By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 9 September 2022
Has Turkey Captured the Islamic State’s “Caliph”?
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Tag Archives: Iraq
The Islamic State’s Take on the 2008-09 Israel-HAMAS War
Islamic State Profiles a Young Iraqi Jihadist Killed During the Battle of Mosul
By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 5 September 2022
Abu al-Zubayr al-Askari || Al-Naba 352, p. 9
The Contents of Islamic State’s Weekly Newsletter ‘Al-Naba’ in August 2022
By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 4 September 2022
Christian homes burned by the Islamic State in the Ituri region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo || Al-Naba 352, p. 5
Islamic State Spokesman Counters “Accusations” Against the Group and Explains its Purpose in Syria
By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 3 September 2022
Islamic State Describes Running an Insurgency From the Syrian Desert
Africa Dominates Two Months of Islamic State Propaganda
By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 31 August 2022
Islamic State fighters from Wilayat Sinai in Egypt || Al-Naba 348, p. 5
The ‘Strategic Plan’ of the Islamic State
By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 16 August 2022
United Nations Report Finds Al-Qaeda and Islamic State Reduced, But Reviving
By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 30 July 2022
Islamic State in Palmyra, December 2016
The Islamic State is Taking Advantage of the Mess in Northern Syria
By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 22 July 2022
The United States announced on 12 July that it had killed the Islamic State’s (ISIS) governor of Syria in a drone strike in the village of Galtan in the Jinderes district of the north-western Syrian province of Efrin on the border with Turkey. The U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) statement identified the slain man as “Maher al-Agal”, though a more precise transliteration is Maher al-Aqal (ماهر العقال). Riding on the motorcycle alongside Al-Aqal when he was killed was a “senior ISIS official” with whom he was “closely associated”. This ISIS official was “seriously injured during the strike”, CENTCOM notes, adding that the Jinderes strike caused no civilian casualties. Continue reading
