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Leaked document shows makeup of an Islamic State fighting unit

As ISIS battles to retain control over their last stronghold in Iraq, newly leaked document shows just how much of a conventional army it is.

ISIS leader Baghdadi reportedly in Mosul, 'followers will fight to death'

By HAIM ISROVITCH/MAARIV ONLINE
What lies ahead at the gates of Mosul?

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN
Iraqi in wheelchair makes risky escape from Islamic State

By REUTERS

Iraqi forces resume last push of offensive towards ISIS-held Mosul

The army's counter-terrorism unit had paused its advance last week after it made ground quicker than forces on other fronts, to allow them to close the gap and get nearer to the city.

By REUTERS
Middle East: Blood and fire on the Nineveh plains

Kurds do not forget the times of hardship; they know what is at stake here in northern Iraq.

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN
Analysis: Which Iraq will triumph in Mosul?

As the Iraqi army and Kurds fight side-by-side against ISIS in Mosul, Kurds wonder whether their unique role in fighting extremism will be remembered when the war ends.

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN
JPost on the frontline: Iraqi army retakes Christian towns as Mosul battle rages

Elite counter-terrorism units advance to liberate Christian towns on Nineveh plain as ISIS suicide bombers try to slow the attack on their regional capital in Iraq.

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN
Sinai: 150 ISIS militants wounded, killed in Egyptian air strikes

According to reports, around 70 militants were killed and dozens more wounded.

By YASSER OKBI/ MAARIV HASHAVUA,JACOB WIRTSCHAFTER/THE MEDIA LINE
Hundreds near Mosul sent to hospital after sulfur plant set alight

The US officials said Islamic State set the sulfur plant ablaze on Thursday during fighting around al-Mishraq, which is south of Mosul.

By REUTERS
Islamic State attacks Kirkuk as Iraqi forces push on Mosul

The offensive that started on Monday to capture Mosul is expected to become the biggest battle fought in Iraq since the US-led invasion in 2003.

By REUTERS
JPost joins Kurds in face of mortars, snipers on the road to Mosul

As massive offensive reaches its fifth day, Kurds liberate more land from ISIS but face stiff resistance.

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN
Shin Bet: Arab-Israeli couple arrested for joining Islamic State in Iraq

Sakhnin couple arrested in September following long-winded return from Iraq with their three children, the Shin Bet announces Thursday.

By JPOST.COM STAFF
US expects Islamic State to wield chemical weapons in Mosul fight

Attacking Iraqi forces are still 12 to 30 miles (20 to 50 km) from the city itself and US officials believe that Islamic State is most likely to use chemical weapons later in the campaign.

By REUTERS
20 villages fall in first day of Mosul advance, Iraqi forces say

The battle for Mosul is expected to leave behind a vast humanitarian crisis, the UN estimates around a million to be displaced.

By REUTERS
Will the inevitable reconquest of Mosul be the death knell of ISIS?

The idea of a territorial Caliphate is indeed going kaput, but the Islamic State is expected to go back to its roots - trying to carry out terror attacks anywhere it can.

By YOSSI MELMAN
Iraq launches offensive to recapture Mosul from ISIS

The assault on Mosul is backed the US-led coalition and could be one be the biggest military operations in Iraq since the 2003 US-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein.

By REUTERS
Public display of ISIS flag is legal in Sweden, prosecutor rules

The flag has been banned from public display in both the Netherlands and Germany.

By JPOST.COM STAFF
ISIS suspected as suicide bomber kills 3 at refugee camp on Syria-Jordan border

The attack targeted an outpost manned by the Jaish al-Ashair rebel group at the Rakban refugee camp.

By REUTERS
Syrian rebels seize symbolically important Dabiq from Islamic State

An Islamic prophesy names Dabiq as the site of a battle between Muslims and infidels that will presage doomsday, a message used extensively in Islamic State's propaganda.

By REUTERS
ISIS thwarts rebellion plot in Mosul as army closes in

Islamic State militants have placed booby traps across the city of Mosul, dug tunnels and recruited children as spies in anticipation of attack.

By REUTERS
German police capture Syrian refuge suspected of planning bomb attack

"Tired but overjoyed: we captured the terror suspect last night in Leipzig," Saxony state police said on Twitter.

By REUTERS
Dutch photojournalist killed by 'ISIS sniper' in Libya

Jeroen Oerlemans had been reporting on fighting between government and Islamic State troops.

By REUTERS,JPOST.COM STAFF
Did ISIS use chemical weapons in rocket strike near US troops in Iraq?

US military testing to see if chemical agent used in attack; no American forces injured.

By REUTERS
Report: ISIS shoots down Syrian warplane allegedly killing pilot

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which monitors the Syrian conflict now in its sixth year, says the pilot of the MIG Syrian warplane was killed.

By REUTERS
France's 'first all-female ISIS cell' allegedly sought to strike Eiffel Tower

The four-woman jihadi group's leading member was arrested last week in connection to an explosives-laden car found near another Paris landmark - the Notre Dame cathedral.

By JPOST.COM STAFF,REUTERS
ISIS ploting to massacre Christians in Belgian shopping mall

The son of a radical Imam in Belgium has confessed to recruiting extremists in order to carry out terror attacks.

By JPOST.COM STAFF
Report: ISIS attack expected on Egypt-Israeli border in the next six months

“In the next six months they will try to carry out an attack and try to do something against Israel,” officer tells The Telegraph.

By JPOST.COM STAFF
UK Islamist preacher Choudary jailed for 5 years over ISIS praise

Choudary infamously praised the men responsible for 9/11 and refused to condemn the 7/7 London bombings.

By REUTERS
'ISIS kilometers away from Israel's northern border'

A new video shows ISIS-linked coalition advancing on the Yarmouk Valley region located in the triple border junction between Israel's Golan Heights, Jordan and Syria, Channel 2 reports.

By JPOST.COM STAFF
From topless model to ISIS bride

An ex-British topless model has been suspected of contact with an Islamic State recruiter online, claiming she found "peace" through Islam.

By JPOST.COM STAFF
Mass graves with thousands of Islamic State victims found in Iraq and Syria

Graves could be used in war crimes trials.

By LINDA GRADSTEIN/THE MEDIA LINE
Confiscated ISIS documents provide glimpse into terror group's inner workings

The Daily Beast claims that it exclusively obtained the official ISIS-stamped files that provide examples of inner-turmoil afflicting various ranks of Islamic State's expansive operations.

By JPOST.COM STAFF
Turkey, US-led coalition launch large-scale border offensive against ISIS

A Syrian rebel said the fighters were waiting for the signal to enter Jarablus and a second rebel said around 1,500 fighters were now gathered at a location in Turkey.

By REUTERS

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