Germany manhunt: ‘IS link’ to bomb suspect Al-Bakr – police
Source: BBC German police say a Syrian man arrested after a two-day manhunt probably had links to so-called Islamic State (IS). Jaber al-Bakr, who arrived in Germany as a refugee, […]
IS ‘loses more than a quarter of its territory’ in Syria and Iraq
Source: BBC So-called Islamic State (IS) has lost more than a quarter of the territory it once controlled, new data shows. Security and defence analysts IHS say the group’s control has shrunk by 28% since its height in January 2015. In the first nine months of this year, IS’ territory […]
How Sweden became an exporter of jihad
Source: BBC By Yalda Hakim BBC News. Gothenburg Sweden is a peaceful democratic state that has long been a safe haven for those fleeing conflict. Yet many young people whose families took refuge there are now turning their back on the country. More than 300 people have gone to fight […]
There’s A Really Good Reason Why Obama Doesn’t Call ISIS ‘Islamic Terrorists’
Source: Huffington Post Conservatives frequently criticize President Barack Obama for not referring to the Islamic State, and other terrorist groups and sympathizers, as “Islamist.” Turns out, there’s a good reason he doesn’t. At […]
Signs of panic and rebellion in the heart of Islamic State’s self-proclaimed caliphate
Source: The Washington Post By Loveday Morris and Mustafa Salim BAGHDAD — The graffiti that appeared on a wall near the mosque in Mosul where the Islamic State leader declared […]
Clinton says Trump gives ‘aid, comfort’ to ISIS recruiters
Source: Associated Press By CATHERINE LUCEY and JILL COLVIN ESTERO, Fla. (AP) — Hillary Clinton accused Donald Trump of giving “aid and comfort” to Islamic terrorists Monday, declaring his anti-Muslim rhetoric helps groups such as ISIS recruit new fighters. Trump showed no sign of changing and insisted the U.S. should […]
Islamic State claims responsibility for Minnesota mall attack
Source: Reuters By Dustin Volz and Alex Dobuzinskis A man who stabbed nine people at a mall in central Minnesota before being shot dead is a “soldier of the Islamic State,” the militant group’s news agency said on Sunday, as the FBI investigated the attack as a potential act of […]
Google’s Clever Plan to Stop Aspiring ISIS Recruits
Source: Wired By Andy Greenberg GOOGLE HAS BUILT a half-trillion-dollar business out of divining what people want based on a few words they type into a search field. In the […]
Trump says Putin ‘a leader far more than our president’
Source: BBC Donald Trump has showered Vladimir Putin with praise as he and rival Hillary Clinton took pointed questions from military veterans. The Republican presidential nominee told the forum the Russian president “has been a leader far more than our president [Obama] has been”. It came on the same day […]
Syria conflict: IS claims wave of bombings that kills dozens
Source: BBC At least 40 people have been killed in bombings in mainly government-held areas of Syria, state media report. Four attacks took place within an hour in Tartous, Homs […]
Islamic State: Abu Muhammad al-Adnani ‘killed in Aleppo’
Source: BBC One of the longest-serving and most prominent leaders of so-called Islamic State (IS) has been killed in Syria, IS-affiliated media say. In a statement distributed by the group’s supporters, Amaq News Agency reported that Abu Muhammad al-Adnani died in the province of Aleppo. He was “martyred while surveying […]
Islamic State attack on army recruits in Yemen kills 54
Source: The Washington Post By Ali al-Mujahed and Paul Schemm SANAA, Yemen — A suicide bomber detonated a vehicle packed with explosives Monday in a mustering area for army recruits […]
Once a Qaeda Recruiter, Now a Voice Against Jihad
Source: The New York Times WASHINGTON — In the four years that he ran the Revolution Muslim website out of his walk-up apartment in Flatbush, Brooklyn, Jesse Morton became one of the most prolific recruiters for Al Qaeda, luring numerous Americans to the group’s violent ideology. The men and women […]
Turkish Tanks Enter Syria to Free ISIS-Held Town
Source: Time By Susan Fraser and Philip Issa ANKARA, Turkey —After a pre-dawn barrage of heavy artillery and airstrikes, Turkey sent tanks and special forces into Syria on Wednesday to help […]
Turkey vows to cleanse Islamic State from border after wedding attack
Source: Reuters By Orhan Coskun and Daren Butler | ANKARA/ISTANBUL Turkey vowed on Monday to “completely cleanse” Islamic State militants from its border region after a suicide bomber suspected of links to the group killed 54 people, including 22 children, at a Kurdish wedding. Saturday’s attack in the southeastern city […]
Turkey wedding suicide bomber ‘was child aged 12-14’
Source: BBC A suicide bombing which killed 51 people in the Turkish city of Gaziantep was carried out by a 12 to 14-year-old, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said. Mr Erdogan […]
‘Islam for Dummies’: ISIS recruits have poor grasp of faith
Source: TOI The AP analyzed the IS entry form documents of around 4,030 foreign recruits who crossed into Syria when the group was rapidly expanding and seizing territory in Iraq and Syria in 2013 and 2014. At that time, the CIA estimated the extremist group had between 20,000 and 31,500 […]
How Anjem Choudary’s mouth was finally shut
Source: BBC By Dominic Casciani Home affairs correspondent For 20 years Anjem Choudary stood on street corners, in shopping precincts, outside mosques, embassies and police stations and used his megaphone to drive a wedge between Muslims and the rest of Britain. Now he has been convicted of inviting others to support […]
‘Islam for Dummies’: IS recruits have poor grasp of faith
Source: Associated Press By AYA BATRAWY, PAISLEY DODDS and LORI HINNANT PARIS (AP) — The jihadi employment form asked the recruits, on a scale of 1 to 3, to rate […]
IS conflict: Manbij residents celebrate liberation
Source: BBC Residents in the northern Syrian city of Manbij have been celebrating new freedoms after being liberated from the rule of so-called Islamic State. They have poured into the streets enjoying basic rights they had been denied for two years, including shaving off their beards and smoking. US-backed Kurdish […]