Islamic State

US tries to enlist Turkey in battle against IS

By Dustin M Braden - Sep 09, 2014 03:04 PM EDT

On Monday U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel had a meeting with the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara, to evaluate Turkey's contribution to the coalition to fight the Islamic State.

Islamic State works together with Egyptian terror groups

By Dustin M Braden - Sep 05, 2014 10:36 AM EDT

The Islamic State, which already has a large presence of international fighters and strong allure abroad, has begun to export its tactics and techniques, teaching Islamist radicals in Egypt how to carry out terrorist attacks.

Chinese Islamic State fighter captured in Iraq

By Dustin M Braden - Sep 04, 2014 11:05 AM EDT

China is the latest member of a club that includes dozens of countries that have had their citizens fight on behalf of the Islamic State as it seeks to establish an Islamic Caliphate.

16 arrested in Bosnia for supporting radical Islamist groups

By Dustin M Braden - Sep 03, 2014 11:25 AM EDT

The authorities in Bosnia have arrested 16 people they claim have gone to fight for radical Islamist groups in Syria and Iraq at a time the issue of foreigners fighting in those conflicts has seized the attention of the media and governments around the world.

Islamic State beheads 2nd US hostage

By Dustin M Braden - Sep 02, 2014 02:21 PM EDT

The terrorist group the Islamic State has released a grisly video showing the execution of a second U.S. hostage less than three weeks after they released a similar video showing the beheading of American journalist James Foley.

U.S. citizen fighting for Islamic State killed in Syria

By Dustin M Braden - Aug 27, 2014 11:55 AM EDT

The New York Times reports that the U.S. citizen was known as Douglas McAuthur McCain. McCain seems to have lived what seemed like the average life of a U.S. teenager before suddenly joining the jihadists of the Islamic State.

Qatar working to free hostages from jihadist groups in Syria

By Dustin M Braden - Aug 26, 2014 09:03 AM EDT

The government of Qatar is using its close relationships with radical Islamist groups throughout the Middle East in an effort to free a number of U.S. citizens who are currently being held hostage.

White House authorizes surveillance flights over Syria

By Dustin M Braden - Aug 26, 2014 08:13 AM EDT

President Barack Obama has authorized surveillance flights over Syrian territory, the first step in the process of launching airstrikes on Islamic State positions in Syria.

British intelligence identifies James Foley's killer as London rapper

By Dustin M Braden - Aug 25, 2014 09:40 AM EDT

Numerous media reports say that British intelligence agencies have identified the British Islamic State jihadist filmed murdering the U.S. journalist James Foley.

Islamic State may have known of impending U.S. raid to rescue James Foley

By Dustin M Braden - Aug 23, 2014 12:12 PM EDT

A new report suggests that the Islamic State knew of the impending U.S. Special Forces operation to rescue the murdered journalist James Foley before they had even parachuted into Syrian territory.

Iraq: Suicide bomber targets Interior Ministry, 11 dead

By Dustin M Braden - Aug 23, 2014 11:37 AM EDT

A suicide bomber blew himself up inside the headquarters of Iraq's intelligence agency one day after a sectarian massacre has brought the possibility of establishing an inclusive Iraqi government into doubt.

Iraq: Shiite militia massacres Sunnis gathered in mosque for prayer

By Dustin M Braden - Aug 22, 2014 12:19 PM EDT

A Shiite militia has massacred at least 50 Sunnis as they gathered to pray in a village mosque in the Iraqi province of Diyala.

U.S. Special Forces tried to rescue murdered journalist James Foley from Islamic State

By Dustin M Braden - Aug 21, 2014 09:36 AM EDT

In early summer 2014, United States Special Forces soldiers carried out a failed operation to try to rescue journalist James Foley and others from Islamic State captivity.

Iraqi, Kurdish forces retake Mosul Dam

By Dustin M Braden - Aug 19, 2014 07:57 PM EDT

Airstrikes by the United States on various targets and positions of the Islamic State have enabled Kurdish pesh merga and Iraqi Special Forces to retake control of the Mosul Dam, one of the most critical pieces of infrastructure in all of Iraq.

British Islamic State terrorist beheads U.S. journalist

By Dustin M Braden - Aug 19, 2014 05:53 PM EDT

The terrorist group known as the Islamic State, which has seized control of large parts of Syria and Iraq, has beheaded an American journalist named James Wright Foley and is threatening to murder another named Steven Sotloff.

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