Transcript of Steven Sotloff “beheading” video
The following is a transcript of the video which appears to show the beheading of US journalist Steven Sotloff by an ISIS fighter with...
Steven Sotloff was an Israeli citizen who pretended to be a Chechen Muslim
Murdered journalist Steven Sotloff was a dual US-Israeli national that told locals during the Arab Spring he was a "Chechen Muslim".
The freelance journalist who...
ISIS to launch coin-based Dinar currency
ISIS announced it is to introduce a new coin-based currency in the territories it controls across Iraq and Syria.
The treasury department of the so-called...
UN report: Over 55,000 casualties in Iraq in 22 months
A UN report released today details the severe and extensive impact on civilians of the ongoing conflict in Iraq, with at least 18,802 civilians...
Council of Sunni Iraqi scholars issue statement condemning Fallujah “massacre”
The largest council of Iraqi Sunni scholars have issued a joint statement condemning what they describe as a "massacre" in Fallujah during the recent...
Foreign ISIS fighters likely to be well educated but unemployed
A study by the World Bank of 4,000 leaked ISIS membership documents shows ISIS fighters are likely to be better educated and better off...
VIDEO: This how the US army drove through traffic in the streets of Iraq
Shocking video footage showing how an American military Humvee rammed civilian cars from behind and drove towards oncoming traffic in the busy streets of...
Hundreds feared dead in suspected U.S. air strike in Iraq
At least 112 bodies have been pulled from the site of a US-led coalition airstrike in Mosul, Iraq.
The deaths have sparked renewed concerns about...
Iraqi Shia leader Muqtada al Sadr calls on Bashar al Assad to step down
Iraqi cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has become the first major Shia leader to call on Syrian President Bashar al Assad to step down.
Sadr, who is...
ISIS destroy Grand al-Nuri Mosque in Mosul according to Iraqi army
ISIS fighters have reportedly blown up the historic Grand al-Nuri Mosque in Mosul according to the Iraqi army.
Iraqi government forces and Shia militias advanced...
