Gen. Votel to Lead Business Executives for National Security
Votel, who will formally assume the position Jan. 2, joins BENS following a 39-year military career where he led the 79-member coalition that fought ISIS. Keep Reading
PERSPECTIVE: Enacting Western Justice in Regard to ISIS Foreign Fighters and Their Families
Many of the Westerners ICSVE researchers have interviewed have already spontaneously deradicalized, as they became seriously disillusioned by ISIS. Keep Reading
ISIS Claims Escalating Use of Wildfire Arson as Terror Tactic
Terror group reminded "soldiers of the caliphate" that they "millions of acres... plantations, fields and homes" to burn. Keep Reading
Baghdad Embassy Warns Americans: ‘Do Not Travel to Iraq’
While short on details, the embassy alert "advises all U.S. citizens of heightened tensions in Iraq and the requirement to remain vigilant." Keep Reading
Real Voices from the Caliphate Talk Back to Abu Bakr al Baghdadi
Foreign fighters who stood with ISIS leader up to the end had doubts before the Islamic State began to crumble. Keep Reading
Iraq Pushes Isolation Camp for Iraqis Who Lived Under ISIS
Humanitarian groups fear this could create prison camp conditions that prevent them from reintegrating into society and, in some cases, further radicalize them. Keep Reading
Belgian ISIS Fighter Confesses to Group’s Use of Chemical Weapons, Chlorine
Bilal Abdul-Aziz al-Marshouhi, 25, known as Abu Fadhil al-Belgiki (Belgian), faces a hangman's noose after being convicted by an Iraqi court. Keep Reading
An Experimental Soccer League in Post-ISIS Iraq Put a Major Theory on Prejudice to the Test
Seven teams were randomly selected to receive four Sunni Muslim players, while the others were assigned four extra Christian players. Keep Reading
Iraq Issues Warning of ISIS Attacks on Churches as New Zealand Retribution
The Iraqi Ministry of Interior has issued a warning to Baghdad’s security forces of a possible terrorist attack in response to the Christchurch shooting. Keep Reading
The ISIS Spy Who Saved Baghdad from 30 Terrorist Bombings
Elite Iraqi counterterrorism unit also sent in a fortune teller to take down a series of ISIS high-level leaders. Keep Reading
