Libya court sentences 23 to death for Islamic State campaign
Misrata, Libya Reuters A Libyan court sentenced 23 people to death and another 14 to life in prison on Monday for their role in a deadly Islamic State militant campaign that included beheading a group of Egyptian Christians and seizing the city of Sirte in 2015. The Attorney General’s office said in a statement that […]
Twenty year anniversary: US grapples with forces unleashed by Iraq invasion
ARSHAD MOHAMMED and JONATHAN LANDAY, of Reuters, report…
Two Armenian Catholic priests gunned down in Syria; Islamic State claims responsibility
Gunmen killed two Armenian Catholic priests when they opened fire on a car near the eastern Syrian city of Deir ez-Zor on Monday, according to reports. The so-called Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the attack which took place as the car was about to enter the city, having travelled from Qamishli. Two priests and […]
“Dire” conditions at Syria camp as thousands flee Islamic State
Thomson Reuters Foundation An influx of thousands of people fleeing Islamic State has created “dire” conditions at the al-Hol camp in northeastern Syria, the aid agencies working there said on Tuesday. About 15,000 people have arrived at the camp in the last week alone as the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces lay siege to the last […]
ESSAY: SHOULD AN ISLAMIC STATE BRIDE BECOME STATELESS?
Writing from London, MAL FLETCHER looks at the case of Islamic State bride Shamima Begum…
IRAQ: REBUILDING WITH AMERICAN FUNDS, MINORITY RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES STILL AWAIT SECURITY
JACK JENKINS, of Religion News Service, reports…
Thousands of Iraqis too scared to go home because of IS stigma
Thomson Reuters Foundation Hundreds of Iraqi families forced to flee last year’s fighting in Mosul are being prevented from returning home by their communities because they had a relative who joined the so-called Islamic State, an aid worker said on Tuesday. Communities are also barring some families from accessing aid for the same reason, said […]
WOW! FORMER ISLAMIC STATE LEADER TURNS FROM DEATH TO LIFE IN CHRIST
PETER WOODING, of ASSIST News Service, reports on how a former leader of the so-called Islamic State came to Christ…