Tag: ISIS

A teenager accused earlier of trying to assist the Islamic State group has pleaded not guilty to accusations he tweeted out the names and addresses of military personnel with threats of violence. Jalil Ibn Ameer Aziz, 19, pleaded not guilty Tuesday to federal charges of solicitation to commit a crime of violence and transmitting a […]

A series of coordinated attacks in three cities in Syria and Yemen on Monday by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) provides important new insights into the group’s current capabilities and strategy, suggesting that the months ahead will be increasingly violent in the Middle East and perhaps further […]

Canadian special operations forces have taken on the mission of training the Peshmerga in Erbil, Iraq

Shortly after the Iraqi government launched a military operation to retake the ISIS-held city of Fallujah, a document allegedly issued by ISIS reveals that the terror organization has been planning to fight for the city by pitting its Sunni majority against Shi’ite Iraqi liberation forces. The document was purportedly issued in May by ISIS’ Fallujah […]

Watch as the Iraqi Army kicks off an offensive against ISIS in Fallujah. If the city of Fallujah is freed from the grip of ISIS, it will be a significant victory as it is one of the cities that ISIS has occupied the longest. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lIVjLmt2cQ Image courtesy of AFP

Coalition strike on Daesh tactical vehicle:   https://youtu.be/Unnu81Emvuw Iraqi Defense Minister inspects the northern axis to liberate the city of Fallujah: https://youtu.be/blZt3nrKDKM Iraqi Army Command Air destroy targets elected in Fallujah: https://youtu.be/JAPVXQpTLWI Iraqi forces retaking Fallujah: https://youtu.be/5AUhGUUo3k0 Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve Military Strikes Continue Against Daesh Terrorists in Syria and Iraq […]

In an attempt to appeal to India’s Muslim minority, the Islamic State (IS) has released a video that says the group’s fighters are planning to avenge the deaths of hundreds of Muslims who were killed during riots in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state of Gujarat in 2002. India is home to more than 170 […]

These armorers know more about firearms mechanics than you ever will. While you were downloading gun schematics, they were building weapons for guerrillas.

Every Friday, just yards from a statue of Bill Clinton with arm aloft in a cheery wave, hundreds of young bearded men make a show of kneeling to pray on the sidewalk outside an improvised mosque in a former furniture store. The mosque is one of scores built here with Saudi government money and blamed […]

Libya has become ISIS’ new frontier as it faces territorial loses in its stronghold in Iraq and Syria, but it faces major roadblocks to establishing a true back-up capital there, according to a new report. The Combating Terrorism Center report, published Thursday, said the terrorist group ISIS suffered “setbacks” in Libya and is struggling to […]

The Islamic State (Isis) has executed 25 alleged spies by lowering them into a huge tub of nitric acid, until their ‘organs dissolved’, Iocal news source Iraqi News has claimed. The report could not be independently verified. The alleged spies were captured in the IS (Daesh) stronghold of Mosul, in northern Iraq, accused of working for the […]

Last year, members of Jabhat al-Nusra, al-Qaeda’s Syrian affiliate, dug a tunnel leading to the Syrian Air Force Intelligence building in Aleppo and detonated a massive bomb in an attempt to destroy the facility. Reported globally, this event was by no means a rarity in the ongoing Syrian civil war. As Benjamin Runkle warned last year, the United […]