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 - October 2019

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31 October 2019

• UPDATE (11-07-19): ISIS Names New Leader and Confirms al-Baghdadi's Death

30 October 2019

• UPDATE (11-07-19): ISIS Leader Paid Rival for Protection but Was Betrayed By His Own

29 October 2019

• UPDATE (11-07-19): Baghdadi's successor likely to be Iraqi religious scholar
• UPDATE (11-07-19): 5 Reasons ISIS Is Hanging On

28 October 2019

• UPDATE (11-07-19): The Ugly Legacy of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
• UPDATE (11-07-19): Islamic State Spokesman Killed in U.S. Airstrike

27 October 2019

• UPDATE (11-07-19): Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, ISIS Leader Known for His Brutality, Is Dead at 48
• UPDATE (11-07-19): Baghdadi's death a turning point for Islamic State

21 October 2019

• UPDATE (11-07-19): ISIS Reaps Gains of U.S. Pullout From Syria

17 October 2019

• UPDATE (11-07-19): ISIS boasts it has 'freed' women held by Syria's Kurds after storming a security headquarters near Raqqa

10 October 2019

• UPDATE (10-16-19): ISIS fanatic stabs Indonesia's chief security minister and three others in university knife attack
• UPDATE (10-16-19): Israel warns against an 'ethnic cleansing of the Kurds' by Turkey after Erdogan's troops bombed Syrian prison holding ISIS militants 'in attempt to help them escape'

5 October 2019

• UPDATE (10-16-19): U.S. Steps Up Strikes on Islamic State Militants in Libya

4 October 2019

• UPDATE (10-16-19): Syria's Al Hol camp could fall to ISIS, says Kurdish general

Islamic State Ongoing Updates - February 2019

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27 February 2019

• UPDATE (03-29-19): Extraordinary Miracles Attributed to 21 Beheaded Coptic Christians: 'The Martyrs Heal People'
• UPDATE (03-12-19): ISIS suspect attacks judge with his own gavel during trial over Tunisian beach massacre that claimed 30 British lives
• UPDATE (03-12-19): What the Media Won't Tell You About ISIS

25 February 2019

• UPDATE (03-29-19): ISIS Beheads 50 Yazidi Sex Slaves as Parting Gift
• UPDATE (03-12-19): ISIS commander code-named 'Prince of Battles' because of the large number of assaults he took in, is captured in Iraq

24 February 2019

• UPDATE (03-12-19): Insurgency plans a comeback using al-Qaeda's blueprint
• UPDATE (03-12-19): Told to leave, IS 'caliphate' holdouts in Syria stay devoted

23 February 2019

• UPDATE (03-12-19): IS targets truffle hunters across Sunni regions
• UPDATE (03-12-19): A 'Legacy of Terror': ISIS Left More Than 200 Mass Graves in Iraq

22 February 2019

• UPDATE (03-12-19): The rapid rise of the mysterious new leader of Islamic State in the Philippines responsible for a spate of bombings and suicide attacks on Australia's doorstep

17 February 2019

• UPDATE (02-19-19): The collapse of ISIS will inflame the regional power struggle
• UPDATE (02-19-19): The English Voice of ISIS Comes Out of the Shadows

12 February 2019

• ISIS execution who murdered prisoner in beheading video is killed by tank blast during battle for terror group's last pocket of territory

11 February 2019

• UPDATE (02-19-19): Votel: "Tens of thousands" of ISIS fighters in Syria and Iraq

7 February 2019

• UPDATE (02-19-19): Isis leader believed to have fled coup attempt by his own fighters
• Father Dall'Oglio alive - report: ISIS using Italian priest as 'bargaining chip' - The Times
• Desperate Isis using British hostage John Cantlie as bargaining chip, say Kurds

5 February 2019

• What gave the Coptic Martyrs such steadfast courage?

4 February 2019

• UPDATE (02-05-19): North Caroline Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Attempting and Conspiring to Provide Material Support to ISIS

3 February 2019

• UPDATE (02-05-19): Islamic State, Seeking Next Chapter, Makes Inroads Through West Africa
• UPDATE (02-05-19): In Mosul exhibition, Iraqi artists process brutal rule of Islamic State

1 February 2019

• UPDATE (02-01-19): Mosul - before and after ISIS: Iraqi photographer contrasts how ancient city's landmarks once looked and how they appear now after fanatic's reign of terror
• UPDATE (02-01-19): Francis to take back ISIS fighters, reversing policy in wake of U.S. withdrawal from Syria

Islamic State Ongoing Updates - July 2017

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30 July 2017

• UPDATE (08-10-17): ISIS, squeezed out of Iraq and Syria, now 'regrouping' in Libya, analysts say

28 July 2017

• UPDATE (07-29-17): Officials say 7,000 Islamic State affiliates remain in Iraq

24 July 2017

• UPDATE (07-29-17): Official: IS holds 25,000 civilians in western Anbar enclaves
• UPDATE (07-29-17): Hawaii soldier pleads not guilty to support for Islamic State

21 July 2017

• UPDATE (07-23-17): Federal grand jury indicts Hawaii soldier with providing support to ISIS
• UPDATE (07-23-17): Catholic group sends 15 Virgin Mary statues to Iraq to replace ones destroyed by ISIS
• UPDATE (07-23-17): Interpol circulates list of 173 suspected members of ISIS suicide brigade
• UPDATE (07-23-17): Suburban mom claims 'combat immunity' in terror case
• UPDATE (07-23-17): Oakland Man Indicted for Allegedly Aiding ISIS

20 July 2017

• UPDATE (07-21-17): Prelate reclaims his Archdiocese of Mosul

18 July 2017

• UPDATE (97-20-17): ISIS flog teenagers for playing football as desperate jihadis continue reign of terror
• UPDATE (07-20-17): Three businesses in Glasgow's southside named as 'targets' in ISIS-affiliated hit list

17 July 2017

• UPDATE (07-19-17): 'I am not a bad person,' ISIS conspirator says in admitting he murdered elderly neighbor
• US to create independent military command

15 July 2017

• UPDATE (07-17-17): ISIS may be on its knees but it will rise again if we don't break the cycle

14 July 2017

• UPDATE (07-17-17): Patriarch to displaced Iraqi Christians: return home before others take your land
• UPDATE (07-15-17): ISIS supporters urge lone wolves to derail trains, blow up oil pipelines and attack the Women's Euro's football championship as their caliphate crumbles
• UPDATE (07-15-17): US kills leader of ISIS in Afghanistan

13 July 2017

• UPDATE (07-17-17): Yemeni official confirms: kidnapped priest is still alive
• UPDATE (07-17-17): Conflict with ISIS ally is not a religious conflict, Philippine bishops insist

12 July 2017

• UPDATE (07-17-17): First Singaporean woman suspected of Islamist radicalism detained
• UPDATE (07-17-17): Solider arrested for ties to ISIS declared sympathy for the extremist six years ago but was allowed to continue to serve
• Iraq strikes Islamic State in Mosul day after declaring victory
• 17 IS militants killed as Iraqi joint force foils 4th attack near Mosul

10 July 2017

• UPDATE (07-11-17): Man who threatened to 'carry out massacres deported from Italy
• UPDATE (07-11-17): Iran congratulates Iraq on victory, as Iraqi troops push to clear last Mosul ground of Daesh militants
• UPDATE (07-11-17): Iraqi prime minister declares 'total victory' in Mosul
• UPDATE (07-11-17): Islamic State built staying power with global jihadists
• UPDATE (07-11-17): FBI: Hawaii soldier attempted to give Islamic State drone, classified documents
• UPDATE (07-11-17): Arrested Hawaii soldier studied Islam during deployment, father says
• UPDATE (07-11-17): Hawaii-stationed soldier arrested for alleged ties to terror

9 July 2017

• UPDATE (07-11-17): ISIS goes up in smoke: US airstrike pounds small remaining area of Mosul held by the terror group as Iraq declares victory in the city after a bloody eight-month battle
• UPDATE (07-11-17): Iraqi Prime Minister arrives in Mosul to Declare Victory over ISIS
• UPDATE (07-11-17): IS still holds 60% of Imam Gharbi region in southern Mosul

8 July 2017

• UPDATE (07-17-17): Dominican friar saved 800 manuscripts from ISIS
• UPDATE (07-11-17): Iraq announces 'victory' over Islamic State in Mosul

7 July 2017

• UPDATE (07-17-17): Notre Dame attacker claimed allegiance to Islamic State: report
• UPDATE (07-11-17): Facing defeat in Mosul, Islamic State mounts diversionary attack to the south

6 July 2017

• UPDATE (07-11-17): The watchers: Airmen who surveil the Islamic State never get to look away

5 July 2017

• UPDATE (07-06-17): What ISIL really thinks about the future

4 July 2017

• UPDATE (07-06-17): Where is 'Islamic State' leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi?

3 July 2017

• UPDATE (07-11-17): How ISIS Will Go On Without Mosul
• UPDATE (06-07-17): ISIS preacher 'is burned alive as punishment for accidentally suggesting the group's leader has died during emotional sermon'
• UPDATE (06-07-17): Islamic State currency designer killed in anonymous attack west of Mosul
• UPDATE (07-06-17): ISIS burn 12 people alive including a family of four after forcing them into metal cages and dousing them with oil when they tried to flee

2 July 2017

• UPDATE (07-06-17): With ISIS on the Run, an Unexpected Leader Emerges in Iraq