ISIS

The base salary offered to the worker named al-Jiburi was a pittance, just $50 a month. But even the cash-challenged Islamic State knew it had to do more to sustain the loyalty of a man with nine mouths to feed. A crinkled wage voucher breaks it down by family member: For each of his two […]

Living in Raqqa, these teenagers were on the ISIS’s “most wanted” list due to their continuous online campaign that peeled back the layers of the so called “perfect caliphate” and directly opposed ISIS’s propaganda. They became citizen journalists and exposed ISIS to the world for what they really are, frauds and evil men. The teenagers had no weapons […]

The latest issue of Islamic State’s slick propaganda magazine Dabiq reaffirms the group’s desire to take on, well, pretty much the entire world in apocalyptic warfare. The issue opens by praising the attacks in Belgium … and promising worse. “Paris was a warning,” the rag proclaims. “Brussels was a reminder. What is yet to come will be more […]

As we previously reported, U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress bombers, better known as the BUFF, have arrived in-theater to support the ongoing airstrikes against Daesh as part of Operation Inherent Resolve. As reported today by DoD Spokesman Colonel Steve Warren, the B-52 has conducted its first live drops against enemy positions. Only in the Middle […]

Iraqi forces regained control of the key city of Hit, while a “tough fight” remains in the Tigris River Valley, the spokesman for Operation Inherent Resolve said today. “Last week in the Euphrates River Valley, Iraqi security forces tore Hit from ISIL’s grasp and gave it back to the Iraqi people. Hit is liberated,” Army […]

The Peshmerga Dizha Tiror, (Counter Terrorism Group) was established through the guidance and training of Delta Force and the British SAS. The selection and training for Dizha Tiror, was based on the experience of Delta Force and the SAS, but was tailored to meet the unique the mission set of the Kurdish Counter Terrorism Group.   A […]

In his classic novel 1984, George Orwell writes about Room 101 – a torture chamber where you are subjected to your worst nightmare, the worst thing in the world, to break your resistance. To survive any such place of profound pain is the greatest of gifts, a triumph of the human spirit. In our time, […]

Khalil Abu-Rayyan was in love. Text messages his attorney recently released show the 21-year-old Dearborn Heights man was thrilled to meet online a woman named Ghadda, whom he planned to marry. “Every time I close my eyes, I see you right by me,” he texted to her on Dec. 13. “Words can’t explain my love for […]

The Pentagon’s fight against the Islamic State has grown increasingly aggressive since late fall and includes higher levels of allowable civilian casualties in the bombing campaign to target militants and their cash supplies, according to interviews with military officials and Pentagon data. Since last fall, the Pentagon has delegated more authority to the commander of the war, Army […]

Anonymous hackers are posting photos and details of who they claim to be, Jazrawi Daesh – @Jazrawi_Daesh. Jazrawi, principally a Twitter personality who has acted as a propagandist for the terrorist organization, know as Daesh [ISIS/ISIL]. He first came to light after the terrorist attack in San Bernardino, California, where Jazrawi declared via Twitter, the […]

The raid occurred south of Mosul, in Hammam al-Alil—42 miles from the Kurdish capital of Erbil, where U.S. and Kurdish forces launched their assault.

Islamic State terrorists are plotting to attack tourists at beach resorts across Europe this summer by posing as drink vendors and placing bombs under sunbeds, German media reported on Tuesday. The terrorists also plan on detonating suicide bombs and gunning down tourists with automatic rifles, Italian security sources told German newspaper Bild. “They want to […]