Islamic State Ongoing Updates - September 2019

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30 September 2019

• UPDATE (10-01-19): Islamic State violence against Christians in Iraq, Syria, focus of hearing

26 September 2019

• UPDATE (09-27-19): Despite $380M in US aid for religious minorities persecuted by ISIS, 1 million from Nineveh Plains remain displaced

25 September 2019

• UPDATE (09-27-19): ISIS is 'preparing to free its loyal fighters' from huge prison camps in Syria and Iraq, report warns after Trump threatened to release fanatics on Europe's borders

21 September 2019

• UPDATE (10-16-19): Why isn't the media covering Turkish President Erdogan's ties to ISIS?

19 September 2019

• UPDATE (09-27-19): A US drone strike meant for ISIS killed 30 pine nut harvesters in Afghanistan
• American Airlines sabotage mechanic 'has possible IS links'

16 September 2019

• UPDATE (09-18-19): ISIS' on-the-run leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi with £19m price on his dead will be caught says senior British army officer

• UPDATE (09-18-19): Islamic State Releases Purported Audio Message From Leader Baghdadi

4 September 2019

• UPDATE (09-09-19): ISIS, Weakened, Finds New Bombers: Cows Wearing Explosive Vests

2 September 2019

• UPDATE (09-09-19): 19-year-old arrested in connection with possible ISIS-inspired attack in Queens

Islamic State Ongoing Updates - June 2019

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28 June 2019

• UPDATE (06-29-19): The Islamic State's Leadership Today

27 June 2019

• UPDATE (06-29-19): ISIS supporters threaten to blow up Big Ben and attack New York in chilling new series of propaganda posters

26 June 2019

• Islamic State group: Nicaragua arrests four suspected members

25 June 2019

• UPDATE (06-26-19): Saudi Arabia announces capture of an ISIS leader in Yemen in U.S.-backed raid

24 June 2019

• Three months on, landless IS still a threat in Syria

22 June 2019

• UPDATE (06-24-19): ISIL's 45,000 abandoned children - a generation ripe for radicalisation

20 June 2019

• Islamic State claims attacks on American, French forces in the Sahel

19 June 2019

• UPDATE (06-20-19): FBI: Syrian Islamic State sympathizer in Pittsburgh planned to bomb north side church
• UPDATE (06-20-19): Islamic State's Sinai province renews allegiance to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi

18 June 2019

• UPDATE (06-29-19): Illinois Woman Sentenced for Conspiring to Provide Material Support to Terrorists

11 June 2019

• UPDATE (06-20-19): Despite Trump's Guantanamo Threats, Americans Who Joined ISIS Are Quietly Returning Home

6 June 2019

• UPDATE (06-20-19): ISIS plotted to send westerners to US through Mexico border: report
• UPDATE (06-20-19): He lost his family home to ISIS. Now he's returning as Archbishop of Mosul

4 June 2019

• UPDATE (06-20-19): Islamic State claims first attack in Mozambique

Ongoing Islamic State Updates - November 2017

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25 November 2017

• Egypt attack: IS flags carried by gunmen, say officials
• Iraq forces open new front in final push against IS 

23 November 2017

• Iraq launches operation to clear near Syria of Islamic State

22 November 2017

• UPDATE (12-14-17): ISIS group releases propaganda poster of Pope Francis being 'beheaded'

14 November 2017

• UPDATE (11-16-17): ISIS' Christmas threat to the Pope: Terror group threaten vehicle and gun attack on the Vatican

9 November 2017

• Is Islamic State losing control of its 'virtual caliphate'?

8 November 2017

• UPDATE (11-16-17): IHCHR: Islamic State holding 10,000 in last bastion in Anbar

6 November 2017

• UPDATE (11-16-17): IS leader's Baghdadi flees Iraq to Syria in yellow taxi: Agency

3 November 2017

• UPDATE (11-05-17): ISIS executed 741 civilians in Mosul, says UN
• New York attacker is a 'solider of the caliphate,' ISIS says
• ISIS drug hoard worth 50 million seized by police

1 November 2017

• UPDATE (11-03-17): New York truck attack: Suspect 'inspired by Islamic State'

Ongoing Islamic State Updates - October 2017

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29 October 2017

• UPDATE (11-03-17): Case of suspected American ISIS fighter captured in Syria vexes U.S.

23 October 2017

• UPDATE (11-03-17): ISIS fanatics execute at least 128 civilians before fleeing from Syrian town they had held for just three weeks

18 October 2017

• UPDATE (11-03-17): ISIS 2.0: Officials and experts fear Islamic State will mount operations in the West
• UPDATE (11-03-17): Raqqa: Only those who are out of touch would say ISIL has been vanquished
• UPDATE (11-03-17): With Loss of Its Caliphate, ISIS May Return to Guerilla Roots 
• UPDATE (11-03-17): ISIS' loss of caliphate signals the end of one type of ISIS - and the beginning of a new one

17 October 2017

• UPDATE (11-03-17): ISIS threatens terror attacks on 2018 World Cup finals in Russia in new propaganda picturing featuring a jihadi and a bomb in front of a stadium
  
• UPDATE (11-03-17): Raqqa, ISIS 'Capital,' Is Captured, U.S.-Backed Forces Say

13 October 2017

• UPDATE (10-14-17): Woodbridge man sentenced for lying to FBI about friend's ties to ISIS

10 October 2017

• UPDATE (10-12-17): Russia accuses U.S. of pretending to fight Islamic State in Syria, Iraq

8 October 2017

• UPDATE (10-12-17): ISIS Fighters, Having Pledged to Fight or Die, Surrender en Masse
• UPDATE (10-12-17): ISIS' last stand: Final assault on terror group's Syrian 'capital' begins as US tells jihadis in Raqqa to 'surrender or die'

6 October 2017

• UPDATE (10-12-17): Experts: ISIS still a threat in Asia, but could be a threat anywhere
• UPDATE (10-12-17): The Fall of Raqqa: hunting the last jihadis in ISIS' capital of cruelty
• UPDATE (10-12-17): Russian mercenaries captured by ISIS 'are executed after refusing to reject Christianity and become Muslim'
• UPDATE (10-12-17): Three men charged over alleged ISIL plot to bomb New York

5 October 2017

• Iraq Claims Victory in ISIS' Last Urban Stronghold
• Pope asks Iraqi bishops to persist helping Christians to return post-ISIS 

3 October 2017

• UPDATE (10-12-17): The Marshall Plan to rebuild Nineveh: $250 million for the Christians of Iraq
• UPDATE (10-05-17): Iraqi nun: We pray for ISIS militants. It helps us forgive

1 October 2017

• UPDATE (10-05-17): ISIS claim responsibility for frenzied Marseille railway station attack as terrorist shouting 'Allahu Akbar' stabs two female passengers, 17 and 20, to death before being gunned down cool-headed anti-terror police

Islamic State Ongoing Updates - February 2017

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26 February 2017

• UPDATE (03-02-17): Islamic State besiege Iraqi border guards location in Anbar

24 February 2017

• UPDATE (03-04-17): Targeted by ISIS, Egyptian Christians Flee Violence

23 February 2017

• UPDATE (03-02-17): Mosul offensive: Iraqi forces recapture airport in bid to retake city
• UPDATE (03-02-17): Iraqi Christians erect large cross in area liberated from ISIS

22 February 2017

• UPDATE (03-02-17): Away from Iraq's front lines, the Islamic State is creeping back in

21 February 2017

• UPDATE (03-04-17): Columbia man charged with plotting Islamic State terror attack on Kansas City
• UPDATE (03-04-17): Army Vet Caught In FBI Sting Allegedly Plotted ISIS-Inspired President's Day Attack

19 February 2017

• Mosul assault: Iraq troops make headway against IS

17 February 2017

• UPDATE (02-19-17): Islamic State readies readies for close combat in alleyways of west Mosul

13 February 2017

• UPDATE (02-14-17): Operations command: IS leader Baghdadi' injury in airstrike uncertain

12 February 2017

• UPDATE (02-14-17): Islamic State leader badly injured in Iraq airstrike - reports

11 February 2017

• Foiled France terror plot appears ISIS-inspired, source says

10 February 2017

• UPDATE (02-11-17): Islamic State shirts to Libya's desert valleys after Sirte defeat
• UPDATE (02-11-17): New York man accused of bomb plot admits Islamic State support

9 February 2017

• UPDATE (02-11-17): Mass graves of Islamic State victims discovered in Anbar
• UPDATE (02-11-17): Airstrike kills Islamic State's Judicial Official of Tel Kaif in Mosul
• UPDATE (02-11-17): Islamic State-linked group claims rocket attack on Israeli resort

8 February 2017

• US commander: Mosul and Raqqa should be retaken in 6 months

6 February 2017

• Turkey says over 800 detained in anti-ISIL operations
• Child refugees are being recruited by ISIS to travel to Europe and hundreds have gone missing since arriving in the UK, terror experts warn
• IS 'besieged' in last bastion in Syria's Aleppo province

4 February 2017

• UPDATE (02-05-17): 'My son is no jihadi': Father of Louvre suspect protests his innocence as investigators probe 'pro-ISIS messages posted to Twitter moments before attack on four soldiers outside Paris art gallery'
• UPDATE (02-05-17): Here's How Iraqi Soldiers Fighting ISIS Feel About Trump's Immigration Ban

2 February 2017

• UPDATE (02-05-17): ISIS amputate hands of two boys aged ten and twelve who refused to execute two civilians in front of their families in Mosul
• The Islamic State in America (as of January 31, 2017)

1 February 2017

• Mass terror raids thwart 'planned ISIS attack' in Germany as more than 50 mosques and buildings searched
• IS using drones, other innovating tactics with deadly effect
• Islamic State seize 4WD vehicles from civilians in western Mosul
• Italian couple arrested for sending weapons to ISIS

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