Islamic State Ongoing Updates - February 2020

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21 February 2020

• UPDATE (03-24-20): Female ISIS supporter pleads guilty over plot to bomb St. Paul's Cathedral 

18 February 2020

• UPDATE (03-24-20): ISIS has double the number of soldiers across Iraq and Syria than it did when it swept through the region in 2014, Kurdish leader warns

6 February 2020

• UPDATE (03-24-20): Three foreign tourists are stabbed by ISIS-affiliated Islamic extremists in Maldives terror attack

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 - 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 - August 2019

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30 August 2019

• UPDATE (08-31-19): Air Force Veteran Convicted for Trying to Join ISIS to be Resentenced
• UPDATE (08-31-19): Belgian ISIS butcher dubbed 'the executioner of Raqqa' who beheaded more than 100 people in terror stronghold while claiming benefits in Britain is captured in Syria

28 August 2019

• UPDATE (08-31-19): ISIS is still a global threat with a warchest of $300 million despite losing its territory in Iraq and Syria, UN counterterrorism official warns

27 August 2019

• UPDATE (08-31-19): Martyrdom causes of 5 Iraqis to be presented to Vatican in early September
• UPDATE (08-31-19): Mosul - from 15,000 Christians to 40

18 August 2019

• UPDATE (08-23-19): Islamic State claims bombing at Kabul wedding that killed 63

15 August 2019

• UPDATE (08-23-19): The Islamic State is building Caliphate 2.0 in a Sryian camp

8 August 2019

• UPDATE (08-31-19): Pentagon report blames Trump for the return of ISIS in Syria and Iraq

6 August 2019

• UPDATE (08-23-19): Iraqi Archbishop reflects on Christian community five years after ISIS takeover