
Terrorists from the Abu Sayyaf Philippines-based jihadi group, an affiliate of the Islamic State, have demanded over $60 million dollars for three Western hostages who were kidnapped at the country’s resort island of Samal.
by Jordan Schachtel4 Nov 2015, 8:54 PM PST0

A young Yazidi sex slave told The Independent that American hostage Kayla Mueller refused to escape the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) to save the Yazidis held with her.
by Mary Chastain17 Aug 2015, 8:21 AM PST0

In May, a U.S. special operations mission in Syria killed one of the top money men for ISIS, Abu Sayyaf, and captured his wife Umm Sayyaf. It would have been great to take Abu Sayyaf alive, but it was known at the time that his wife was also a high-value target, and subsequent interrogations have proven her to be a major asset. In fact, Nancy Youssef at the Daily Beast judges Umm Sayyaf to be “the richest human intelligence source to fall into U.S. hands to date.”
by John Hayward6 Jul 2015, 8:36 PM PST0

In a recent Delta Force-led raid against an Islamic State cell in Syria, American troops were able to extract a treasure trove of information related to the terror group’s leadership and financing structure, officials told the New York Times Monday.
by Jordan Schachtel9 Jun 2015, 9:19 PM PST0

U.S. special operations forces based in Iraq conducted a cross-border raid into eastern Syria and killed senior ISIS leader Abu Sayyaf, said to be responsible for major Islamic State financial operations, including the sale of oil and gas assets.
by John Hayward16 May 2015, 8:19 AM PST0