Thomson Reuters ISIS no longer controls any major population center in Iraq or Syria. While the much-dreamed-about caliphate may be dead, the resilient and adaptive group almost certainly will not go quietly into the night. Rather, it will work doggedly in the coming months to keep its brand alive, likely through a combination of actions. […]
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‘Future of ISIS caliphate’: Son of Sally Jones ‘still alive’ after ‘White Widow’ killed in US drone
Published time: 15 Nov, 2017 13:01 Syrian sources claim the son of British jihadist Sally Jones, dubbed the ‘White Widow’ by the media, is alive and well. Joe ‘Jojo’ Dixon, 12, was thought to have been killed alongside his mother in a CIA Reaper drone strike in June. Initial reports suggested the British woman used […]
‘Bombs were falling like rain’: ISIS wives & kids talk about life under ‘caliphate‘
Published time: 13 Nov, 2017 23:54 Women and children who managed to escape Islamic State shared with RT the harrowing stories of what they lived through, shedding light on the “caliphate’s” rules, imprisonment and the losses they endured. RT’s Murad Gazdiev spoke to some of the 19 Russian speaking women and 26 children who found […]
‘She bled to death, nobody paid attention’: ISIS wives share chilling stories of life in ‘caliphate’
Women who managed to break free from the clutches of Islamic State terrorists told RT harrowing stories of what they lived through, shedding light on the rampant violence, sex slavery and a bloodcurdling neglect for life thriving in the so-called “caliphate.” Khadija, who came to Syria from Tunis to live in Islamic State’s (IS, formerly […]
‘Their fictitious state has fallen’: Iraqi forces have captured the historic Mosul mosque where ISIS declared its ‘caliphate’
AP Photo/Felipe Dana MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) – After eight months of grinding urban warfare, Iraqi government troops on Thursday captured the ruined mosque in Mosul from where Islamic State proclaimed its self-styled caliphate three years ago, the Iraqi military said. Iraqi authorities expect the long battle for Mosul to end in the coming days as […]
‘Russia will not let itself be turned into caliphate’ – Putin on fighting ISIS in Syria
Over a third of the jihadists in Syria are foreign mercenaries, who include Russian nationals, Vladimir Putin told Oliver Stone, adding that, while Russia wants to work with the US in the fight against Islamic State, it won’t compromise its own security. Commenting on Russia’s military engagement in Syria, the Russian president highlighted the stark […]