Islamic State Ongoing Updates - November 2019

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24 November 2019

• UPDATE (12-01-19): Libya's civil war creates opening for ISIS return as counterterrorism effort falters

23 November 2019

• UPDATE (12-01-19): U.S. Central Command orders 500 military personnel to resume fight against ISIS in eastern Syria - a year after Trump shocked allies by withdrawing most of his troops from the country

18 November 2019

• UPDATE (12-01-19): Iraqi spy chief warns ISIS is rebuilding

13 November 2019

• UPDATE (12-01-19): 'Spectacular' ISIS attack on a Western city is 'expected' because of Turkey's Syria incursion and West's refusal to take back prisoners, Kurdish general warns

12 November 2019

• UPDATE (12-01-19): ISIS is targeting Syria's Christians. Vicar of Aleppo: We are under siege
• UPDATE (12-01-19): Germany detains three Islamic State suspects over attack plan
• UPDATE (12-01-19): What radicalized ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi?
• UPDATE (12-01-19): Armenian Catholic priest killed in Syria; ISIS claims responsibility
• UPDATE (11-12-19): Dozens attend funeral of IS-slain priest in northeast Syria

4 November 2019

• UPDATE (11-07-19): Turkey captures slain ISIS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's older sister amid hopes she will be an 'intelligence' goldmine after being found living in a trailer in Syria

3 November 2019

• UPDATE (11-07-19): Mali Says 54 Are Killed in Jihadist Attack on Army; ISIS Claims Responsibility
• UPDATE (11-07-19): Islamic State Turns to Teen-Friendly TikTok, Adorning Posts with Pink Hearts

1 November 2019

• UPDATE (11-07-19): 'We Know Exactly Who He Is!' Trump claims to know identity of new ISIS leader despite terror experts remaining stumped

Islamic State Ongoing Updates - June 2015

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30 June 2015

• UPDATE (07-01-15): Sputtering start to U.S. training of Syrian rebels
• UPDATE (07-01-15): Islamic State ‘storms Syrian town on Turkish border
• UPDATE (07-01-15): Fighters allied with Islamic State in Afghanistan are in contact with militants' Syrian headquarters, US army says
• UPDATE (07-01-15): ISIS militants behead two Syria women for witchcraft
• UPDATE (07-01-15): Islamic State in Egypt: A ‘Fiery Summer’ Awaits‘Worshipers of the Cross’
• UPDATE (07-01-15): IS militants attack Syrian town of Tal Abyad, lost to Kurdish fighters 2 weeks ago, activists say

29 June 2015

• UPDATE (07-01-15): Another suspected ISIS sympathizer arrested in New Jersey
• UPDATE (07-01-15): ISIS Threat In Israel: Islamic State Supporters Threaten Christians In Jerusalem, Vow Slaughter of Zionist Collaborators
• UPDATE (07-01-15): How do you cultivate an ISIS follower? New York Times shows how it's done
• UPDATE (07-01-15): Islamic State Expands to Russia

28 June 2015

• UPDATE (07-01-15): Filmed from a hotel balcony, the chilling moment ISIS gunman is seen sprinting across Tunisian beach after killing 38 innocent tourists
• UPDATE (06-29-15): A Chilling Message Was Sent to Christians from the ‘Islamic State in Palestine'

27 June 2015

• UPDATE (07-01-15): Kurdish forces drive IS fighters out of Syrian border town
• UPDATE (06-29-15): US Officials Warn of ISIS Attacks on July 4
• UPDATE (06-29-15): Horrific moment ISIS kill four gay men by throwing them from a roof
• UPDATE (06-29-15): 'An attack upon the nests of fornication, vice and disbelief in God': ISIS’s chilling words after Tunisian massacre which killed 38 as they warn ‘worse is to follow'
• Darwin teenager arrested after allegedly compiling hit list of people he wanted to behead

26 June 2015

• UPDATE (06-27-15): Man ‘Beheaded As Islamist Flag Found’ In France
• UPDATE (06-27-15): Grenoble attack: Man found beheaded and Islamist flag raised above factory in France – latest
• UPDATE (06-27-15): Suicide attack claimed by ISIS kills 13 at Kuwait Shiite mosque
• UPDATE (06-27-15): At least 27 tourists dead in Tunisian hotel attacks as gunmen ‘shoot people on sunbeds’ along beach packed with western holidaymakers

25 June 2015

• ISIS targets vulnerable Bosnia for recruitment and attack
• Islamic State attacks Kobani and pro-regime troops in Syria's north
• How Islamic State is moving in on al-Qaeda turf from Egypt & Libya to Algeria & Saudi Arabia
• Turkey 'let ISIL cross border to attack Kobane'
• Islamic State launches 2 major attacks in northern Syria

24 June 2015

• UPDATE (07-01-15): It looks like the Islamic State is minting itsown coins now, and see what’s on the back
• ISIL destroys ancient Islamic mausoleums in Syria's Palmyra
• ISIS destroys ancient Muslim shrines in Palmyra 
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• 23 June 2015

• UPDATE (06-29-15): ISIS destroys Palmyra shrine as group vows to ‘remove polytheism'
• UPDATE (06-29-15): Sickening new ISIS video shows caged prisoners lowered into a swimming pool and drowned, shot with an RPG and blown up with explosive-filled ‘necklaces,'
• UPDATE (06-29-15): First pictures of ISIS coins as terror group is set to issue its own currency
• UPDATE (06-24-15): ISIS Crucifies Two Children for Eating During Ramadan
• UPDATE (06-24-15): 'Returning to Iraq During IS Occupation was a Call from God'
• UPDATE (06-24-15): Grisly ISIS Video Seems Aimed at Quashing Resistance
• UPDATE (06-24-15): ISIS Is Begging For Your Attention - by Killing People with Rocket Launchers
• UPDATE (06-24-15): Can't We All Just Get Along and March on Raqqa?
• US says Benghazi attack suspect killed in Iraq

22 June 2015

• UPDATE (06-29-15): ISIS opens a new front on Europe’s doorstep: Chechan [sic] jihadi group with ‘up to 15,000′ fighters pledge allegiance to terror horde
• UPDATE (06-29-15): IS hangs 2 boys for eating in Ramadan: monitor
• UPDATE (06-23-15): Islamic State web accounts to be blocked by new police team

21 June 2015

• UPDATE (06-23-15): Three sisters, nine children, one dangerous journey to the heart of ISIS. What is the lure of the caliphate?
• UPDATE (06-23-15): Why Assad may be helping Islamic State’s offensive 

19 June 2015

• UPDATE (06-29-15): Former Tajik OMON commander threatens to cut off his own brother’s head
• UPDATE (06-29-15): Man arrested on terrorism-related charges in North Olmsted
• UPDATE (06-29-15): ISIS Offers Female Slaves As Top Prizes For Koran Competition
• UPDATE (06-23-15): ISIS-Imposed Fuel Embargo Threatens Syria’s Medical Centers

18 June 2015

• UPDATE (07-02-15): Saddam's former army is secret of success for Baghdadi's Islamic State
• UPDATE (06-29-15): New Jersey man charged with plotting to support terror group
• Inside Islamic State group's rule: Creating a nation of fear

17 June 2015

• UPDATE (06-17-18): Dozens killed and injured in Sanaa mosque blasts
• UPDATE (06-18-15): Facebook and Twitter told they MUST remove and report terrorists on their networks
• UPDATE (06-18-15): Christians Persecuted By ISIS Ask U.S. Christians for Help
• The Islamic State's Control Now Extends Over Half of Syria
• Taliban urge Islamic State to stop interference in Afghanistan
• College student faces jail for trying to run off to join ISIL
• His life interrupted by ISIS, a young Chaldean Iraq takes up arms
• Islamic State sympathizers online claim Yemen bomb attacks
• [IS claims] Deadly blasts in Yemeni capital [that] strike Houthi HQ
• ISIS luring youth from Ain al-Hilweh to war in Syria, Iraq
• The Islamic State's Ramadan Threat

16 June 2015

• UPDATE (06-18-15): Syrian regime 'launches air strike on world famous ancient city of Palmyra' 
• UPDATE (06-17-15): Revealed: How merciless retreating ISIS fighters booby trap beds and bathrooms with mines to blow up innocent civilians
• UPDATE (06-17-15): U.S. arrests New York man for Islamic State-inspired bomb plot
• UPDATE (06-17-15): Egyptian militants pledge allegiance to IS during Cairo trial
• Britons make up half the foreign legion fighting ISIS 
• The military strategy behind IS conquests
• Offering Services, ISIS Digs In Deeper in Seized Territories

15 June 2015

• UPDATE (06-17-15): Patriarch's new book makes case for just war to defend Christians in Iraq
• UPDATE (06-17-15): The Story Behind ‘Amreeki Witness,’ The 17-Year-Old Tech-Savvy Virginian Who Ran An ISIS Twitter Account
• UPDATE (06-17-15): Child Fighters in IS Video Pledge to Defeat and Kill Obama, Enemy Armies
• UPDATE (06-16-15): Burial set for American killed fighting Islamic State
• UPDATE (06-16-15): The fake battle that fooled IS supporters - and their opponents
• UPDATE (06-16-15): Dramatic images at Turkey's border with Syria as women, children flee ISIL near Tel Abyad
• UPDATE (06-15-15): Syrian Kurds 'seize Tal Abyad' 
• UPDATE (06-16-15): Erdoğan views PYD as threat, prefers ISIL control in northern Syria

14 June 2015

• UPDATE (06-17-15): West Yorkshire teenager is ‘UK’s youngest suicide bomber'
• UPDATE (06-17-15): British ‘Doctor’ Urges Skilled Muslims to Join Islamic State

13 June 2015

• UPDATE (06-16-15): Ethnic cleansing charged as Kurds move on Islamic State town in Syria
• UPDATE (06-14-15): In White House's Iraq debate, military brass pushed for doing less

12 June 2015

• UPDATE (06-17-15): ISIS, Pak flags raised after Mirwaiz sermon in Srinagar (India)
• UPDATE (06-14-15): FBI: Men who plotted with Boston terror suspect readily admitted ISIS support
• UPDATE (06-14-15): Sources: ISIS terrorists using chaotic Libya as new ‘route to the West'
• UPDATE (06-14-15): Islamic State Propaganda: Key Elements of the Group's Messaging
• US spending on Islamic State fight totals $2.7bn
• Body of American killed fighting IS handed over to family

11 June 2015

• UPDATE (06-14-15): FBI: Mesquite man lied about Islamic State pledge
• UPDATE (06-14-15): Christians Suspect Islamic State Influencing Muslims in Palestinian Territories, Israel — Increased radicalization seen in attacks, rhetoric
• UPDATE (06-12-15): Patriarch laments Islamic State's takeover of Mosul
• UPDATE (06-12-15): Northern Va. teen pleads guilty to supporting ISIS
• UPDATE (06-12-15): Mosul prelate calls for liberation of city, Nineveh Plain - or mass asylum in the West
• UPDATE (06-12-15): Fifth man charged in New York in ISIS recruitment plot
• UPDATE (06-12-15): The war in Iraq made room for the rise of ISIS: a cautionary tale that the 2016 presidential candidates should heed
• UPDATE (06-12-15): Patriarch laments Islamic State’s takeover of Mosul
• UPDATE (06-12-15): Nearly 600 'martyrs' of ISIS massacre exhumed from mass grave in Iraq
• American Keith Broomfield Killed Fighting Against ISIS in Syria
• Isis's deadliest atrocity: 600 bodies confirmed found following 'worst massacre' by jihadists 
• The Conquest of Constantinople: The Islamic State Targets a Turkish Audience 

10 June 2015

• UPDATE (06-17-15): 100,000 Christian displaced from Mosul, says official
• UPDATE (06-14-15): Australia: ISIS has Radioactive Material it could use to develop WMD
• UPDATE (06-12-15): One year after the fall of Mosul, Iraqi Christians remain in painful limbo
• UPDATE (06-12-15): What Should We Do if the Islamic State Wins?
• UPDATE (06-12-15): Forced out by ISIS, Iraq's Christians start over
• UPDATE (06-11-15): American volunteer against ISIS killed in Syria
• UPDATE (06-11-15): ISIS prisoner forced to dig his own grave in the desert before being shot in the back of the head as ISIS brings its ruthless executions to Egypt
  
• UPDATE (06-11-15): In Syria, Christians Are Caught in 'Demonic Conflict'
• UPDATE (06-11-15): How Boko Haram Courted and Joined the Islamic State 
• UPDATE (06-11-15): Iraqi Bishop recalls exodus after Mosul’s fall

9 June 2015

• UPDATE (06-16-15): The savagery of ISIS is meticulously planned and follows a textbook, says Malise Ruthven
• UPDATE (06-12-15): Christian Patriarchs plead: help us survive in Syria
• UPDATE (06-12-15): Mideast Patriarchs urge the world to help persecuted Christians survive
• UPDATE (06-12-15): Either repentance or death: Islamic State imposes regulations on Syrians
• UPDATE (06-11-15): Inside Mosul: Residents recount how IS took over their lives
• ISIS captures 88 Eritrean Christians in Libya, US official confirms
• Religious freedom commission: US should do more to assist religious minorities in Iraq
• Hezbollah repels IS attack on Lebanon-Syria border
• Mosul church turned into mosque by ISIS
• Secret video and testimony from Iraqi city of Mosul reveals life under Islamic State

8 June 2015

• UPDATE (06-14-15): O.C. men plead not guilty to plotting to fight for Islamic State
• UPDATE (06-09-15): Islamic militants announce plan to transform Mosul church into mosque
• UPDATE (06-09-15): Why business is booming under the Islamic State one year on
• UPDATE (06-08-15): U.S. reports 21 air strikes against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria
• US does not yet have "complete strategy" for helping Iraq regain territory from Islamic State 

7 June 2015

• UPDATE (06-08-15): As ISIS brutalizes women, a pathetic feminist silence
• UPDATE (06-08-15): Iraq: Troops advance against IS in key refinery town
• UPDATE (06-08-15): UK to send 125 military trainers to help Iraqi soldiers in battle against Islamic State, PM announces
• UPDATE (06-08-15): Islamic State Kidnaps 86 Eritrean Refugees, They Fail Koran Test

6 June 2015

• UPDATE (06-09-15): Video calls for jihad in Balkans on eve of pope’s visit
• UPDATE (06-08-15): IMF to hand Iraq $830m emergency funding as it struggles to battle IS

5 June 2015

• UPDATE (06-09-15): Michael Todd Wolfe man gets 82 months for attempt to aid terrorists
• UPDATE (06-09-15): ISIL tells Balkan Muslims to ‘either join it here, or kill there'
• UPDATE (06-09-15): Iraqi prelate calls for additional military against Islamic State
• UPDATE (06-08-15): Apparently there are now also foreign fighters with IS from Madagascar
• UPDATE (06-08-15): Islamic State infiltrates Iraqi Kurdistan
• UPDATE (06-08-15): White House Invites Millennials To Thwart ISIS' Recruitment Efforts
• UPDATE (06-08-15): Islamic State fighters at the gates of northeast Syrian city
• UPDATE (06-08-15): "Moron" Islamic State member's bragging on social media leads to US bomb attack

4 June 2015

• UPDATE (06-09-15): Syria: Two-Time World Thai Boxing Champion from Germany, Valdet Gashi, Joins Isis
• UPDATE (06-09-15): Prophet Nahum's tomb threatened by Islamic State advance
• UPDATE (06-09-15): Warda: Military intervention is needed to stop the ISIS cancer
  
• UPDATE (06-08-15): Kurdish Peshmerga Say They Need Weapons After ISIS Seizes Iraqi Arsenal
• UPDATE (06-08-15): How IS seeks sectarian war in Saudi Arabia
• UPDATE (06-08-15): What an Estimate of 10,000 ISIS Fighters Killed Doesn't Tell Us

3 June 2015

• UPDATE (06-08-15): Warning over growth of Islamic State's cyber-threat
• UPDATE (06-08-15): Local Islamic State-linked fighters behead 10 Afghan Taliban in Afghanistan
• UPDATE (06-04-15): Syrian prelate begs West to intervene against Islamic State; cathedral severely damaged
• UPDATE (06-04-15): U.S. says 10,000 Islamic State militants killed in nine-month campaign
• FBI Arrests Man in Connection with Terrorism Investigation of Boston Man Fatally Shot by Officers

2 June 2015

• UPDATE (06-11-15): 'Pirates of the Caribbean' Actor Michael Enright Fighting ISIS in Syria
• UPDATE (06-03-15): Source: Man fatally shot by officers in Boston part of terror network
• ISIS bans pigeon breeding – punishable by public flogging – because seeing birds’ genitals overhead offends Islam
• US accuses Syria of backing Islamic State's Aleppo advance
• Report: Islamic State kidnaps hundreds of children for terror recruitment
• US Air Force Absent as Daesh/ISIL Advances on North Aleppo Against Sunni Rebels
• The Islamic State's Saudi Chess Match
• US-led coalition doubles down on IS group strategy
• Central Asians respond to the lure of Islamic State

1 June 2015

• UPDATE (06-03-15): ISIL we R here’ graffitied at elementary school playground in Salem
• UPDATE (06-02-15): Two US jihadis who made ISIS propaganda videos – including one on the FBI’s most wanted terrorist list – ‘are killed in Iraqi air strike
• UPDATE (06-02-15): Islamic State militants are just 7 miles from main highway connecting Aleppo to Turkish border
• UPDATE (06-02-15): Islamic State Advances Further into Syria's Aleppo Province
  
• UPDATE (06-02-15): Islamic State Uses Rome's History, Savagely Executes People In Bloody Spectacle at Colosseum
• Men brace for ‘beard patrols’ in Iraq’s IS-held Mosul
• ISIS Announces New Plans to Conquer Rome
• The musicians refusing to dance to IS's tune 
• ISIS’s targeting of Saudi Arabia means awful things for the U.S.
• Islamic State militants 'filmed torturing Syrian boy'
• Islamic State bomb attack 'kills 45 police officers'
• IS revamps recruitment, with savvy, professional broadcasts
• Middle East map carved up by caliphates, enclaves and fiefdoms
• ISIS captured 2,300 Humvee armoured vehicles from Iraqi forces in Mosul