Tag: the caliphate
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Mehdi Hasan: How Islamic is Islamic State? » It is difficult to forget the names, or the images, of James Foley, Steven Sotloff, David Haines, Alan Henning and Peter Kassig. more ›
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How ISIS Built the Machinery of Terror Under Europe’s Gaze » The day he left Syria with instructions to carry out a terrorist attack in France, Reda Hame, a 29-year-old… more ›
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How al-Qaeda and Islamic State are fighting for al-Shabaab affections in Somalia » The global terror movements al-Qaeda and Isil are fighting a tug-of-war for the affections of al-Shabaab in… more ›
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The secret world of Isis brides: ‘U dnt hav 2 pay 4 ANYTHING if u r wife of a martyr’ Karen sat in a hotel room in Istanbul, grappling with… more ›
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How Isis crippled al-Qaida On 5 February, Jordanian officials confirmed that the intellectual godfather of al-Qaida, Abu Muhammad al-Maqdisi, had been released from prison. Though he is little known in… more ›
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With Victories, ISIS Dispels Hope of a Swift Decline BAGHDAD — Just last month, when Western and Iraqi officials talked about the Islamic State, it was mostly to list a… more ›
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As usual, the Islamic State opened the attack with suicide bombers, but in this case on an even bigger scale: The militants sent in 10 bomb-laden vehicles, each believed to… more ›
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The Real Problem in Iraq Over the weekend, as ISIS fighters rolled into Ramadi, the capital of Iraq’s Anbar Province, one of them posted a video to the Internet. It… more ›