James Harkin, GQ, The last hostage: the story of John Cantlie
"From 2019: As troops closed in on the last remnants of Isis in Syria, one question was about to be answered: was captured British journalist John Cantlie still alive? And, if ...
James Harkin, GQ, The last hostage: the story of John Cantlie
"From 2019: As troops closed in on the last remnants of Isis in Syria, one question was about to be answered: was captured British journalist John Cantlie still alive? And, if ...
Ahmed El Shamsy, New Lines Magazine, The Hoax in the ISIS Flag "Claiming to channel pure Islam, the Islamic State fell for a long-debunked 19th century hoax" An interesting long-read.
"Evidence presented at trial revealed that ISIS and its supporters disseminated ...
Reuters,Iraqi forces capture senior Islamic State leader, PM says
"Iraqi security forces have captured a senior member of the Islamic State group who was a deputy to slain leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and oversaw its finances, ...
"Beginning in 2019, ...
BBC News, Islamic State: Canadian accused of being 'voice behind the violence'
"Saudi-born Mohammed Khalifa is accused of being "the voice behind the violence" by providing English narration on some 15 videos."
AP/The Guardian, British-born Islamic State suspect set to plead guilty to charges in US
"Alexanda Amon Kotey is accused of conspiring to torture and behead US and European hostages in Syria."
Thanks to Mina al-Lami for this one:
Unusual thread for foodies: The ISIS Kitchen! The jihadist group continues to put out food images showing its militants breaking their fast and praying during the month of Ramadan 1/ pic.twitter.com/3tnlB6YMb9
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Feras Kilani, New Lines, A Caliph Without a Caliphate: The Biography of ISIS’s New Leader
Original source from BBC Arabic
"Under Qardash’s leadership, ...
"El Shafee Elsheikh and Alexanda Kotey were extradited after US agreed not to seek death penalty."
John Beck, Rest of World, Funding the needy, or funding terror?
"Last year, online fundraisers began to appear on behalf of al-Hol residents. Many were seeking to finance escapes, others to pay for food and supplies. (While some donations have likely gone toward ...
"Sahayb Abu, 27, denied planning an atrocity and told the Old Bailey his efforts were focused on starting ...
"Two top officials overseeing UK cyber operations ...
Arab News, Exposed: UK Daesh cell fundraising for jailed jihadi brides
"Undercover journalists spoke with a “fixer” in Turkey before exposing a “courier” in London collecting what he thought was a £4,500 ($5,987) donation to the operation."