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Jul 21, 2014, Orontes Chaldean website ankawa.com says a university professor was killed after speaking out against anti-Christian persecution. Meanwhile, the Islamic State has set the jizyah [tax on religious minorities] at 450 dollars. He refused to keep silent about the violence agaist Mosul’s Christians  who are forced to choose …

Iraqi families displaced by the Isis offensive in Mosul and northern Iraq at a refugee camp near Irbil. Photograph: Kamal Akrayi/EPA Jul 24, 2014, The Guardian The militant group Islamic State (Isis) has ordered all girls and women in and around Iraq‘s northern city of Mosul to undergo female genital …

Jul 23, 2014 This video shows excerpts from an interview with Iraqi Christians from Mosul who fled their city after the Wahhabi terrorist group, the Islamic State – formerly known as ISIL (Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant), gave the city’s Christians an ultimatum of a few hours to …

Jul 19, 2014 Iraqi Christians are fleeing Mosul after Islamist militants threatened to kill them unless they converted to Islam or paid the Jizya “protection tax”. A statement issued by the Islamic State – formerly known as the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) – was read out …

Jul 8, 2014, Al Alam Terrorist groups fighting against the Syrian government say they have received the second batch of US-made anti-tank missiles. According to the Saudi daily Akkaz, the Takfiri militants have received TOW anti-tank rockets in the strategic Qalamoun region. On April 15, an unnamed militant source said …

July 2, 2014, RT.com Sunni ISIS jihadists are recruiting children as young as 10 years old to fight for an Islamic state in Iraq and Syria. While there are boys who voluntarily join the ISIS, there are many more who are being forced to fight for jihad. 10-year old Abdullah …

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 …

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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 …