Jun 30, 2014, al Akhbar The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has now officially become a global Islamic caliphate. It took 14 months for its leader, who is known as Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, to set himself up as a ruler “by order of God.” He is not only …

  Jun 29, 2014, Mint Press News

Jun 30, 2014, the Independent The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isis) has reportedly declared the areas it occupies in Iraq and Syria as a new Islamic state, removing Iraq and the Levant from its name and ushering in “a new era of international jihad”. The announcement will …

Jun 28, 2014, al Akhbar In the never-ending era of the Global War on Terrorism, with its insurgencies and counter-insurgencies, the thin line between military and humanitarian objectives has exceedingly been blurred – both sectors have found themselves aligned, at times uncomfortably so for humanitarian workers. Last month, the release …

  Jun 29, 2014, Press TV [view original source for video] Terrorists from the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) have publicly executed and crucified eight rival militants in Syria. The so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Sunday that the incident happened in Deir Hafer …

Jun 28, 2014, Press TV [view original source for video] New footage has emerged online showing Takfiri terrorists of the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) killing rival militants in Syria execution-style. The video shows militants shooting three men execution-style outside of the city of al-Raqqa. Militants …

Jun 21, 2014, AFP Jihadists from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) have executed three officers of the Western and Arab-backed rebel Free Syrian Army, a monitor said Saturday. The bullet-riddled bodies of the three were found on Friday, two days after suspected Islamist militants kidnapped them …

Jun 27, 2014, WSWS The war raging in Iraq between a Sunni uprising led by the extremist Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and the Shiite-dominated government in Baghdad—and the effective disintegration of the Iraqi nation-state it has caused—has drawn in not only the United States but, inexorably, countries …

Jun 26, 2014, the Guardian Mustafa Hassan had only been in captivity for a few hours and already he was planning his escape. After four days, he found his moment. While some of his fellow schoolboys distracted the religious teacher with questions, Hassan and a friend scaled a ladder on …

Jun 25, 2014, Ajamu Baraka Mass slaughter, rape, torture, pillage, perpetual war, cultural degradation, creating social divisions, psychological manipulation – the essential tools employed by Western powers to establish their 522-year domination over many of the peoples of the world – are still being used with frightening efficiency and effect …