Posts Tagged: ISIS militants
Satellite Images Confirm ISIS Destroyed Temple in Palmyra, UN Says
A satellite image confirms the main temple in the ancient city of Palmyra in Syria has been destroyed by Islamic State (IS) militants, the UN...
ISIS Releases Photos of Temple Destruction in Palmyra
The Islamic State group on Tuesday published images showing the destruction of the Baal Shamin temple in Syria's Palmyra, after international condemnation of the act. The...
Israeli Army Threatens to Attack ISIS Militants in Preemptive Sinai Strikes
JNS.org - Israeli Brigadier General Royi Elcabets said that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) may launch an attack on Islamic State terrorists in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula...
US Defense Secretary Carter Makes Unannounced Visit to Iraq
U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton B. Carter made an unannounced visit to Iraq on Thursday morning as American and Iraqi military officials finished plans for...
Iraq’s Mosul Braces for New Islamic State Laws Against Beard Shaving
Every time he looks in a mirror, Laith Ahmed is worried. As of Monday, the young Iraqi's hopelessly hairless chin could land him in an...
ISIS Holds Victory Parade After Seizing Iraqi City, Could Attack Baghdad Next Month
Daily Mail - ISIS militants have held a twisted victory parade after taking the key city of Ramadi in an orgy of violence and beheadings...
ISIS Militants Seize Control of Key Iraqi City, Kill Dozens of Government Forces
Yahoo/Reuters - Islamic State militants claimed full control of the western Iraqi city of Ramadi on Sunday in the biggest defeat for the Baghdad government...
ISIS Threatens Blogger, Claims it Has ’71 Trained Soldiers in 15 Different States’
New York Daily News - The threat, posted on JustPasteIt, singles out Pamela Geller, who helped plan a Prophet Muhammad cartoon contest in Garland, Texas over...
Israeli Journalist ‘Horrified’ After Interviewing ISIS Fighters About Bloodthirsty Terror Tactics
Israeli journalist Itai Anghel said in a radio interview last week that it was "horrifying" to hear about terrorist tactics and their graphic details described...
ISIS Captures Pilot of Jordanian Warplane Crashed in Syria, Military Confirms
BBC - Islamic State (IS) militants have captured the pilot of a Jordanian warplane that crashed in northern Syria, Jordan's military has confirmed. The jihadist group...
Islamic State Steps Up Recruitment of Child Soldiers, New Generation of Radical Fighters
Washington Free Beacon - The Islamic State (IS) is stepping up its recruitment and indoctrination of children, who are seen as "central" to the terror...
ISIS Militants Killed in First Battle With U.S. Ground Troops After Attacking Iraqi Military Base
Daily Mail - A number of militants have been killed in Islamic State's very first battle with U.S. ground troops after the extremists attempted to...
Report: ISIS Recruits, Trains Child Soldiers in Iraq and Syria
Military Times - Teenagers carrying weapons stand at checkpoints and busy intersections in Iraq's second-largest city, Mosul. Patched onto the left arms of their black...
New Video Claims to Show ISIS Beheading of U.S. Aid Worker Peter Kassig
BBC - A video posted online claims to show that Islamic State militants have killed the captured U.S. aid worker Abdul-Rahman Kassig. In the video, a...
