Islamic State Ongoing Updates - June 2016

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30 June 2016

• UPDATE (07-21-16): Adams [Massachusetts] man indicted on terrorism charges
• UPDATE (07-02-16): Coptic priest gunned down by ISIS in Egypt's Sinai Penninsula
• UPDATE (07-02-16): 'Vicar of Baghdad' Andrew White Suspended from Charity Over Buying Back Sex Slaves from ISIS

29 June 2016

• UPDATE (07-02-16): ISIS suicide bombers hit Christian village in Lebanon
• Islamic State forces Syria rebels to retreat from border area

26 June 2016

• UPDATE (06-27-16): IS claims suicide attack against Jordanian troops
• Iraq takes 'last IS bastion in Fallujah'
• Iraqi forces retake Islamic State holdout in Fallujah, declare battle over 

25 June 2016

• Islamic State officially creates province in the Philippines
• Unidentified gunmen kill senior ISIS leader in central Mosul

24 June 2016

• UPDATE (06-25-16): Source: ISIS executes 5 civilians on charges of cooperating with government in Kirkuk
• Inside an Assyrian Village on the Frontlines with ISIS

23 June 2016 

• U.S.-backe forces enter Islamic State bastion in Syria amid clashes
• Federal Police discovers ISIS communication center south of Fallujah
• ISIS' first line of defense destroyed at north of Baiji
• Offensives against Islamic State could displace 2.3 million Iraqis: U.N.
• US-backed Syrian forces clash with Islamic State on outskirts of Manbij
• Islamic State militants push back in Syria, Iraq and Libya

22 June 2016

• UPDATE (06-24-16): Orange County Men Convicted of Attempting to Aid ISIS
• UPDATE (06-24-16): 'Orlando Will Be Repeated,' and 'No Place Is Safe,' Former ISIS Captive Warn Congress
• UPDATE (06-23-16): A Tour of Falluja Reveals Grim Remnants of Life Under ISIS
• UPDATE (06-23-16): They've Got U.S. Guns. Can They Stop ISIS?
• UPDATE (06-23-16): ISIS Claims Deaths of 3 Russian Soldiers in Blast on Road to Raqqa 

20 June 2016

• UPDATE (06-23-16): Kabul Attack Prompts ISIS, Taliban to Launch Competing Claims of Responsibility
• UPDATE (06-23-16): Fight to drive 'IS' from Iraq far from over
• UPDATE (06-23-16): ISIS expands beyond Iraq-Syria base with six armies on three world regions
• UPDATE (06-23-16): ISIS Crucifying Ramadan Violators 'Every Day' in Syria
• Iraq declares victory over Islamic State in Falluja
• Security forces free 360 people from ISIS prison in central Fallujah 

19 June 2016

• UPDATE (06-20-16): Why ISIS's Message Resonates: Leveraging Islam, Sociopolitical Catalysts, and Adaptive Messaging
• UPDATE (06-20-16): Washington won't map areas of Syria controlled by US-backed opposition - Russian MoD

18 June 2016

• UPDATE (06-23-16): What the Islamic State Has Won and Lost 

17 June 2016

• UPDATE (06-18-16): ISIL propagandist with Canadian-sounding accent resurfaces to glorify Orlando nightclub shootings

16 June 2016

• UPDATE (06-24-16): Christian militias fighting ISIS in Iraq hope for U.S. support
• UPDATE (06-17-16): IS has 'global reach,' CIA chief Brennan warns
• UPDATE (06-17-16): CIA Chief to Deliver Alarming Islamic State Warning to Congress
• UPDATE (06-17-16): Federal Police announces killing 232 militants, liberating 25% of Fallujah
• UPDATE (06-17-16): CIA director: More Islamic State fighters worldwide than al Qaeda at its height
• UPDATE (06-17-16): ISIS crucifies three people 'for breaking Ramadan fast'
• IS still 'committing genocide against Yazidis': UN probe
• Father of Paris Attack Victim Sues Twitter, Facebook and Google for Providing 'Material Support' to Islamic State

15 June 2016

• UPDATE (06-16-16): Iraq says senior military commander killed while fighting ISIS
• UPDATE (06-16-16): In Iraq, Apache Gunships Deploy to Mosul, But Not Fallujah: Pentagon

14 June 2016

• UPDATE (06-24-16): Syriac patriachs: Two years on from ISIS' capture of Mosul, Iraq is 'still bleeding'
• UPDATE (06-17-16): The Islamic State's views on homosexuality
• UPDATE (06-16-16): Second Canadian in Philippines executed by Abu Sayyaf militants
• UPDATE (06-16-16): ISIS Praises Mateen as 'Lion of Caliphate,' Urges Attacks at Theaters, Hospitals, Amusement Parks
  
• UPDATE (06-16-16): French jihadist police killer 'obeyed Islamic State call'
• UPDATE (06-16-16): ISIS Terror Killing in Paris Streamed on Facebook Live
• UPDATE (06-16-16): US Apache helicopters strike Islamic State jihadists for first time in Iraq
• UPDATE (06-16-16): Patriarchs want lands where Christians lived liberated from ISIS 

13 June 2016

• UPDATE (06-16-16): Over 5,000 People Arrested in Bangladesh to Protect Christians
• UPDATE (06-16-16): A personal quest to document IS massacre of Iraqi Yazidis

12 June 2016

• UPDATE (06-16-16): Islamic state claims responsibility for Orlando shooting
• UPDATE (06-16-16): ISIS executes 19 of its elements for desertion in battlefield
• UPDATE (06-16-16): Terrorists involved in Lockerbie bombing are now fighting with ISIS
• ISIS suicide bombers in Sirte hit pro-govt Libyan forces 

11 June 2016

• UPDATE (06-12-16): Fears that hundreds of ISIS terrorists could have snuck into Germany
• Libyan forces claim port in Islamic State stronghold of Sirte
• ISIS claims blast near Shiite shrine in Damascus
• World's largest cemetery receives '100 bodies a day' from fighting in Iraq
• Thousands trapped in besieged IS bastion in north Syria

10 June 2016

• UPDATE (06-11-16): After more than $1.6 billion in U.S. aid, Iraq's army still struggles
• UPDATE (06-11-16): ISIS leader al-Baghdadi 'is wounded in air strike on command center in Iraq'
• Islamic State Blows Up Ancient Assyrian Temple in Northern Iraq
• Growing desertions as Islamic State loses ground: experts

9 June 2016

• UPDATE (06-16-16): ISIS 'kill list' targets Palm Beach, Treasure Coast residents: Ex-FBI agent
• UPDATE (06-11-16): Top Dem Recognizes Christian ISIS Genocide, Won't Take Christian Refugees
• UPDATE (06-10-16): American ISIS fighter who 'found it hard' returns to face criminal charges
• UPDATE (06-10-16): About 100,000 Muslim clerics sign fatwa against Daesh in Bangladesh
• UPDATE (06-10-16): Desperate ISIS stealing drugs, laying traps as liberating forces move on Fallujah

7 June 2016

• UPDATE (06-10-16): ISIS claims responsibility for brutal murder of Catholic in Bangladesh
• UPDATE (06-10-16): FBI Director: Number of IS cases in US has not dropped off
• UPDATE (06-10-16): ISIS slams rivals as "Jews of Jihad'
• UPDATE (06-10-16): ISIS Blows Up Ancient Temple, Vows to Destroy Egypt's Pyramids  

6 June 2016

• UPDATE (06-10-16): 19 Yazidi girls burned alive for refusing to have sex with their ISIS captors
• UPDATE (06-07-16): 'Child slaves' making uniforms for ISIS: Inside the Turkish sweatshop where children as young as nine work 12 hours a day stitching combat gear used in battle by Islamic State
• Islamic State shoots civilians fleeing across Euphrates as Iraq forces take south Fallujah, find mass grave 

5 June 2016

• UPDATE (06-06-16): U.S. Govt. Warns of Potential Islamic State Attacks as Ramadan Begins
• UPDATE (06-06-16): Iraqi Forces Secure Southern Edge of Islamic State-Held Fallujah
• UPDATE (06-06-16): Islamic State kills dozens of its own in hunt for spies
• UPDATE (06-06-16): Islamic State Affiliate's Rise Alters Mideast Security
• Source: ISIS beheads 3 civilians on charges of cooperating with government agencies in Kirkuk
• Battle for Falluja: Saqlawiya town 'recaptured from IS'

4 June 2016

• UPDATE (06-05-16): Three Minnesota men convicted of conspiring to join Islamic State
• UPDATE (06-05-16): ISIS Extremists Burn 19 Yezidi Girls to Death in Mosul
• UPDATE (06-05-16): Federal Police forces announce killing 402 ISIS fighters during Fallujah liberation operations
• UPDATE (06-05-16): ISIS bombings: More than 50 people killed and injured in attacks in Iraq
• UPDATE (06-05-16): The advance on Fallujah has slowed, and Iraq's Shiite militias want to step in

3 June 2016

• UPDATE 
• UPDATE (06-05-16): Islamic State Threatens Terror Attacks in U.S., Europe
• UPDATE (06-05-16): Syrian army opens new front as Islamic State's many foes attack
• UPDATE (06-05-16): ISIS's Regional Campaign: May 2016
• UPDATE (06-03-16): ISIS Increasingly Aims to Kill Civilians Outside Syria, Iraq: UN

2 June 2016

• UPDATE (06-04-16): Germany arrests IS suspects over Duesseldorf plot
• UPDATE (06-04-16): Islam inspires ISIS fanatics to commit horrific terror attacks, BBC religion chief claims
• UPDATE (06-04-16): ISIS attacks have helped forge bonds of unity with Catholics, says Orthodox bishop
• UPDATE (06-04-16): Israel has homegrown Islamic State threat in hand - adviser to PM
• UPDATE (06-04-16): Nets Cover Gorilla Death 6x More Than ISIS Christian Beheading

1 June 2016

• UPDATE (06-16-16): ISIS recruits in the US legal system as of May 31, 2016
  
• UPDATE (06-02-16): Islamic State urges Muslims to destroy satellite tv sets
• UPDATE (06-02-16): Four plead guilty to financing terrorism [in Bangladesh]
• UPDATE (06-02-16): Fear for civilians as Islamic State halts Iraqi army at gates of Falluja