Posts Tagged: Islamic State Syria
EU Memo Raises Security Concerns Over Mass Escape From Islamic State-Linked Syria Camp
An EU internal memo has raised security concerns about the escape of thousands of people from a detention camp holding relatives of suspected Islamic State fighters in northeastern Syria, suggesting terrorist groups could recruit from them. The memo, sent from the Cyprus presidency of the...
Islamic State ‘Caliphate’ Defeated, Yet Threat Persists
US-backed forces proclaimed the capture of Islamic State's last territory in Syria on Saturday, eliminating its rule over a self-proclaimed "caliphate," but the jihadists remain...
Islamic State Blows Up Church in Syria on Easter Sunday
JNS.org - Terrorists from the Islamic State group have reportedly blown up a church in northeastern Syria on Easter Sunday. The 80-year-old Church of the...
Mideast Christian, Yazidi Groups Urge UN Action on Islamic State Persecution
JNS.org - Organizations representing religious minorities in the Middle East have submitted a memorandum to the United Nations in New York City, asking that...
Syria’s Civil War Could Stabilize Its Region
Population shifts resulting from Syria's four-year-long civil war have profoundly changed Syria and its three Arabic-speaking neighbors: Iraq, Lebanon and Jordan. (Turkey and Israel have changed too, but less so.)...
Al Qaeda Group Spokesman Rejects Islamic State Alliance Rumors
A Jabhat al-Nusra spokesman tells the blog Syria Direct that rumors of an alliance between his Al Qaeda affiliate and the Islamic State are false. Western...
Al-Qaeda Linked Groups Make Gains in Syria, Challenging U.S. Efforts There
Gains by al-Qaeda linked Jabhat al-Nusra in northwestern Syria threaten to leave the U.S. with few options on the ground in that region. Jabhat al-Nusra recently attacked...
Where Did the Islamic State Come From?
The simple answer - and the one you'll hear most often - is that IS, or Islamic State (formerly ISIS) emerged out of al-Qaeda, gathering...
