Islamic State Ongoing Updates - May 2017

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31 May 2017

• UPDATE (06-03-17): Toronto 18 Terrorist Says He Wants to Get Out of Jail and Fight for ISIS

30 May 2017

• UPDATE (06-03-17): Catholic priest says he and 200 others held hostage in Philippines 
• UPDATE (06-03-17): Baghdad blasts: Ice cream shop among attack targets, 31 killed
• UPDATE (06-03-17): Philippines: abducted Christians used as 'bargaining chips'
• UPDATE (06-03-17): ISIS teenage fighters are 'shooting people dead for failing to quote the Koran' in besieged Philippines city as Duterte's military warns jihadists to 'surrender or die'
• UPDATE (06-03-17): 'Everything allowed in Sharia is done here': Indian 'ISIS recruiter offers youngsters back home women in a bid to lure them into joining him in Afghanistan terror camps'
• UPDATE (06-01-17): The Coptic martyrs of Minya: poignant accounts of their final moments
• UPDATE (06-01-17): ISIS in Southeast Asia: Philippines battles growing threat

28 May 2017

• UPDATE (06-01-17): Survivors of Egypt Christian bus attack recount their horror

27 May 2017

• UPDATE (06-01-17): ISIS says it carried out attack which killed 29 Coptic Christians as Egypt launches counter-strikes on the terror groups bases in Libya
• UPDATE (06-01-17): In Iraq, necessity makes priests become engineers

25 May 2017

• UPDATE (06-01-17): ISIS conquers Philippines city city of Marawi
• UPDATE (06-01-17): Christians 'are tied together and shot dead by ISIS militants' as US-trained special forces battle to retake besieged Philippines city from rampaging jihadis

26 May 2017

• UPDATE (06-01-17): ISIS calls for 'all-out war' on Western 'infidels' at the start of Ramadan and praises Manchester attack in sickening YouTube video

24 May 2017

• Duterte declares state of emergency as ISIS militants behead police chief and take Catholic priest hostage alongside worshipers in the Philippines hours after martial law is brought in

23 May 2017

• UPDATE (05-24-17): Seminarian who once saved the Eucharist from ISIS returns as a priest

22 May 2017

• UPDATE (05-24-17): ISIS Called Upon Followers to 'Hunt Your Prey' in UK Before Manchester Explosions

13 May 2017

• UPDATE (06-01-17): Meet the American women who are flocking to join ISIS

10 May 2017

• UPDATE (05-14-17): Nearly 10,000 Yazidis Killed or Kidnapped by ISIS in 2014 Takeover, New Estimates Show

19 May 2017

• UPDATE (05-24-17): Chilling ISIS video shows a terrorist who appears to be an American calling for lone wolf attacks on US soil

18 May 2017

• UPDATE (05-24-17): ISIS creates 'chemical weapons cell' in Syria made up of its top specialists from across its 'caliphate'
• UPDATE (05-24-17): Laptop bombs are a question of when, not if, UN official says as agency warns Europe will face an exodus of dangerous ISIS fighters defeated in Syria and Iraq this year

16 May 2017

• UPDATE (05-24-17): More than 16,000 Islamic State members killed since start of Mosul operations: Spokesperson

12 May 2017

• UPDATE (05-24-17): Battle for Raqqa begins this summer: US-backed alliance will assault Islamic State's Syrian bastion in June

9 May 2017

• UPDATE (05-24-17): Kidnapped Indian priest pleads for help in new video
• UPDATE (05-10-17): Despite heavy losses, ISIL's structures remain resilient

8 May 2017

• Got him! ISIS' Afghanistan leader wiped out in overnight raid on terror compound

7 May 2017

• UPDATE (05-08-17): Suspected ISIS militants kill Christian man in northern Sinai
• UPDATE (05-08-17): Egypt IS leader vows to escalate attacks on Christians
• Islamic State mounts fierce resistance on new Mosul front

5 May 2017

• UPDATE (05-07-17): ISIS Leader in Egpyt Warns Muslims to Avoid Christian Gatherings
• UPDATE (05-08-17): 8 Brazilian Islamic State supporters jailed for Olympic plot
• UPDATE (05-08-17): Feds say NJ man plotted pressure cooker bomb plot, joining ISIS
• UPDATE (05-08-17): 'Let's put bullets in them': Ex-marine, who allegedly supports ISIS and wants to start a race war, accused of trying to buy AK-47 from FBI informant

4 May 2017

• UPDATE (05-08-17): ISIS is building its own secret social media platform to rival Facebook where fanatics can recruit new jihadis and share vile beheading videos

3 May 2017

• UPDATE (05-02-17): Daesh massacre in Syria kills 46

2 May 2017

• Islamic State seeks to impose religious rules in Egypt's North Sinai
• Twin Cities ISIS defendant will remain in custody pending a ruling on probation violations

Islamic State Ongoing Updates - January 2017

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31 January 2017

• US military botches online fight against Islamic State

30 January 2017

• UPDATE (02-01-17): ISIS recruiter convicted for sending NYC college student to Syria
• UPDATE (02-01-17): Mosul: ISIS threatens to kill 350,000 children trapped in city if they try to leave
• Curfew's adopted to counter IS shelling of recaptured Mosul areas
• Islamic State's chief executioner - who has beheaded more than 100 people - is knifed to death in an ambush in Iraq
• Islamic State whip Mosul alms-givers for helping the poor without permission

28 January 2017

• UPDATE (01-30-17): ISIS leader with a $5-million bounty on his head for kidnapping of Americans is wounded in military airstrikes in the Philippines

26 January 2017

• UPDATE (01-30-17): Town square in France named after priest murdered by ISIS

24 January 2017

• UPDATE (01-30-17): Christians assess damage on Iraq's Nineveh plain, ravaged by ISIS

22 January 2017

• UPDATE (01-23-17): Losing in Iraq, ISIS seeks to shore up Syria presence 

20 January 2017

• UPDATE (01-23-17): ISIS destroys facade of Roman theater in Syrian city of Palmyra

19 January 2017

• Most Islamic State commanders in Mosul already killed, Iraqi general says
• Photos show unfinished Islamic State-made fighter jet seized by army

16 January 2017

• UPDATE (01-17-17): Boxing instructor who recruited for Islamic State arrested in Spain

14 January 2017

• UPDATE (02-01-17): Islamic State burns mother and 4 children in Hawija

13 January 2017

• UPDATE (02-01-17): Men found guilty of making terrorist speeches in Luton

11 January 2017

• British father-of-two and avid QPR fan is officially named as a member of ISIS terror cell 'The Beatles' as the US freezes his assets

10 January 2017

• UPDATE (01-11-17): Islamic State combat power waning, days numbered: Pentagon
• UPDATE (01-11-17): ISIS staging fewer truck attacks in Mosul: Pentagon
• UPDATE (01-11-17): Islamic State witholding water from 30 eastern Mosul districts

9 January 2017

• UPDATE (02-01-17): House arrest handed to Manitoba teen who wanted to join ISIS
• UPDATE (01-11-17): ISIL throws Iraqi man off roof building for alleged crime of homosexuality

8 January 2017

• Horrifying moment a truck driver mows down soldiers in Jerusalem - and REVERSES over them - killing four and injuring 15 before being shot dead at the wheel, as Israeli PM blames attack on ISIS
  
• Islamic State claims Baghdad car bomb attack: statement

7 January 2017

• UPDATE (01-08-17): 'ISIS will strike Italy soon': Warning as officers ordered to do more shooting practice
• UPDATE (01-08-17): Hero police officer shoots dead two ISIS terrorists wearing explosive belts in a dramatic gunfight captured on camera in the Saudi Arabian capital

6 January 2017

• UPDATE (01-08-17): Fort Lauderdale Airport shooting suspect Esteban Santiago-Ruiz 'told FBI he was forced to fight for ISIS'
• UPDATE (01-08-17): ISIS propaganda king killed: Coalition airstrike in Syria kills ISIS leader in charge of the terror group's finances and intelligence

5 January 2017

• UPDATE (01-08-17): Iraqi general says 70 percent of east Mosul retaken from Islamic State
• UPDATE (01-08-17): Al-Qaeda leader blasts rival jihadist group ISIS as 'liars' as their battle continues to spearhead a global jihad

4 January 2017

• Istanbul nightclub killer 'was sneaked into Turkey by sophisticated ISIS network under a secret codename and hidden in a safe house' before carrying out Turkish massacre 

3 January 2017

• UPDATE (01-04-17): What Christians are finding as they return to the Nineveh Plain

2 January 2017

• UPDATE (01-04-17): Mayor: Security forces repulse violent IS attack north of Baiji
• UPDATE (01-04-17): Military reinforcements arrive in Baiji to deter IS attacks
• UPDATE (01-04-17): Security forces impose curfew in Sharqat after IS shelling
• UPDATE (01-04-17): German police arrest Syrian refugee 'who asked ISIS for £150.000 to turn cars into suicide bombs he could drive into crowds of non-Muslims'
• Iraqi city officials urge Christian refugees to return after Islamic State driven out

1 January 2017

• UPDATE (01-04-17): ISIS claim responsibility for Istanbul nightclub atrocity as police hunt gunman who murdered 39 revellers in five-minute shooting spree
• ISIS attacks Iraqi police near Najaf, kills seven
• 8000 civilians held by Islamic State in western Anbar town

Islamic State Ongoing Updates - July 2016

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30 July 2016

• UPDATE (08-02-16): Plea change likely for Cincinnati man in terror plot

29 July 2016

• UPDATE (08-01-16): Civilian death toll on the rise from American-led airstrikes against ISIS

28 July 2016

• UPDATE (08-01-16): ISIS terrorist bragged about plans before Normandy attack, report says

27 July 2016

• Islamic State claims attack that killed 44 in northern Syria
• Two Moroccans nabbed and Imam expelled in terror probe

26 July 2016

• UPDATE (07-27-16): 'You Christians, you kill us': Nun reveals words of ISIS knifeman who forced elderly priest, 84, to kneel at altar as they slit his throat on camera after invading Mass - before police shot them
• UPDATE (07-27-16): France Church Attack Hollande ISIS

22 July 2016

• UPDATE (07-27-16): Rio 2016: ISIS release 17 point step-by-step guide on how 'lone wolf' jihadis can attack

19 July 2016

• UPDATE (07-21-16): 'Deradicalized' Islamic State Fighters Producing Terror Propaganda Videos in Germany
• Brazil extremists declare loyalty to Islamic State in first public declaration South America, weeks ahead of Olympics

17 July 2016

• UPDATE (07-19-16): Kerry insists Islamic State is 'on the run' despite wave of terror, points finger at Congress

16 July 2016

• ISIS Claims Responsibility for Attack on Nice, 5 Detained by French Officials
• Libyan forces battling Islamic State in Sirte suffer losses in push to advance

14 July 2016

• UPDATE (07-19-16): Convicted murderer and former farm hand who was converted to radical Islam in an Australian maximum security prison 'has fled to Syria to join ISIS'
• UPDATE (07-16-16): Senior ISIS militant 'Omar the Chechen' killed in Iraq, months after the US reported him dead in Syria

13 July 2016

• UPDATE (07-20-16): Syrian Christians fear persecution by ISIS in Lebanon as well
• UPDATE (07-16-16): Breaking prisoner's ribs on a 'flying carpet', taunting them with severed heads and locking women in cages filled with skulls: Activists reveal horrific torture methods used by ISIS 

12 July 2016

• UPDATE (07-27-16): Suicide Bomb Kills 11 in Baghdad Shiite District

11 July 2016

• UPDATE (07-20-16): Twins arrested in 'terror plot' on SA police radar since 2015

10 July 2016

• UPDATE (07-27-16): Muslim Man Hugs ISIS Militant Armed Wearing Suicide Vest Before Explosion, Saves Hundreds of Lives

8 July 2016

• UPDATE (07-20-16): The ISIS factor: Former Bangladeshi reality TV singer boasts about jihad in latest sick terror video
• UPDATE (07-20-16): ISIS extremists behead four footballers after declaring the sport anti-Islamic
• UPDATE (07-12-16): Virginia Man Charged With Attempting to Provide Material Support to ISIL

6 July 2016

• UPDATE (07-27-16): ISIS tightens grip on Yazidi captives held as sex slaves

5 July 2016

• UPDATE (08-01-16): ISIS child slave forced to fight for 'Caliphate Cubs' blown up after playing with grenade
• UPDATE (07-21-16): State Dept.: 'Indiscriminate' attacks a measure of success in fight against ISIS
• UPDATE (07-21-16): ISIS abandons a town, destruction remains
• UPDATE (07-21-16): Former National Guardsman accused of plotting attack to support ISIS
• UPDATE (07-06-16): Seven ISIS fighters who fled the battlefield are boiled alive as punishment in Iraq

4 July 2016

• Fury over insecurity as Iraqis mourn 200[+] dead in Baghdad blast
• ISIS Bombing in Baghdad Casts Doubt on Iraqi Leader's Ability to Unite
• Iraq pushes IS back, but struggles to secure Baghdad
• Malaysian police confirm nightclub blast first successful attack by ISIL on Malaysian soil
• ISIL blamed for Malaysian bar attack 
• The worst ISIS attack in days is the one the world probably cares least about
• Islamic State Baghdad bombings: Death toll rises to 165, more than 200 injured
• Russia to send its largest warship to Syria as Putin prepares final push to destroy ISIS 

3 July 2016

• UPDATE (07-21-16): Islamic State Beheads Men Accused of Mocking Islam, 'Serving Infidels'
• UPDATE (07-04-16): ISIS Repels American-Backed Forces Advancing on Syria Bastion
• UPDATE (07-04-16): A new church is dedicated for Iraqi Christians displaced by ISIS
• UPDATE (07-04-16): ISIS Uses Ramadan as Calling for New Terrorist Attacks
• ISIL-claimed suicide attack kills dozens in busy Baghdad shopping street
• Iraqi officials: 91 people killed in 2 bombings in Baghdad
• US airstrike kills 2 senior Islamic State military leaders in Iraq, Pentagon says

2 July 2016

• UPDATE (07-03-16): Islamic State militants kill Coptic Orthodox priest in Egypt's North Sinai
• UPDATE (07-03-16): 91 killed as 2 blasts rip through Ramadan crowds at Baghdad shopping areas
• UPDATE (07-03-16): Amnesty: Islamic State is making Christian sex slaves in Libya
• UPDATE (07-03-16): Chilling pictures show smiling ISIS terrorists who hacked 20 people to death in Bangladesh cafe
• UPDATE (07-03-16): Victims 'hacked to death' in Bangladeshi siege that saw at least 20 killed after police storm building
• UPDATE (07-03-16): ISIS child soldiers seen 'executing Afghan National Army members' in sickening new footage from terror group
• UPDATE (07-03-16): Appealing to Its Base, ISIS Tempers Its Violence in Muslim Countries
• UPDATE (07-03-16): Burned out human cages, schools packed with explosives and hate propaganda for children: What ISIS left behind when Iraqi forces drove them from Fallujah
• UPDATE (07-03-16): As ISIS strikes, al-Qaeda plays the long game in Islamist supremacy struggle

1 July 2016

• UPDATE (07-27-16): ISIS terrorists shouted 'Allahu Akbar' as they hacked to death 20 foreign tourists in restaurant in Bangladesh - but spared those who could recite the Koran - before amoured troops moved in
• UPDATE (07-03-16): Pro-ISIS twitter account threatens attacks at London Heathrow, Los Angeles and New York's JFK airports on July 4 weekend
• UPDATE (07-03-16): Bangladesh terror attack: 'ISIS' Gunmen 'Shouting "Allahu Akbar" storm restaurant just streets from British High Commission
  
• UPDATE (07-02-16): NYPD: Ready for War with ISIS Terrorists