombing targets throughout Iraq and Syria.

Islamic State Releases Video Address By Ethnic Russian Militant

Kadyrov: ‘Most Chechens In Syria Grew Up In Western Countries’

Al Qaeda’s Nusrah lays out conditions to release captured Lebanese soldiers

The Islamic State has been battling regime forces for the Shaer gas field in the desert east of the city of Palmyra. While the Syrian regime still controls parts of the field, the jihadist group has been able to seize large portions, including two natural gas plants.

Qatar pares support for Islamists but careful to preserve ties

Theo Padnos, American Journalist, on Being Kidnapped, Tortured and Released in Syria

New Alignments: The Kurds’ Lonely Fight against Islamic State Terror

Waging the Information War on ISIS
