Islamic State Ongoing Updates - March 2016

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31 March 2016

• UPDATE (04-07-16): With jihadis at the door, Syrians rush to rescue history
• UPDATE (04-02-16): ISIS 'Department of Artifacts' Document Exposes Antique Loot Trade Via Turkey

30 March 2016

• UPDATE (04-02-16): ISIS Mentions Hungary in a Threatening Social Media Post
• UPDATE (04-02-16): Daesh moves its command centers to hospitals in N Iraq 

29 March 2016

• UPDATE (04-02-16): India: 1.5 million Muslims join in condemnation of Islamic State
• UPDATE (04-02-16): Iraqi Christians fear extinction, see no relief from Islamic State
• UPDATE (04-02-16): Man Charged with Threatening to Shoot, Blow up Walgreens
• UPDATE (04-02-16): The three powerful scholars fueling Islamic State's hate

28 March 2016

• UPDATE (04-02-16): Kidnapped priest reported still alive in Yemen, despite reports of crucifixion by Islamic State

27 March 2016 

• UPDATE (04-02-16): In Syria, militias backed by the Pentagon fight those armed by the CIA
• Palmyra: Syria forces 'retake' Islamic State-held city

26 March 2016

• UPDATE (04-02-16): US moving to increase troops in Iraq to fight ISIS
• Toll from IS suicide bombing at Iraq stadium climbs to 41

25 March 2016

• UPDATE (04-02-16): US to fund Tunisia border surveillance
• UPDATE (03-26-16): ISIL number two confirmed killed as Syrian army retakes parts of Palmyra
• UPDATE (03-26-16): ISIS Suicide Bomber in Iraq Kills Dozens at Soccer Game
• UPDATE (03-26-16): ISIS' Finance Minister, Haji Iman, Killed: Defense Officials
• Syrian army enters Palmyra, meets stiff Islamic State resistance; Iraq begins Mosul offensive
• Syria's Al-Qaeda Branch Now Wants to Rule Like ISIS 
• Brussels attacks: arrests made in Paris and Belgium police raids
• Malaysia arrests 15 over alleged Islamic State links

24 March 2016

• UPDATE (03-25-16): Haditha on high alert due to anticipated ISIS attack
• UPDATE (03-25-16): Five people executed for violating ISIS orders in Mosul
• UPDATE (03-25-16): Dozens of Terror Plots Thwarted Across Europe, Say Officials
• UPDATE (03-25-16): Belgium admits 'errors' over bomber arrest
• UPDATE (03-25-16): 15 Suspected ISIS Members Planning Terror Attacks Have Been Arrested in Malaysia
• UPDATE (03-25-16): France Arrests Citizen Tied to Terrorist Plot in 'Advanced Stages'
• UPDATE (03-25-16): Brussels bomber brothers were on U.S. watch lists before attack: sources
• UPDATE (03-25-16): Belgian officials acknowledged warning signs missed
• UPDATE (03-25-16): Did bomber brothers work as cleaners at Brussels airport? Prosecutors probe claims jihadis took jobs that gave them intimate knowledge of the terminal they destroyed
• UPDATE (03-25-16): Six Detained in Raids Linked to Attacks on Brussels Airport, Subway System
• After Brussels, Rome Announces 'Maximum' Terror Level Alert for Easter Festivities
• Iraq launches offensive against Islamic State south of Mosul
• Paris attacks suspect Abdeslam 'will not fight extradition'
• 4,500 American and European ISIS militants killed in Syria and Iraq
• ISIS uses modern equipment to attack oil fields in Salahuddin

23 March 2016

• UPDATE (03-24-16): Christian convert brutally murdered [in Bangladesh]
• UPDATE (03-24-16): Pope Francis: Do not forget persecution of Iraqi Christians
• UPDATE (03-24-16): ISIS Trained at Least 400 Fighters to Attack Europe, AP Sources Say 
• UPDATE (03-24-16): ISIS has sent 400 fighters to attack Europe, officials say
• UPDATE (03-24-16): European Officials Believe Second Suicide Bomber at Brussels Aiport Was Also Alleged Paris Bombmaker
• UPDATE (03-24-16): Obama: US will go after the IS group aggressively 
• UPDATE (03-24-16): Palmyra: Syrian troops reach outskirts of ISIS-held city
• UPDATE (03-24-16): Squeezed At Its Base, ISIS Grows More Dangerous Elsewhere
• UPDATE (03-24-16): Belgian Intelligence Had Precise Warning That Airport Targeted for Bombing
• UPDATE (03-24-16): Turkey informed Belgium over attackers terrorist links: Erdogan
• UPDATE (03-24-16): Defeats in Mideast Raise ISIS Threat to the West
• UPDATE (03-24-16): Salah Abdeslam likely had plans with ISIS cell behind Brussels attacks, officials say
• UPDATE (03-24-16): Shadowy Marine Artillery Base In Iraq Attacked Again After Deadly ISIS Rocket Strike
• Italy arrests Iraqi identified as having terrorist link
• Brussels attacks: 'Two brothers' behind airport suicide bombings

22 March 2016

• UPDATE (03-23-16): Italy arrests Iraqi identified by France, Belgium as having terrorist contacts
• UPDATE (03-23-16): Islamic State claims deadly bombings in Brussels
  
• UPDATE (03-23-16): Leaked Report: 90 Suicide Bombers Potentially Roaming Europe
• UPDATE (03-23-16): ISIS goes global: 75 attacks in 20 countries have killed 1,280 people
• UPDATE (03-23-16): Military Setbacks, Financial Strains Pressure Islamic State in Home Territory
• ISIS targets Iraqi military in day of attacks
• ISIS attacks US base in Makhmur for second time in 3 days
• ISIS supporters on social media celebrate lethal Brussels bombings
• Baghdad politics slows fight against IS in Anbar
• House of Lords blocks move to have ISIS atrocities declared genocide
• Australia arrests two suspected of Islamic State financing: police

21 March 2016

• UPDATE (03-22-16): Istanbul terrorist followed Israelis from hotel
• UPDATE (03-22-16): Unusual pizza order delivers police to hideout of Paris terrorist Salah Abdeslam
• UPDATE (03-22-16): Islamic State reportedly using child soldiers as reinforcements in al-Hasakah
• UPDATE (03-22-16): Twal: 'There is no genocide of Christians going on in the Middle East'
• U.S. Sending More Troops to Iraq After Marine Killed By ISIS Rocket 

20 March 2016

• UPDATE (03-22-16): 2 Americans killed in suspected ISIS bombing in Turkey, U.S. official says
• UPDATE (03-22-16): Suspected French Islamist placed under investigation over attack plan
• UPDATE (03-22-16): ISIS threatens to attack Kaka'i religious minority in Iraq
• UPDATE (03-22-16): ISIS vows to punish anyone celebrating 'spring festivals' with 20 lashes
• UPDATE (03-22-16): Suicide Attacks on Soldiers in Anbar; 185 Killed in Iraq
• UPDATE (03-21-16): Pictured: The decorated Marine, 27, killed by an ISIS rocket in northern Iraq as it emerges the US is sending boots on the ground to take on jihadists
• UPDATE (03-21-16): French prime minister says 600-plus people have left France for Syria and Iraq
• UPDATE (03-21-16): U.S. sets up firebase in Northern Iraq
• UPDATE (03-21-16): Paris Attacks Suspect Reported to Be Planning New Attacks
• UPDATE (03-21-16): Istanbul Bomber Identified as Militant with IS Links
• UPDATE (03-21-16): Turkey blames Islamic State for Istanbul bombing

19 March 2016

• UPDATE (03-22-16): Marine killed, others injured in ISIS rocket attack in northern Iraq, official says
  
• UPDATE (03-19-16): A View of ISIS's Evolution in New Details of Paris Attack
• UPDATE (03-19-16): U.S. Marine Killed by ISIS Rocket in Iraq 

18 March 2016

• UPDATE (03-22-16): Alleged American ISIS Member: I Made a 'Bad Decision'
• UPDATE (03-22-16): Fugitive Paris attacker Salah Abdeslam captured in anti-terror raid
• UPDATE (03-22-16): Virginia man admits to conspiring with ISIS terrorists, faces up to 20 years in prison
• UPDATE (03-22-16): ISIS ignored cries of 'Don't kill the sisters' before murdering Yemen nuns
• John Kerry: ISIS responsible for genocide

17 March 2016

• UPDATE (03-22-16): Admitted terrorist sympathizer sentenced for attempting to recruit for ISIL
• UPDATE (03-22-16): Eyewitness Account of ISIS Attack on Mother Teresa's Sisters in Yemen
• UPDATE (03-18-16): Sacramento Man Charged With Supporting Terrorist Groups in Syria
• UPDATE (03-18-16): FBI: Student Who Went on Stabbing Spree at Univ. of California Campus Was Inspire By Islamic State
• UPDATE (03-18-16): Security forces free village from IS militant's in Iraq's Anbar
• UPDATE (03-18-16): IS fails to establish emirate in Tunisia
• UPDATE (03-18-16): Islamic State Spreads in North Africa in Attacks Ignored By West

16 March 2016

• UPDATE (03-24-16): The Next Disaster: Islamic State Expands as Libya Descends into Chaos
• UPDATE (03-22-16): Brussels raid: 'ISIS flag and jihadist manual found by gunman's body' say Belgian prosecutors
• UPDATE (03-22-16): Four terror suspects arrested in Paris after police claimed they were plotting an 'imminent attack'
• UPDATE (03-22-16): Ohio Man Pleads Guilty to Trying to Help ISIS
• UPDATE (03-22-16): The Islamic State has lost more than a fifth of its territory, says report
• UPDATE (03-18-16): Source: ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi arrives in Hawija southwest of Kirkuk
• UPDATE (03-18-16): Algerian named as dead Brussels gunman, manhunt goes on
• UPDATE (03-18-16): American ISIS Fighter a 'Gold Mine' for US Intelligence

15 March 2016

• UPDATE (03-22-16): California man sentenced for lying about ISIS
• UPDATE (03-22-16): Islamic State hackers post 'kill list' of Minnesota cops
• UPDATE (03-22-16): NC Prosecutors Want Death Penalty for Alleged Islamic State Sympathizer
• UPDATE (03-22-16): Bible bonfire: ISIS video shows Christian books being destroyed, adds fuel to genocide debate
• UPDATE (03-21-16): From regime change to ISIS: 5 years of US meddling in Syria
• UPDATE (03-21-16): ISIS Atrocities in Iraq and Syria Labeled as 'Genocide', US Representatives Vote
• UPDATE (03-18-16): Islamic State militants 'lose 22% of territory'

14 March 2016

• UPDATE (03-14-16): Top ISIS recruiter killed in American strike in Iraq's Anbar
• UPDATE (03-14-16): Islamic State group: 'Files' reveal details of British recruits
• UPDATE (03-14-16): ISIS executes 35 fighters for refusing to join combat axes
• UPDATE (03-14-16): Security forces repel ISIS attack north of Ameriyat Fallujah
• UPDATE (03-14-16): American Islamic State fighter surrenders to Kurdish troops in Iraq
• UPDATE (03-14-16): Islamic State's 'war minister' Omar al-Shishani 'clinically dead'
• UPDATE (03-14-16): American ISIS fighter arrested in Iraq after 'mistaking it for Turkish border' - reports 

13 March 2016

• UPDATE (03-22-16): Convicted rapist being hunted by police was able to flee UK to join ISIS in Syria after his early release from jail
• Iraq runs out of money to take on Islamic State
• Baghdad promises revenge after '600 wounded,' 3yo girl killed in ISIS chemical attacks on Iraq

12 March 2016

• UPDATE (03-13-16): Iraq Shias kick around head of ISIS teen
• UPDATE (03-13-16): To Maintain Supply of Sex Slaves, ISIS Pushes Birth Control 

11 March 2016

• UPDATE (03-13-16): German broadcasters: IS files refer to some Paris attackers
• UPDATE (03-13-16): The rise of Islamic State sleeper cells in Baghdad
• Two possible ISIS bombers lived in Italy
• Two Italian jihadists named on leaked ISIS list

10 March 2016

• UPDATE (03-22-16): Obama: I'm more worried climate change than ISIS
• UPDATE (03-22-16): Barack Obama compares ISIS to Heath Ledger's Joker from The Dark Knight saying they 'just want to set the whole region on fire'
• UPDATE (03-22-16): Islamic State files leak: The 'good British Christian' who turned to jihad
• UPDATE (03-13-16): U.S. Officials Doubt Value of ISIS Names
• UPDATE (03-11-16): Somali imam arrested in Italy for planning attack on Rome's main train station
• UPDATE (03-11-16): Italian Police Arrest Imam Who Infiltrated Migrant Center And Planned Rome Terrorist Attack
• UPDATE (03-11-16): Intelligence agents study cache of leaked ISIS documents
• UPDATE (03-11-16): ISIS commander still alive, badly wounded: Syria Observatory 
• UPDATE (03-11-16): ISIL's 'new leader' in Libya says group is getting stronger every day
• UPDATE (03-11-16): U.S. strikes Islamic State chemical weapons capabilities: Pentagon
• UPDATE (03-11-16): Massive new report documents IS genocide of Christians in Iraq, Syria
• UPDATE (03-11-16): U.S. general warns about resilience of Islamic State
• UPDATE (03-11-16): Germany: Files listing Islamic State fighters are authentic
• UPDATE (03-11-16): Report details ISIS atrocities against Christians, presses State for genocide' label
• UPDATE (03-11-16): Leaked ISIS files on German jihadists likely genuine: police

9 March 2016

• UPDATE (03-22-16): US Air Force veteran convicted of attempting to join Islamic State
• UPDATE (03-11-16): Detained imam 'planned terror attack at Rome's main station'
• UPDATE (03-11-16): Italy arrests Somali cleric over alleged plans for Rome attack
  
• UPDATE (03-11-16): ISIS shelled Kurdish-controlled Iraq village with 'poisonous substances' - governor
• UPDATE (03-11-16): Head of ISIS chemical weapons program capture by US in Iraq last month
• UPDATE (03-11-16): ISIS Detainee's information Led to 2 U.S. Airstrikes, Officials Say
• UPDATE (03-11-16): Philippine president denies militants in south are linked to Islamic State

8 March 2016

• UPDATE (03-08-16): ISIS forces children to execute Mosul people instead of its escaped fighters
• UPDATE (03-08-16): 200 people flee from areas controlled by ISIS in Kirkuk
• UPDATE (03-08-16): Clashes broke out between tribe in Fallujah and ISIS after executing 50 civilians

7 March 2016

• UPDATE (03-22-16): Over 50 people killed, including 8 civilians, as ISIS fighters carry out Tunisia massacre in bid to 'establish a new emirate'
  
• UPDATE (03-07-16): ISIS gunmen stage mutiny, kill commander in de facto captial
• Islamic State group 'may be plotting huge attacks' in UK
• Suicide bombing in Hilla kills at least 60 

6 March 2016

• UPDATE (03-07-16): Islamic State publicly executes teen on charges of 'apostasy'
• UPDATE (03-07-16): Police hunt pair of French schoolgirls feared bound for Syria to join ISIS
• UPDATE (03-07-16): Update: Islamic State truck bomb blast kills at least 60 people south of Baghdad
• UPDATE (03-07-16): As army rebuilds, Iraqi assault to retake Mosul months away
• UPDATE (03-07-16): ISIS claims responsibility for suicide attack that kills 35 in Iraq
• UPDATE (03-07-16): Iraq Truck Bomb Kills 33 at Checkpoint Near Babylonian Ruins 

5 March 2016

• UPDATE (03-07-16): 'Senseless and Diabolical Violence: Four Nuns Slaughtered in Yemen Retirement Home; Officials Blame Islamic State
• UPDATE (03-07-16): ISIS booby-traps Sharqat bridges, allows its fighters to evacuate their families
• UPDATE (03-07-16): Army forces detain so-called ISIS prince in Yusifiyah south of Baghdad, says Joint Operations
• Inside 'Islamic State': A Raqqa diary
• Syrian rebels seize Iraq border crossing from Islamic State 

4 March 2016

• UPDATE (03-22-16): Franciscan Friars: 'We Will Not Leave Land Occupied By Jihadists'
• UPDATE (03-05-16): ISIS 'storm trooper' jailed for four years
• Charity under attack: Four sisters of Mother Teresa's congregation killed in Aden, Yemen
• Is ISIS going broke?
• Two Italian hostages freed in Libya: local official
• Spain seizes 20,000 ISIS, al-Nusra uniforms

3 March 2016

• UPDATE (03-05-16): ISIS-inspired militants on offensive in southern Philippines
• UPDATE (03-04-16): ISIS Sanctuary Map: March 3, 2016
• UPDATE (03-04-16): McCaul Announces ISIS Has Reached 75 Plots Against the West
• German police arrest doctor suspected of recruiting suicide bomber for IS

2 March 2016

• UPDATE (03-05-16): White House: ISIS extermination of Christians can't be called genocide yet
• UPDATE (03-04-16): Iraq's Interior Minister on why state corruption is helping the murderous campaign of ISIS
• UPDATE (03-03-16): Jordan foils 'criminal plot linked to ISIS' in deadly raid
• UPDATE (03-03-16): Islamic State 'earning millions by playing the stock market'
• UPDATE (03-03-16): Allah told me to do it: Cops probe ISIS boyfriend link of nanny who beheaded child
• UPDATE (03-03-16): Abdul Malik Abdul Kareem update: Brother of man who pledged allegiance to ISIS testifies in Phoenix
• Italy increasingly exposed to risk of terror attack: report
• Italy more exposed to terror risk, says intelligence report
• Risk of new terror attacks in Europe
• Terror, mafia 'totally intertwined - DNA
• In Islamic State battle, Cairo struggles to rally Sinai tribes 
• Islamic State suicide bombers penetrate Iraq army headquarters as country's military stretched thin 
• US Special Operations troops capture ISIS operative in Iraq 
• ISIS Militant Captured in Iraq; US to Hand Over Detainee to Iraqi, Kurdish Authorities After Interrogation

1 March 2016

• UPDATE (03-03-16): Nato commander: ISIS 'spreading like cancer' among refugees
  
• UPDATE (03-02-16): Iraqi forces try to cut Islamic State supply lines in western desert