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Hardline Mosque Delivered Lectures to Cardiff Children

Hardline Mosque Delivered Lectures to Cardiff Children

The Al Manar mosque in Cardiff which has been tied to the radicalisation of a two ISIS jihadists from Britain is reported to have delivered ‘extremist’ lectures to school kids during lunchtime lectures. Writing in the Telegraph today, Andrew Gilligan

Satellite Images Reveal ISIS Massacre

Satellite Images Reveal ISIS Massacre

Human Rights Watch did a detailed analysis matching satellite imagery and ISIS photographs exposing the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria’s (ISIS) mass executions in Tikrit, which the group seized control of on June 11. While HRW said the numbers

500 U.S. Military Personnel Now in Iraq

500 U.S. Military Personnel Now in Iraq

BAGHDAD, June 26 (UPI) —Additional U.S. forces have arrived in Baghdad, bringing the total number of American service members in Iraq to 500, Pentagon officials said Thursday. Pentagon spokesman Col. Steven Warren said, of the 500 American military personnel in

Archbishop's Last Stand in Iraq

Archbishop's Last Stand in Iraq

One archbishop and twenty priests are alleged to be the only people remaining in the northern Iraqi town of Qaraqosh. Two days ago, fighting broke out between Kurdish peshmerga and ISIS fighters in this Christian town of 50,000. All inhabitants

ISIS Reaches the Suburbs of Baghdad

ISIS Reaches the Suburbs of Baghdad

The Islamic State of Syria and Sham (ISIS) and their Sunni tribal allies reached the strategic Mahmudiyah district southwest of Baghdad in large numbers on June 26th. Kurdish officials said that militants had seized the towns of Iskandariyah and Mahmudiyah.

ISIS Overtakes Strategic Sites in Iraq

ISIS Overtakes Strategic Sites in Iraq

On Wednesday, Islamist fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) made a push towards the Haditha Dam, the second-largest dam in Iraq. Iraqi officials worried that if ISIS successfully overtook the dam, major geopolitical repercussions would ensue,

Syrian Al Qaeda Offshoot Pledges Allegiance to ISIS

Syrian Al Qaeda Offshoot Pledges Allegiance to ISIS

Fighters from the Al Nusra front, the group known as Syria’s Al Qaeda affiliate, has taken an oath of allegiance to support the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) militant Islamist group. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human rights

ISIS Enablers: Scorecard of the Guilty

ISIS Enablers: Scorecard of the Guilty

How could a force of less than 15,000 fighters overrun a lavishly equipped modern army 20 times its size with no outside help? In the case of ISIS, the answer is that it could not, and did not, overrun Sunni