Ali Musa Al-Shawakh
Al-Shawakh is designated for acting for or on behalf of ISIL. As of mid-2015, Syrian national al-Shawakh served as ISIL's governor for Raqqah, Syria. After...
Year: 2017
Twin blasts by ISIS suicide bombers kill dozens near holy shrines in Damascus
Twin blasts Saturday near holy shrines frequented by Shiites in the Syrian capital Damascus killed at least 40 people, most of them Iraqis, according to...
ISIS leader Baghdadi allegedly spotted near Syrian borders in poor health condition
A local source in Nineveh told the network Saturday that Baghdadi, who the source said appeared near the borders with Syria’s Boukamal, looked skinny and...
ISIS dispatches fresh forces from Iraq to Northeastern Syria battlefield
The source said that ISIL's governor in the town of Merkadeh in Southern Hasaka had called on the terrorist group's command in Iraq to dispatch...
ISIS using ‘messenger app’ to communicate in Pakistan without detection
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorists in Pakistan have been using the Telegram messenger app to communicate without detection and, so far,...
ISIS executed over 500 Iraqi prisoners, dumped them in mass graves west of Mosul
The pro-government Popular Mobilisation Units (PMU) said in a statement that they have found a mass grave about 15km west of Mosul city. “Over 500...
Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb or AQIM, is an Islamist militant organization which aims to overthrow the Algerian government and institute an Islamic state.
Bajro Ikanovic
Ikanovic has held various leadership positions within ISIL in Iraq and Syria over the past several years, including on ISIL's Shura Council in 2014. In...
Tarkhan Tayumurazovich Batirashvili
After being discharged from the Georgian military, Batirashvili became jihadist and served in various command positions with Islamist militant groups fighting in the Syrian Civil...
Man from London detained for attempting to join ISIS terrorist group
A 22-year-old man from London was sentenced to nine years in prison on Friday, after attempting to join the Islamic State group in Syria. Jabed...
Mosul church turned into ISIS religious police base
The sign above the door of Um al-Mauna (Our Mother of Perpetual Help) in Iraq's second city reads "Chaldean Catholic church", but its jihadist occupants...
Islamic State affiliate in North Sinai claims murder of police colonel
The North Sinai-based militant group Ansar Beit Al-Maqdis, an affiliate of the Islamic State militant group, has claimed responsibility for a bombing that killed a...