Posts Tagged: Islamic State Syria
Islamic State ‘Caliphate’ Defeated, Yet Threat Persists
US-backed forces proclaimed the capture of Islamic State's last territory in Syria on Saturday, eliminating its rule over a self-proclaimed "caliphate," but the jihadists remain...
Islamic State Blows Up Church in Syria on Easter Sunday
JNS.org - Terrorists from the Islamic State group have reportedly blown up a church in northeastern Syria on Easter Sunday. The 80-year-old Church of the...
Mideast Christian, Yazidi Groups Urge UN Action on Islamic State Persecution
JNS.org - Organizations representing religious minorities in the Middle East have submitted a memorandum to the United Nations in New York City, asking that...
Syria’s Civil War Could Stabilize Its Region
Population shifts resulting from Syria's four-year-long civil war have profoundly changed Syria and its three Arabic-speaking neighbors: Iraq, Lebanon and Jordan. (Turkey and Israel have changed too, but less so.)...
Al Qaeda Group Spokesman Rejects Islamic State Alliance Rumors
A Jabhat al-Nusra spokesman tells the blog Syria Direct that rumors of an alliance between his Al Qaeda affiliate and the Islamic State are false. Western...
Al-Qaeda Linked Groups Make Gains in Syria, Challenging U.S. Efforts There
Gains by al-Qaeda linked Jabhat al-Nusra in northwestern Syria threaten to leave the U.S. with few options on the ground in that region. Jabhat al-Nusra recently attacked...
Where Did the Islamic State Come From?
The simple answer - and the one you'll hear most often - is that IS, or Islamic State (formerly ISIS) emerged out of al-Qaeda, gathering...
