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Iraq
US and Iraqis Try to Fragment Extremist Group
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Al Qaeda
From Twitter to Terrorist
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Iran
ISIS in control of 60 percent of Syrian oil: sources
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Islamic State
British Imams warn against ‘cowboy’ ISIS
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Leaked audio features Al Nusrah Front emir discussing creation of an Islamic emirate
An alleged audio recording featuring Al Nusrah Front emir Abu Muhammad al Julani was leaked online. Julani discusses the creation of an Islamic emirate, or state, in Syria as a counterweight to the Islamic State and other actors.
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Iraq
Inside the leadership of Islamic State: how the new ‘caliphate’ is run
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Iraq
Revealed: the Islamic State ‘cabinet’, from finance minister to suicide bomb deployer
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Iraq
In Iraq, death toll rises among Shiite recruits battling insurgency
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Australian cleric who claimed to join Islamic State captured in Philippines
Musa Cerantonio claimed he arrived in Syria on July 3, but he was recently arrested in Cebu.
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Taliban calls for reconciliation in Syria, avoids mentioning Islamic State’s caliphate
The Taliban’s statement avoids any explicit mention of the Islamic State or its announced caliphate, even though the Islamic State has claimed that all Muslims must pledge allegiance to its leader.
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Al Qaeda
Dabiq: the smiling face trying to sell Iraq-Syria ‘caliphate’
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Social Media Jihad: Zawahiri on how to build an Islamic state
Sanafi al Nasr, a senior al Qaeda operative, reposted part of a message from Ayman al Zawahiri that was released in January. The excerpt deals with how al Qaeda thinks an Islamic State should be built. It is intended as a rebuttal to the Islamic State’s announced caliphate, which al Qaeda still has not officially addressed.
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Al Qaeda
Turkey faces threat from returning jihadists
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Iraq
Fallujah key to defeating Islamic State in Iraq
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Iraq
Bruised Iraqi army leans on Shi’ite militias, volunteers
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Islamic State
Islamic State militants on offensive against Kurds in northern Syria near Turkish border
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United States
Hagel suggests Islamic State militants pose threat to US homeland
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Al Nusrah Front
Lebanese jihadis pledging allegiance to the Islamic State
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Islamic State
Syria’s Druze reject autonomous statelet despite growing ISIS threats
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Iraq
Exclusive: Iraq tells UN that ‘terrorist groups’ seized nuclear materials
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Al Qaeda ally calls for statement on Islamic State’s caliphate
Hani Sibai, a longtime ally of Ayman al Zawahiri, has called on al Qaeda to issue a statement regarding the Islamic State’s announced caliphate.
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Iraq
ISIS Is About to Destroy Biblical History in Iraq
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Islamic State
Jihadis Tug at Edges of a Staunch American Ally
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Al Nusrah Front
Fears of ISIS grow in Lebanon
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AQAP praises Ayman al Zawahiri, defends jihadist scholars against ‘slander’
Nasir al Wuhayshi, who is the emir of AQAP as well as al Qaeda’s general manager, has released a poem praising Ayman al Zawahiri as the “Sheikh father.” A video from two leading AQAP ideologues decrying the “slander” of jihadist leaders was released shortly afterwards. Al Qaeda members are trumpeting the messages as rebuttals to the Islamic State and its newly announced caliphate.
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Iraq
Jihadists demolish Sunni and Shiite mosques and shrines in Mosul
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Updated: Popular Australian cleric seeks to travel to Syria, join Islamic State
Shortly after the Islamic State declared the formation of the caliphate, Musa Cerantonio, a popular cleric, announced he was planning to travel to Syria.
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Islamic State
Europe’s fear: Turkey’s porous border serves as gateway for ISIS’s spread
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Al Nusrah Front
NGO: ISIS expels thousands in east Syria
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Al Nusrah Front
Who controls Syria’s oil?
