-
Ahrar al Sham
Al Nusrah Front deals Syrian regime major blow in Idlib
/assets/images/featured-image-default.jpg)
-
The oppression of women and girls in the Islamic State’s ‘caliphate’
Despite female Islamic State recruiters praising the “positive” aspects of life in Raqqah on their social media accounts, the group’s own material shows a different side, one that exposes its real and brutal treatment of women.
-
Al Nusrah Front
Al Nusrah Front and rivals clash in Deraa and Qalamoun
-
Iraq
Killing top ISIS leaders won’t cripple group: experts
-
US kills Islamic State deputy emir, 2 senior commanders in recent airstrikes
Among those killed was Abu Musallam al Turkumani, a top deputy of Abu Bakr al Baghdadi. Turkumani served in Saddam Hussein’s military before joining the Islamic State.
-
Al Nusrah Front
ISIS to launch battle for Lebanese town of Ersal
-
Chechnya
Islamic State Militant Seeks Chechen Wife For 15-Year-Old Child Fighter
-
Iraq
UN: More reports of children crucified, beheaded and stoned to death by Islamic State
-
Islamic State
Botched cyberattack on Syria group blamed on IS
-
Syria
A mass grave holding 230 bodies was uncovered in Deir Ezzor province. Those killed, including many civilians, were members of the Shaitat tribe, which had resisted the Islamic State. The US conducted six airstrikes in Syria since Dec. 15; five near Kobane and one near Abu Kamal. Only about three percent of all airstrikes in Syria by the US-led coalition since the start of the campaign have not been conducted by the US. SOHR estimates that more than 120,000 regime fighters have been killed in the Syrian war. The UN is looking for $8.4 billion to aid Syrian refugees in…
-
Mass grave of Islamic State’s victims reportedly found in eastern Syria
A mass grave of approximately 230 Sheitaat tribesmen has been reportedly found in eastern Syria. The tribe has been battling the Islamic State since earlier this year.
-
Afghanistan
How foreign imams radicalized Syria’s war
-
Iraq
UN Security Council renews cross-border Syria aid authorization
-
Al Nusrah Front
Al Nusrah Front shoots two men for blasphemy
-
Syria
The Al Nusrah Front, Ahrar al Sham, and elements of the Free Syrian Army have taken two key regime bases in Idlib province. Al Nusrah has used an American TOW anti-tank missile against regime forces. The US-led coalition has conducted nine airstrikes in Syria since Dec. 13; eight of them “destroyed nine ISIL fighting positions, two ISIL buildings and two ISIL staging positions and also struck another ISIL fighting position” near Kobane; one destroyed an Islamic State vehicle near abu-Kamal. European Union countries have pledged to help rebuild Aleppo if a UN-proposed ceasefire is successful. The UN chief for humanitarian…
-
Iraq
Attacking ISIS, From an American Aircraft Carrier
-
Al Nusrah Front, Ahrar al Sham advance in northwestern Syria
The Al Nusrah Front, al Qaeda’s official branch in Syria, backed by Jund al Aqsa, Ahrar al Sham, and several other groups, has launched an offensive on two major regime bases in the northwestern province of Idlib.
-
Al Nusrah Front
Syrian army recaptures territory north of Aleppo in fierce fighting
-
Al Nusrah Front uses American-made anti-tank missile in Idlib
The Al Nusrah Front, al Qaeda’s official branch in Syria, has used a BGM-71 TOW anti-tank missile in the recent assault on Wadi al Daif in the Idlib countryside.
-
Syria
Syrian patriarch: To help Christians, stop flow of weapons
-
Al Nusrah Front
Al Nusrah Front, ISIS appoint new Lebanon hostage mediator: report
-
Al Nusrah Front
Rebels advance on 2 bases in northwestern Syria
-
Iraq
Islamic State Imposes Strict New Order in Mosul, and Deprivation Is a Result
-
Denmark
For Jihadists, Denmark Tries Rehabilitation
-
Syria
Syrian rebel ‘hell cannons’ kill 300 civilians: monitoring group
-
Denmark
Saudi Arabia links Dane’s shooting to Islamic State, arrests 3
-
Revolutionary Command Council
Is the Islamic State’s next target Daraa or Ghouta?
-
Islamic State
Kazakh Government Analyst: Blocking Extremist Sites Justified Amid IS Threat
-
Syria
Three opposition journalists were killed in Deraa when their car was hit by a missile. Israeli airstrikes in Dimas on Dec. 7 are reported to have targeted Iranian weapons intended for Hezbollah. Rebel commanders in northern Syria claim the US has stopped paying them. Twenty-eight countries have pledged to take in 100,000 Syrian refugees, doubling previous intake levels. The UN has resumed food aid to refugees after donations compensated for a budgetary shortfall. The foreign ministers of Iran, Iraq and the Syrian regime met in Tehran and pledged cooperation against the Islamic State. On Dec. 9, the Islamic State beheaded…
-
Islamic State
Lebanon formally arrests ISIS chief’s ex-wife Dulaimi
