BBC News, John Cantlie: Ten years since IS kidnap of British journalist in Syria "Today marks 10 years since British photojournalist John Cantlie was kidnapped by Islamic State militants in Syria.'
Jane Flanagan, The Times/Apple News (Paywall), Isis funds terror with ‘Tinder’ love scams "... (But) the con artists behind a new wave of “Tinder terror” that has snared a growing number of lonely hearts on South Africa’s version of the dating app are not your typical love rats or fraudsters ...
Brody McDonald, GNET, Extremists are Seeping Back into the Mainstream: Algorithmic Detection and Evasion Tactics on Social Media Platforms "The re-emergence of pro-ISIS accounts ...
Jayden Collins, LadBible, Islamic State enlists power of NFTs to recruit and spread terror, 6 Sep 2022 "A digital announcement from the Islamic State, praising an attack against the Taliban in Afghanistan has been minted and ...
Evening Standard, Man convicted of sharing Islamic State terror propaganda on social media for second time "A man has been found guilty of sharing so-called Islamic State propaganda material ...
Bruno Bayley, Vice, Photos From the Rise and Fall of the Islamic State "Lorenzo Meloni’s new photobook explores the Islamic State’s post-colonial origins, its terrifying ascendence and steep collapse."
Global News, Canadian was ‘prolific propagandist’ in ISIS, U.S. prosecutors say, 25 Jul 2022 "A 39-year-old IT worker who grew up in Toronto, Khalifa left Canada in 2013 for Syria, where he underwent training and used his English-language skills to narrate ...
BBC Monitoring, Jihadist Media Watch Newsletter
Super Mario iconography, represented in this intriguing post on Twitter.
ISIS supporters still using Super Mario Bros 1 iconography — a game fronted by an Italian plumber, presumably radicalized now — to push anti-US and anti-Iran tropes. pic.twitter.com/Ko0tLYN8fK
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Discussion from IS supporters on tech group is highlighted by JihadoScope:
Islamic State supporters debate authenticity of message that pro ISIS tech group AFAQ/EHF (Electronic Horizons Foundation) is shuttering. A source of recent controversy after its server was hacked in March, AFAQ ...
CNN, ISIS 'Beatles' cell member Alexanda Kotey sentenced to life in prison "Before Kotey's sentencing, 12 family members of the victims and two former hostages of the group gave gut-wrenching statements in court of their loss and continued struggles ...
BBC News, IS captors used 'sadistic' torture methods, court hears, 6 Apr 2022
"A journalist once held by captors from the Islamic State group has told a US court of "sadistic" and "terrifying" tactics used against hostages.
"Those in captivity ...
"In the months leading up to his travel, (Bernard Raymond) Augustine watched ISIS propaganda, ...
Reuters/Guardian, IS terrorists who kidnapped James Foley ignored efforts to negotiate, court hears, 5 April 2022 "Both Foleys testified that they first learned of James’s death from reporters calling for reaction. Michael Foley ...
Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, Why an ISIS Propagandist Abandoned Islam, 31 March 2022 "“Seeing individuals dedicate themselves to tyrannical death cults led by suicidal maniacs is bad enough. Knowing that I may have contributed ...
Copenhagen Post, Two men found guilty of planning a terrorist attack on the Tour de France "The court placed emphasis on the discovery of numerous effects that are used to make bombs and the men’s movements on social media and the internet – which linked them to Islamic State."
The National, Trial of alleged ISIS 'Beatles' member begins in US, 29 Mar 2022
"The trial of a man believed to be a member of an ISIS group nicknamed "The Beatles" for their British accents, and that beheaded US hostages ...
BBC News, Ericsson workers kidnapped after being sent to negotiate with IS, 27 "The telecoms company Ericsson put contractors' lives at risk by insisting they continued working in territory controlled by the Islamic State (IS) group in Iraq, according to a leaked Ericsson report ...
John Davison, Reuters, Islamic State hits back, aided by power vacuum in Iraq and Syria, 2 Feb 2022 A report by John Davison which is as comprehensive as it is depressing (but not surprising!). "Nearly three years after ...
Arab News, US woman charged with leading all-female Daesh battalion that targeted colleges "The US Justice Department on Saturday unsealed charges against an American woman who led an all-female Daesh battalion terror team that planned attacks against US universities."
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."