Islamic State Ongoing Updates - May 2016

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31 May 2016

• UPDATE (06-02-16): ISIS fights back after Iraqi forces surround Falluja, military says
• UPDATE (06-02-16): For Iraq's Christians, what comes after Islamic State?
• UPDATE (06-01-16): Islamic State urges Muslims to destroy satellite tv sets

29 May 2016

• UPDATE (06-02-16): Vile ISIS terrorists slaughter Real Madrid fans enjoying match
• UPDATE (06-02-16): ISIL launches Syria assault, achieving biggest advance along Turkish border for two years
• Iraqi forces complete buildup around ISIS-held Fallujah
• Iraqi army makes gains in Falluja offensive
• Battle for Falluja: 'Islamic State tunnels uncovered'

28 May 2016

• UPDATE (06-02-16): ISIS fighters seem to be trying to sell sex slaves online
• UPDATE (05-29-16): Islamic State creates city-wide hostage crisis as Iraq's army escalates bloody struggle for Fallujah
• UPDATE (05-29-16): Islamic State advances near Turkish border, civilians trapped

27 May 2016

• UPDATE (05-29-16): US air strikes on Iraq and Syria kill ISIS leaders and 70 fighters 

26 May 2016

• UPDATE (06-03-16): Leaked Islamic State files reveal the 'borders chief' who helped funnel terrorists into Syria
• Syrian bishop laments new ISIS attacks
• ISIS on Europe's doorstep: How terror is infiltrating the migrant route 

25 May 2016

• UPDATE (06-02-16): Suspect Makes Terrorist Group Claims During Assault on Police
• UPDATE (05-27-16): Mesquite man who pledged allegiance to ISIS sentenced to 4 years in prison
• UPDATE (05-27-16): Kenya: Two Arrested As Police Foil Nairobi, Mombasi terror plot

24 May 2016

• UPDATE (05-27-16): Bishop cries out as ISIS devastates Syrian towns
  
• UPDATE (05-27-16): Bronx man arrested on terrorism-related charges, attempting to provide material support to ISIS
• UPDATE (05-27-16): NHS doctor leaves family in Sheffield to 'join Islamic State in Syria'
• UPDATE (05-27-16): Islam is not a religion of peace even for a day, says ISIS' Indian recruit
• UPDATE (05-26-16): IS blasts in Syria regime heartland kill more than 148
• UPDATE (05-26-16): IS attacks undermine Iraqi state in war weary capital
• UPDATE (05-26-16): Islamic State 'destroys Syria airbase' used by Russia

23 May 2016

• UPDATE (05-27-16): Kansas man pleads guilty to helping with foiled bomb plot at U.S. base
• UPDATE (05-24-16): With Final Words, Christian Girl Begs Forgiveness for ISIS for Killing Her
• UPDATE (05-24-16): British convert jailed over plan to take children to ISIS in Syria
• UPDATE (05-24-16): Record 499 Syrian Refugees Admitted to US so far in May Includes No Christians
• UPDATE (05-24-16): Jihadi John's fourth Beatle unmasked as refugee given shelter in UK
• Fallujah assault: Iraq PM announces start of operation against IS
• Iraq Begins Assault on Islamic State in Fallujah

22 May 2016

• UPDATE (05-23-16): War on ISIS: Western fighters joining Kurds to fight terror group in Iraq and Syria
• UPDATE (05-23-16): ISIS calls for more attacks on West during Ramadan
• UPDATE (05-23-16): 350 people escape from ISIS and resort to Peshmerga forces in Makhmur 

21 May 2016

• UPDATE (05-24-16): 'There is only one way for the US to gain victory,' ISIS spokesman warns
• UPDATE (05-24-16): ISIS urges attacks on West during Ramadan
• UPDATE (05-23-16): ISIS claims responsibility for hacking death of doctor
• UPDATE (05-23-16): A Bunch of ISIS Fanboys Posted Photo Messages And Accidentally Revealed Their Locations

20 May 2016

• UPDATE (05-23-16): ISIS warlords are training troops for sea-landings to launch attacks on Med beaches packed with Brits
• UPDATE (05-23-16): ISIS Executes 25 by Dipping Them in Nitric Acid 

19 May 2016

• UPDATE (05-23-16): French security chief warns Islamic State plans wave of attacks in France

18 May 2016

• UPDATE (05-24-16): ISIS decapitates another Christian priest in Syria

17 May 2016 

• UPDATE (05-24-16): Four large blasts rock Baghdad in just a few hours, at least 75 killed
• Blasts in Baghdad kill dozens
• IS has lost nearly half the area it once claimed in Iraq: Pentagon

16 May 2016

• UPDATE (05-24-16): ISIS publicly flogging woman on charges of violating Sharia dress code
• UPDATE (05-17-16): ISIS stones woman and 20 youths in eastern Mosul
• UPDATE (05-17-16): An American ISIS Cell: The Story of 3 U.S. Recruits
• UPDATE (05-17-16): ISIS ramps up attacks, but U.S. says terror group is 'on the defensive'

15 May 2016

• UPDATE (05-17-16): IS bombs kill 47 Yemen police in former al-Qaeda bastion
• UPDATE (05-17-16): Five men charged with counter-terrorism offenses over alleged boat escape to join fighting in Syria
• UPDATE (05-17-16): Dozens killed by Islamic State suicide bombings in Iraq and Yemen
• UPDATE (05-17-16): 24 dead, wounded in Taji Gas Plant bombing north of Baghdad
• UPDATE (05-17-16): ISIS bombs Baghdad cooking gas factory, kills 14
  
• UPDATE (05-17-16): White House says ISIS 'shrinking' as group launches new attacks in Iraq

13 May 2016

• UPDATE (05-17-16): ISIS militants wielding AK-47s slaughter 14 Real Madrid fans at supporters meeting in Iraq 'because they think football is anti-Muslim'

12 May 2016

• UPDATE (05-13-16): US grapples with renewed show of force by ISIS in Syria and Iraq
• UPDATE (05-13-16): Islamic State kills 17 Iraqi soldiers with suicide truck bombs
• UPDATE (05-13-16): 86 Dead in Iraq; ISIS Attacks a Police Station in Abu Graib
• UPDATE (05-13-16): ISIS monsters force members of crowd to shoot prisoners in latest sickening execution
• Afghan arrested in Italy on suspicion of planning terror attacks 'toured Britain on fake documents'

11 May 2016

• UPDATE (05-12-16): Bombings Kill 93 in Iraqi Capital's Bloodiest Day This Year
• UPDATE (05-12-16): Islamic State claim bombs that kill 86 in Baghdad 
• UPDATE (05-12-16): Western Libyan forces prepare attack on ISIL stronghold 
• UPDATE (05-12-16): FBI Head: Islamic State Brand Losing Power in US 
• UPDATE (05-12-16): Iraq says Islamic State control shrinks to 14 percent of its territory
• UPDATE (05-12-16): Minneapolis ISIS Trial Will Examine Terror Group's Allure  
• ISIS Extremists Execute 7-year-old Boy in Syria's Raqqa 

10 May 2016

• UPDATE (05-12-16): Two Afghan Men Held in Italy Over Terror and People Smuggling Links
• UPDATE (05-12-16): ISIS executes woman on charges of 'people smuggling' north of Tikrit
• UPDATE (05-12-16): Italian police 'smash ISIS terror cell planning attacks on Canary Wharf and London hotels'
• Italy arrests two people suspected of planning attacks in Rome, London
• Two held over alleged terror attack plots in Italy and UK
• Islamic State leader in Iraq's Anbar killed, Pentagon says

9 May 2016

• UPDATE (05-10-16): Islamic State car bomb in eastern Iraq kills 16, sources say
• UPDATE (05-10-16): She Spoke Up About Cooked ISIS Intel. They Booted Her - For Cursing 

8 May 2016

• UPDATE (05-10-16): Security forces destroy ISIS headquarters in Anbar, 45 IEDs dismantled
  
• UPDATE (05-10-16): Source: ISIS executes 8 civilians on charges of 'spying' in central Mosul
• Anbar Council: ISIS transferred hundreds of families to central Fallujah
• IS claims attack killed eight Egypt policemen near Cairo

7 May 2016

• UPDATE (05-08-16): ISIS mortar detachments shell Baghdadi vicinity west of Ramadi
• UPDATE (05-08-16): Coalition aircraft destroy ISIS fuel station south of Mosul, 17 ISIS members killed
• UPDATE (05-08-16): Anbar Operations repel ISIS attack on military headquarters north of Ramadi
• UPDATE (05-08-16): UK navy officer joins ISIS: Defense experts warn of terror attacks on ships as highly skilled sailor turns from playboy into jihadi after watching videos of Assad's atrocities in Syria
• 'More than 50' IS mass graves found in Iraq, says UN envoy
• ISIS Bans Satelitte TV, Hunts Down Internet Users

6 May 2016

• UPDATE (05-10-16): Report: Head of the Islamic State's Sahara branch threatens Morocco 
• UPDATE (05-08-16): ISIS Seizes Gas Field Near Palmyra: In Syria, Islamic State Making a Comeback After US, Russian Airstrikes?
• UPDATE (05-08-16): ISIS extremists execute 7-year-old boy in Syria's Raqqa
• UPDATE (05-07-16): Pentagon spokesman says deadly IS attack was a surprise

5 May 2016

• UPDATE (05-08-16): South Carolina police 'shocked' ISIS-inspired teen gets parole
• UPDATE (05-07-16): ISIS arrests 200 people for refusing to join battles, 25 ISIS fighters executed
• UPDATE (05-07-16): Airstrikes in Syria Kill More than 30 in Refugee Camp
• Australian Islamic State recruiter killed in U.S. strike in Iraq
• Australia's top ISIS recruiter killed in US airstrike
• Iraq routed ISIS from Ramadi at a high cost: A city destroyed

4 May 2016

• Islamic State seeks news blackout in Mosul as Iraqi army nears
• Clapper: ISIS can stage Europe-style attacks in U.S.
• US Navy Seal killed by ISIS in Iraq named as Charlie Keating IV

 3 May 2016

• UPDATE (05-04-16): ISIS Sends Parents Body Parts of Daughters, Video Showing Their Brutal Rape and Torture
• UPDATE (05-04-16): Kenya police 'foil anthrax attack' by 'IS-linked group'
• UPDATE (05-04-16): ISIS fighters 'are filming themselves raping sex slaves and showing the footage to potential recruits'
• UPDATE (05-04-16): ISIS Attack Kills U.S. Navy Seal Near Irbil, Iraq 
• Islamic State breaches peshmerga defenses north of Mosul
• ISIS-orchestrated attacks, violent protests spike in Iraq

2 May 2016

• UPDATE (05-08-16): 'The French must die by the thousands:' ISIS cell in France threatens rocket attacks on passenger planes and new Charlie Hebdo-style massacre in chilling undercover video filmed by journalist who infiltrated them
• UPDATE (05-08-16): American women key in Islamic State recruitment killed with husband in airstrike
• UPDATE (05-03-16): 'We were going to Syria to help children, not join ISIS'
• UPDATE (05-03-16): IS-linked cell in Morocco planned attack in Brussels
• UPDATE (05-03-16): For Iraq's Christian exiles, suffering abounds
• Australia Recognizes Crimes Committed By ISIS Against Assyrians As Genocide

1 May 2016

• UPDATE (05-01-16): Quitting ISIS: Why Syrians are Abandoning the Group
• UPDATE (05-02-16): Islamic State threatens to expose British military secrets after publishing US air force 'hit list'
• UPDATE (05-02-16): Islamic State boosts attacks in response to territorial losses: IHS
• UPDATE (05-02-16): Jazeera Operations finds ISIS prison west of Heet, 6 prisoners released
• 11 killed in twin suicide bombings in Iraq; ISIS claims responsibility
• Rare IS group bombings in southern Iraq kill 33 
• ISIS 'army of orphans' vows revenge in disturbing propaganda video