Russia’s military fired seven cruise missiles Thursday at Islamic State targets in the eastern Syrian province of Deir el-Zour as pro-government forces closed in on the militants holed up in the eponymous capital. CBC | World News
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Young Canadian ISIS recruit says he saw violence on scale he could never have imagined
In early 2014, a young Toronto-area man who went by the jihadi nom de guerre “Abu Huzaifa al-Kanadi” (Abu Huzaifa the Canadian) cleaned out his bank account and left to join the ranks of ISIS. CBC | World News
Read More »Ceasefire halts Syria-Lebanon border fight against ISIS
Ceasefires are in effect in the border area between Syria and Lebanon, halting separate but simultaneous week-long offensives against ISIS by the Lebanese army on one side and Hezbollah and Syrian troops on the other. CBC | World News
Read More »ISIS stronghold Tal Afar about to fall, Iraqi military says
Iraqi forces have raised the national flag in the heart of Tal Afar, ISIS’s stronghold in the country’s northwest, and say they’re poised to take full control of the city after a week-long offensive. CBC | World News
Read More »The State review: ISIS drama is a journey into madness
PETER Kosminsky’s epic drama The State taps into something many of us recognise. Daily Express :: TV and Radio Feed
Read More »The State: Daughter of aid worker beheaded by ISIS asks Channel 4 to delay broadcast
THE STATE series is set to launch tonight, but the daughter of an aid worker beheaded by so-called ISIS fanatic Jihadi John has asked the network to delay the broadcast. Daily Express :: TV and Radio Feed
Read More »The State: What time is it on Channel 4, how many episodes are in the new ISIS drama?
THE STATE is Channel 4’s compelling new drama about four young Britons who travel to Syria to join ISIS. Here is everything you need to know. Daily Express :: TV and Radio Feed
Read More »Iraq starts operation to take back Tal Afar from ISIS
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said the operation to retake the town of Tal Afar, west of Mosul, from the Islamic State group has begun. CBC | World News
Read More »For ISIS, Barcelona is another trophy to add to tally of attacks on Europe’s iconic sites
The deadly attack on locals and tourists walking through Barcelona’s Las Ramblas district is part of a strategy on the part of ISIS to target popular destinations in major cities across Europe and a signal that any major metropolitan area could be hit, say some who have studied similar attacks. CBC | World News
Read More »ISIS issues warning to jihadis against cutting HAIR BRAIDS with threat of 20-lashes & jail
ISIS has issued bizarre instructions to fighters not to cut their hair braids and threatened to whip and imprison any militants who violate the order. Daily Express :: News Feed
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