ISIS Threat

From petrol to pesco: ISIS turns to 'non-traditional' terror funding

The US-led coalition has targeted Islamic State's financial infrastructure, using air strikes to reduce its ability to extract, refine and transport oil.

Italy nabs four suspected in ISIS plot to attack Israeli embassy, Vatican

By JPOST.COM STAFF,REUTERS
VIDEO: ISIS forces withdraw from strategic town under Assad’s protection

By MAAYAN GROISMAN
Boston-area men charged in ISIS-inspired beheading plot against police

By REUTERS

ISIS ruins part of the ancient Assyrian city wall near Mosul

According to Alsumaria news, an Iraqi news site, the terror organization shattered in the past few days Adad gate, which was part of the northern sector of the Acropolis walls of ancient Nineveh.

By MAAYAN GROISMAN
Watch: ISIS claims partial control of Palestinian camp in Damascus

ISIS-affiliated media claim to show takeover of parts of the Yarmouk Palestinian camp which has mostly been under the control of al Nusra Front for a year.

By REUTERS
ISIS assassinates journalist in Turkey for reporting about its crimes in Syria

The ISIS-affiliated news agency, Amaq, reported Monday that "a security detachment that belongs to ISIS shot yesterday the journalist Zaher al-Shurqat, who anchors anti-ISIS TV programs."

By MAAYAN GROISMAN
Obama to discuss Islamic State at CIA next week

The meeting, set for Wednesday, comes as the administration weighs a plan to up the number of US special operations forces deployed to Syria to try to advance recent gains against ISIS.

By REUTERS
ISIS executes 175 kidnapped workers in Northeast Damascus

No further details were provided on the nature of the killings.

By REUTERS
Syria-Russia-Iran axis likely to liberate ISIS heartland, not Western backed forces

Moscow’s support making critical difference for Assad regime, Middle East expert Joshua Landis tells ‘Post.’

By ARIEL BEN SOLOMON
Russia's UN envoy warns world about antiquities trade that nets ISIS $200 million per year

Ambassador Vitaly Churkin says plundered antiquities were largely smuggled through Turkish territory.

By LOUIS CHARBONNEAU/REUTERS
Report: ISIS threat spurs US to weigh pull of troops in Sinai

According to CNN, the Obama administration is examining the relocation of US and international peacekeeping forces from a base in the volatile northern Sinai to areas in the peninsula's south.

By JPOST.COM STAFF
With Turkey's blessing, coalition planes destroy ISIS-occupied Turkish consulate in Mosul

Iraqi officials say they will retake Mosul this year, the city which is by far the largest population center controlled by the jihadists.

By REUTERS
Watch: 'Save us from ISIS or bomb us with chemical weapons,' Iraqi woman asks the world

In a video released on the Facebook page of the Iraqi social media campaign, "Fallujah is dying of hunger," the woman demands from the world: "save us from ISIS or bomb us with chemical weapons."

By MAAYAN GROISMAN
ISIS claims responsibility for killing ten Russian soldiers in the Caucasus

The claim of responsibility read: "The Caliphate's soldiers managed to explode two vehicles of the Russian army in Kaspiysk, eastern Dagestan, thereby killing ten soldiers."

By MAAYAN GROISMAN
Analysis: ISIS and the fantasy of an Islamic caliphate are not long for this world

With the advances of Assad's army, and the recapture of Palmyra, ISIS now finds itself threatened on three sides.

By YOSSI MELMAN
Syrian army deals ISIS 'its biggest defeat since founding of caliphate'

Syrian television quoted a military source saying the army and its militia allies took "complete control over the city of Palmyra."

By REUTERS
Syrian army enters Palmyra seeking to recapture historic city from ISIS

A monitoring group said the fighting was still outside the city, after a rapid advance the day before brought the army and its allies right up to its outskirts.

By REUTERS
As Brussels gains sympathy after attacks, Turks wonder: What about us?

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan condemned the attacks in Brussels that killed at least 30 people on Tuesday and said there was no difference between terror organizations.

By JPOST.COM STAFF
ISIS supporters on social media celebrate lethal Brussels bombings

After the first explosion in Zaventem airport, Islamic State's supporters created on Twitter the hashtag "Brussels is on fire" to express their happiness in light of the attack.

By MAAYAN GROISMAN
Turkey says Istanbul suicide bomber identified as ISIS member

Turkish interior minister names Mehmet Ozturk, born in 1992 in Gaziantep, as Saturday's suicide bomber.

By REUTERS
Suspected Istanbul bomber - A said ISIS terrorist known to Turkish authorities

Savaş Yıldız was a 33-year-old Turkish national from the southern city of Adana.

By MAARIV ONLINE
Kerry: Islamic State has committed genocide

US secretary of state says extremist group's crimes against humanity include ethnic cleaning of regional minorities such as Christians, Yazidis.

By REUTERS
Amid Russia's withdrawal, ISIS announces the killing of Russian military adviser in Syria

The ISIS announcement came shortly after Russian President Vladimir Putin declared Monday that Russia will start withdrawing a main part of its forces in Syria.

By MAAYAN GROISMAN
Watch: ISIS vows to kill all agents cooperating with 'Western Crusaders'

ISIS delivered a message to Western agents: "Even if you develop your information security and convince yourselves that you will never be overcome, you will never get away from us."

By MAAYAN GROISMAN
Simon Wiesenthal Center lauds Twitter for cracking down on ISIS use

The international Jewish human rights organization gives Twitter a grade of "B" in a report card of social networking companies' efforts to fight online activity by militant groups.

By REUTERS
UK police: Islamic State seeking 'spectacular attacks' on West

"What we are now seeing in recent months...is the broadening of the threat...going from that narrow focus on police and military and symbols of the state to something much broader," says UK police.

By REUTERS
Report: ISIS gunmen stage mutiny, kill local commander in de facto capital

According to the reports, Abu Ali al-Tunisi, the commander of the military wing of ISIS' northern Syria branch, was killed by his former charges.

By JPOST.COM STAFF
ISIS branch calls on Muslims to kill 'Russian apostates', vows to attack Putin

In new video, the extremists group's so-called 'Caucasus Province' urges Muslims in Russia to join them, claiming that "the Caliphate is already here."

By MAAYAN GROISMAN
20,000 ISIS-bound uniforms seized in Spain

The uniforms were hidden in three containers, tagged as second hand clothes, police said in a statement.

By REUTERS
In Islamic State battle, Cairo struggles to rally Sinai tribes

The local fighters promised to provide 300 men who could bring intelligence and help close down routes used to smuggle in weapons from neighboring countries.

By REUTERS
Report: Prisoner exchange deal takes place between ISIS and Hezbollah in Syria

Hezbollah and ISIS rapidly reached agreement on the deal, which may signal that both terror organizations that compete over dominance in Syria actually have well established working relations.

By MAAYAN GROISMAN
Egyptian actress: ‘I would marry anyone who kills ISIS leader’

In a press statement, Shaheen, a well-known actress in Egypt, stated that she will spend with the man who kills Baghdadi "a beautiful month he has never dreamt about."

By MAAYAN GROISMAN
Report: ISIS leader's German wife escapes the organization's territory in Iraq

The wife, Diane Kruger, has reportedly fled ISIS territory accompanied by two girls who helped her, and her current location is not known.

By MAAYAN GROISMAN

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VIDEO: Islamic Jihad shows off newest weapon in war against Israel

Islamic Jihad has traditionally used social media to post images and video clips of fallen Israeli drones.

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NYU Graduate Student Union members appeal pro-BDS resolution

“This movement stifles free speech, limits academic freedom, and minimizes social interactions at a time when respectful dialogue is needed on the most complex and pressing issues of our generation."