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JAFFA, Israel – A Syrian man has been “crucified” by the Islamic State for collaborating with the US-led “Crusader coalition.” The man, a resident of a town near Raqqa, the so-called capital of the IS caliphate, was executed by gunshot and then tied to a lamppost, or a “cross,” IS said in a statement.

The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) has begun offering marriage counseling in hopes of stopping jihadi brides from leaving the caliphate.

Syria’s ongoing battle with the Islamic State continues to take a heavy toll on the civilian population with hundreds of noncombatants killed during March 2016 either as direct targets of Islamist militants or “collateral damage” from airstrikes. The UK-based Syrian

In the midst of heavy military losses, fighters from the Islamic State have crucified eight men on electrical poles in their Syrian stronghold of Raqqa, in punishment for crimes committed against the Caliphate. According to reports, three of the eight

The last remaining Christians in Syria’s Raqqa are being forbidden from leaving “under any condition” by the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) jihadists who control the de-facto capital of the terrorist group, as forces loyal to dictator Bashar al-Assad and their allies advance towards the city.

The Jerusalem Post reports: Syrian government forces backed by heavy Russian air support drove Islamic State out of Palmyra on Sunday, inflicting what the army called a mortal blow to militants who seized the city last year and dynamited its

Dozens of people were killed in a series of air strikes on the city of Raqqa in northern Syria on Saturday, a monitoring group and activists said, as Damascus and Moscow waged attacks on areas controlled by Islamic State. A

The Islamic State has retreated towards Raqqa, Syria, the self-declared capital of its Caliphate, as Syrian forces gain ground in Aleppo, according to several reports.

The Jerusalem Post reports: A senior Islamic State commander was killed on Monday by disgruntled members of the jihadist group in internecine fighting that has wracked the movement in its de facto capital of Raqqa, Kurdish news agencies are reporting. According

According to a report by the Kurdish news agency Rudaw, the Islamic State executed at least 24 people in its Iraqi stronghold of Mosul on Monday, including its own finance minister.

Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdad assigned Nada al-Qahtani, a female jihadi, to lead a battalion in Hasakah, located in northeast Syria.

The Islamic State has published pictures of a newly opened, state-of-the-art snack factory in Raqqa, its self-declared capital in Syria. Pictures of modern assembly lines, where snacks are being produced and packaged for the benefit of the so-called caliphate’s children, have been flaunted across the terrorist group’s propaganda platforms. The snacks look strikingly similar to Bamba, one of the leading Israeli-produced snack foods.

BEIRUT (AP) — Faced with a cash shortage in its so-called caliphate, the Islamic State group has slashed salaries across the region, asked Raqqa residents to pay utility bills in black market American dollars, and is now releasing detainees for a price of $500 a person.

Forces loyal to Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, backed by Russian airstrikes, are reportedly advancing towards the city of Raqqa, which has long served as the de facto capital of the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL).

JAFFA, Israel – The Islamic State released photos of the public punishment of a Syrian man convicted of theft, which included chopping off his hand with a machete. The punishment was carried out in Raqqa, Syria, the so-called Syrian capital

TEL AVIV – The Islamic State has released photos and videos showing officials working for the “Islamic Caliphate” in Nineveh, Iraq, carrying out infrastructure repair work. The images are the latest chapter in an ongoing propaganda effort to show that

TEL AVIV – The Islamic State organization has published pictures of its militants executing an Iraqi man who was accused of “cursing” Allah. The middle-aged “defendant” was beheaded in front of a live audience after his verdict was read out

CNN describes a 12-year-old boy nicknamed “Nasir” as “one of the lucky ones,” because he managed to escape from the Islamic State’s suicide bomber program. He says some of his fellow trainees were as young as 5 years old.

The Times of India reports the latest evidence that economic warfare against the Islamic State is doing some real damage: a 50 percent pay cut for salaries to fighters in Syria, announced in December by the ISIS equivalent of the Treasury Department in their capital city of Raqqa.

Reports have emerged from Syria that the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) has abducted at least 400 civilians from Deir ez-Zor, Syria, after a mass beheading that took more than 100 lives.

A report exposes Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) terrorists at a “jihadist university” in Raqqa, Syria, preparing and modifying weapons, including surface-to-air missiles capable of targeting passenger planes.

Independent citizen journalist Ruqia Hassan was brutally executed by the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) on charges of “espionage” in the jihadist group’s de facto capital Raqqa, Syria, reportedly marking what has been described as the first capital punishment of a woman for reporting within the terrorist organization’s territory, according to fellow citizen journalists.

Beirut (AFP) – Arab and Kurdish forces have killed at least 16 fighters from the Islamic State group during fierce clashes north of the jihadists’ stronghold of Raqa, a monitor said Sunday.

Samra Kesinovic was used as a sex slave by the Islamic State before being killed while trying to flee, it has been revealed.

Members of the female Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) brigade mutilated and butchered a mom who breastfed her child in Raqqa, Syria, according to reports.

The declared leader of the Islamic State, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, is spinning critical ISIS military losses as a “blessing from Allah,” while continuing to summon Muslims around the world to enlist in the jihadist group.

A newly released video captured Kurdish freedom fighters blowing up an Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) suicide bomber, who was attempting to drive a Ford pickup truck carrying a ton of TNT across the Kurdish frontline near Mosul in northern Iraq.

Amnesty International has released a new report detailing how Russia is killing hundreds of innocents in its bombings of heavily-populated areas in Syria.

A manhunt is reportedly under way in Germany targeting 12 people who used fake Syrian passports to gain entry to the country before disappearing. German news outlets say the fake Syrian passports were most likely taken by Islamic State (IS) operatives when the

A trans-national wedding took place online earlier this week, when a Gaza-based jihadi married a Syrian Islamic State fighter from Raqqa, Breitbart Jerusalem has learned. In the ceremony, officiated by proxy on Sunday, the groom was represented by his brother,

During a meeting with his defense minister, Russian President Vladimir Putin said he “hoped” Russia does not need to use nuclear warheads against terrorists.

There are rumors the spiritual and political leader of the Islamic State, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the so-called “caliph,” was seriously injured in an October airstrike conducted by Iraqi forces.

The British Prime Minister, David Cameron, is going on the offensive in a bid to secure cross-party support for airstrikes against Islamic State in Syria. He will meet with the French President to discuss military tactics, before laying out a

Heavy bombing by French and Russian warplanes has prompted dozens of Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) leaders to flee Raqqa, Syria, the jihadist group’s de facto capital, according to a monitor group.

The Russians have been saying they would not jump to conclusions about the nature of the Metrojet crash in Egypt until a lengthy investigation was concluded but, on Tuesday, Russian security officials suddenly declared the plane was indeed destroyed by a terrorist attack. There have also been reports of police detaining or arresting airport workers, although the Egyptian government has disputed those accounts.

French President François Hollande announced during a rare appearance before both Houses of the French Parliament at the Palace of Versailles that “France is at war.”