Turkey-Russia war of words over jet. Image source, IS propaganda. IS militants cleaning their weapons in Syria. IS, Isil and Isis.
Politicians and the media are divided over what to call the Islamic State group. More and more politicians are choosing to call the group 'Daesh'. Related Topics. A Pennsylvania man pleaded guilty today to one count of attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham ISIS , a designated foreign terrorist organization. Mustafa Mousab Alowemer, 23, of Pittsburgh pleaded guilty to one count of attempting to provide material support to ISIS in relation to his plan to attack a church in Pittsburgh.
The Department of Justice is committed to identifying, disrupting and holding accountable individuals who seek to engage in such attacks. I commend the agents, analysts and prosecutors who identified the threat posed by this defendant and took action to protect the public from his plans.
Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman for the Western District of Pennsylvania. Alowemer will now face the consequences of his elaborate plan to inflict harm on innocent people. Instilling terror in the hearts of your opponents undermines their morale, making them more likely to stand down, flee, or surrender on the battlefield.
Once territory is captured, what comes next? More challenging is channeling the focused brutality of battle into actual governing. Yet, in fairly quick order, with the international community paying little attention, ISIS began setting up well-developed institutional structures. With this in mind, it becomes somewhat easier to understand how some residents — in a region that has long lacked law, order, and government services — might have gone along with or at least remained neutral toward ISIS rule.
In Iraq, Sunni populations had found themselves marginalized or worse. By that standard, ISIS rule may have seemed like an improvement. Of course, it would be a mistake to overstate the level of governance that ISIS actually provided. Byman Tuesday, October 29, Essay The believer: How Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi became leader of the Islamic State William McCants Tuesday, September 1, It matters that many people prefer cruel governance to no governance, and, whether we like it or not, it will always matter in places where governments are weak and lack legitimacy.
The Taliban seemed defeated after the initially successful U. In the mids, under President Hamid Karzai, and with corruption and governance failures mounting, the Taliban moved to fill the gap by providing free mediation of tribal and criminal disputes. Afghans soon reported surprising levels of satisfaction with Taliban verdicts in local courts, as my Brookings Institution colleague Vanda Felbab-Brown has detailed in her fieldwork in Afghanistan , and as a leaked report of interviews of Afghans detained by the U.
In his remarks on the death of al-Baghdadi, President Donald Trump, drawing a contrast with his predecessor, used language with the apparent aim of sounding tough. This would require more than bravado. But they are very much products of their context. Militants conquer a mile stretch of Syrian towns , from Deir Ezzor to the Iraq border. In Mosul, they blow up Jonah's tomb , a holy site dating back to the 8th century BC.
More than 30, Yazidi families are stranded in the Sinjar Mountains. A Yazidi lawmaker says that men have been killed, 70 children have died of thirst and women are being sold into slavery. US President Barack Obama authorizes "targeted airstrikes" if needed to protect US personnel and prevent potential genocide of minority groups.
The apparent executioner speaks in the same British accent as the man who purportedly killed Foley. January 22, - US diplomatic officials say that coalition airstrikes have killed an estimated 6, ISIS fighters. February 5, - Jordanian fighter jets carry out airstrikes over Syria, reportedly hitting ISIS training centers as well as arms and ammunition depots in Raqqa. ISIS posts a picture of a collapsed building and the terror group claims Mueller is buried in the rubble.
February 10, - Mueller's family announces she is dead , after receiving confirmation from ISIS, including a photo of her wrapped in a burial shroud. February 22, - ISIS releases a video that appears to show at least 21 Kurdish Peshmerga fighters in cages carried down Iraqi streets. He had been accused of being gay. There are at least a half dozen documented cases of ISIS killing men accused of being gay.
All but one are reportedly from a group of Assyrians captured in northern Syria. March 12, - Iraqi forces retake most of Tikrit. April 1, - Iraqi forces, aided by Shiite militiamen, take full control of Tikrit. April 19, - ISIS releases a video that appears to show militants beheading two groups of prisoners in Libya. The Ethiopian government confirms that 30 of the victims were Ethiopian citizens.
His wife is captured and the raid yields significant intelligence on ISIS's structure and communications. May 17, - ISIS seizes control of Ramadi, the largest city in western Iraq, after government security forces pull out of a military base. The frequency and savagery of ISIS attacks are alarming, according to the report.
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