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Senior al Qaeda leader returns to Twitter, praises ‘martyrs’
The al Qaeda leader known as Sanafi al Nasr praised al Qaeda’s “martyrs” on Twitter. Among them is Adnan al Shukrijumah, an al Qaeda operative charged with attacking the West. Nasr’s tweets also shed additional light on the identity of another terrorist reportedly killed earlier this month.
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Al Nusrah Front
New alleged ISIS demands impossible: Lebanese security source
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Al Nusrah Front
Lebanon hostage ‘mediator’ says ISIS relayed 3 demands
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Norway
Norway ‘too slow’ to tackle extremism: report
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Islamic State uses US-made anti-tank missile near Damascus
In images released from the Damascus countryside, the Islamic State showcases its use of an American-made antitank missile on elements of the US-backed Free Syrian Army.
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Al Nusrah Front
Residents of Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley Demand to Take Up Arms against Gunmen
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Islamic State
Coalition strike targets ISIS meeting in Aleppo province
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Iraq
Kurdish Sinjar offensive too late for some Yazidis
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Iraq
Islamic State executed nearly 2,000 people in six months: monitor
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Jihadists continue to advertise training camps in Iraq and Syria
New camps belonging to the Islamic State, the Al Nusrah Front, the Chechen Jaish al Muhajireen wal Ansar, the Syrian Harakat Fajr al Sham al Islamiya, the Uzbek group Imam Bukhari Jamaat, and Jaish al Islam have been identified.
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Al Nusrah Front
The Child Soldiers Who Escaped Islamic State
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Iraq
Girls tried to commit suicide: Former ISIS captive
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Iraq
Islamic State tests Jordan defenses with clashes along borders with Iraq, Syria
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Islamic State
The Cost of the US Ban on Paying for Hostages
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Iraq
Iraq seeks Turkish support in fight against ISIS
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Iraq
The Islamic State is failing at being a state
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Paraguay
Report: At least 60 journalists killed in 2014
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Iraq
How a Syrian Boy, 14 and Sheathed in Explosives, Escaped ISIS’ Hold
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Iraq
Senior Kurdish rebel leader warns Iraq must stay united to defeat ‘savage’ ISIS
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Islamic State shoots down Jordanian warplane in Raqqah, captures pilot
The Jordanian Armed Forces confirmed that one of its aircraft has been shot down over Syria and its pilot is in the hands of the Islamic State.
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Syria
A Jordanian pilot was captured by the Islamic State after his plane went down in northeastern Syria. The US-led coalition conducted seven airstrikes in Syria on Dec. 23. “At least 1,171 people have been killed” by the airstrikes since the start of the campaign, according to SOHR; this tally incudes 1,046 members of the Islamic State, 72 members of Al Nusrah, one prisoner held by the jihadists, and 52 civilians. Satellite imagery shows that 290 cultural heritage sites have been damaged during the course of the war.
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Jund al Sham
Defected Syrian Soldier Held on Suspicion of Plotting Terror Acts
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Iraq
Rare Islamic State visit reveals ‘brutal and strong’ force
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Islamic State
Over 1,000 Islamist militants killed in US strikes in Syria: monitor
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Syria
US to accept thousands of Syrian refugees for resettlement
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Syria
WHO says Syria opens Aleppo, other troubled areas for medical aid
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Free Syrian Army
Syrian authorities halt ferries to Turkey
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Al Nusrah Front
Arsal deputy mayor appointed hostage mediator, meets ISIS
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Al Nusrah Front
Report: Apprehension of Terrorists to Impact Case of Captive Lebanese Servicemen
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Canada
Are IS group hackers taking jihad online?
