Over a period of six months starting in August 2018, Dennison sent more than 30 hours of audio recordings to Trevor Aaronson, a journalist and executive director of the nonprofit Florida Center for Investigative Reporting. Keep Reading
Considering that the Islamic State claims to be the caliphate, it is hardly surprising that the organization sought to impose zakat taxation on the Muslim populations in the territories that it controlled in Iraq and Syria at the height of its power. Keep Reading
The Islamic State’s establishment of the caliphate set in motion across all of its bureaucratic entities a routinization of its structure into state-like management tools, and the military wing of the group transformed as well. Keep Reading
The infographic released by the terror group's Amaq news agency says that their attacks this year have killed and wounded more than 8,000 people. Keep Reading
Territorial defeat in Syria showed "did show the savagery, brutality and ill intentions of the Christians towards the Muslim community," says ISIS leader. Keep Reading
As the last shred of Islamic State territory in Syria fell to Kurdish-backed forces this month, thousands of people, including fighters, fled the enclave or surrendered. Keep Reading
"In our meetings, we talked about re-establishing the Ottoman Empire. This was the vision of Turkey," says emissary. Keep Reading
High-level Kurdish officials shared with us their anxieties over the potential U.S. pullout, which leaves them vulnerable in Syria. Keep Reading
Today, the number of wilayas claimed in propaganda appears to have reduced dramatically in number. Other wilayas still exist as they were when they were first announced in 2014 and 2015. Keep Reading
Beyond understanding what steps the Islamic State was undertaking to increase the number of females traveling into its territory, researchers also began to examine the demographics of this group of females. Keep Reading