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The article discusses the jihadist commander of the terrorist organization the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) Hassan Aboud, including his recruitment into ISIS and the rebel cleric Hassan al-Dugheim's perspective on Aboud. An overview of Aboud's role in fighting the Syrian government in the country's civil war is provided. The role that power and money played in the recruitment of Aboud to ISIS is discussed.

The article reports on detention of Islamic state (IS) fighters by American backed Kurdish militias in northern Syria that led to raise security risk of U.S. military officials. Topics discussed include partnership of the U.S. with Syrian Kurds in detention of IS fighters; the U.S. help in temping down the tensions in Syria between Kurdish militias and Turkey; and the U.S. Special Operations troops advise to Syrian Democratic Forces to catalogue biometrics of the detainees.

The article reports that the Islamic State strongholds in Syria and Iraq where Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and his allies lived, there was bitterness at the news that the head of the Islamic State had died.

The article offers information on the violence activities held by terrorist organization, Islamic State (ISIS) in villages Marashidah and Baghuz Fawqani in Syria which now remained some part of ISIS controlled territories.

The article reports on the capture of a 16-year-old American boy on the battlefield in Syria for fighting on behalf of the terrorist group Islamic State (ISIS), according to an announcement from the Syrian Democratic Forces.

The article reports on the consideration of the death of a service member in the northern part of Syria as the first combat death for the U.S. military on November 24, 2016. Topics discussed include the support given by Russia and Iran to the government of Syria, the statement of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights regarding the combat aircraft of Syria, and the death of the Turkish troops in fights against the Islamic State (ISIS) in Syria.

The article focuses on the collaboration of Syrian rebel fighters with the Turkish forces to fight the militant group Islamic State known as Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) or Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and the Syrian government. Topics include rebel fighter Saadeddine Somaa, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, and the Free Syrian Army.

The article discusses the challenges faced by the jihadists of the terrorist organization Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS, or ISIL) in building a state in Iraq and Syria. An overview of the public services offered by ISIS, including health services and a ISIS's call for Muslim experts and professionals to join in efforts to deliver public services in areas under their control, is provided.

The article reports that terrorist group Islamic State (ISIS) has retained its last vestige in eastern Syria after the Kurdish-led militia Syrian Democratic Forces suspended its operations.

The article discusses the Russian and U.S. involvement in the Syrian Civil War as a proxy war between the two countries, including in regard to the U.S.'s providing TOW anti-tank missiles to insurgent, or radical, forces fighting the Syrian government under President Bashar al-Assad. The degree to which Russian airstrikes target the terrorist group the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS, or ISIL) is discussed.

The article focuses on the terrorist organization the Islamic State, also known as ISIS or ISIL, and how a chemical strike they carried out on the town of Marea, Syria, on August 21, 2015, impacted the family of Abu Anas Ishara. Topics include Abu Anas role as a Syrian rebel fighter and a former police officer, the frequency in which ISIS attacks Marea, and their capacity to carry out more chemical attacks.

The article focuses on the Syrian rebel group known as Ahrar al-Sham, or the Free Men of Syria. The author explains that Ahrar al-Sham has vowed to fight the terrorist organization the Islamic State, also known as ISIS or ISIL, discusses their views on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, and explores their relationship with the militant Islam terrorist organization Qaeda. INSET: Water Is Called Casualty of War.

The article focuses on the abduction of a Syrian Army defector and his deputy by the terrorist group Nusra Front, an affiliate of the terrorist organization Al Qaeda, and how it has impacted a U.S. program to train Syrian rebels to fight the terrorist organization the Islamic State, also known as ISIS or ISIL. Topics include the difficulty in finding insurgents without the help of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and the U.S. relationship with Turkey in fighting ISIS.

The article reports on the success of Kurdish troops to defend the eastern part of Kobani in Syria from the extremists of the Islamic State. The perspective of Kobani resident Lasheen Abdulla about the aftermath of the war and the cruelty of the extremists is provided. Abdulla also shares the feeling of seeing his hometown destroyed by the Islamic State siege and the American-led air campaign.

The article focuses on the mass killing of innocent civilians by the retreating Islamic State fighters from Syria, and talks of reports by Syrian Observatory for Human Rights over the havoc due to multi sided war in Syria and Iraq, and destruction of historic Christian monasteries.

The article discusses U.S. president Barack Obama's confirmation and condemnation of the Islamic State (ISIS or ISIL) extremist organization's beheading of Abdul-Rahman (Peter) Kassig, an American aid worker who was working in Syria. Topics addressed include differences between the video footage of Kassig's beheading and videos of ISIS's previous beheadings of Westerners, as well as Kassig's work aiding refugees of the Syrian Civil War.

The article reports that the government of Turkey allows Iraqi Kurdish forces or pesh merga to cross Turkey's border with Syria to help battle the terrorist group Islamic State. It mentions that the decision of the government as announced by Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu shows a fundamental shift by the government who first refuse to use the country's border by the fighters to travel into Syria.

The article discusses the United States government's attempts to aid moderate Syrian rebel forces fighting in the Syrian civil war, focusing on the goal of creating a viable ground force to fight against the Islamic State (ISIS or ISIL) extremist organization. Topics addressed include U.S. president Barack Obama's strategy of providing arms and military training to the rebels, divisions within the Syrian opposition forces, and Syrian rebel leaders' attitudes towards U.S. aid.

The article reports on the effects of the July 2016 coup in Turkey on the war with the Islamic State in Syria and the policies set by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on fighting against the terror group.

The article reports that commander of the terrorist group Islamic State (ISIS) Hassan Aboud died from wounds received in a fight near Aleppo, Syria.

The article reports that Syrian Journalist Naji Jerf has been killed in Turkey, suspected to be done by terrorist group Islamic State, as Jerf documented atrocities of Islamic State in Syria; and presents views of Aref Krez, Jerf's co-worker, on Jerf's fear of being killed by Islamic State.

The article reports on the poison gas used by the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), a terrorist group, on their attack against civilians and insurgents in northern Syria.

The article reports on the concerns of Turks and Syrians related to the methods on how the Turkish government and the U.S. government will carry out their plans of pushing the extremist group Islamic State from the Syrian territory, along the border of Turkey that is controlled by jihadist group.

The article reports on the victory of the Syrian government soldiers and civilians against the Islamic State group (ISIS or ISIL) wherein the government forces are striking advance by the Islamic group and defensive on multiple fronts in Syria.

The article reports on the use of the compound, ammonium nitrate, a common fertilizer, to create explosives by the Islamic State in Syria.

The article reports on the growing number of foreign jihadists in Antakya, Turkey in which many of them are coalescing with the radical Islamic State terrorist group.

The article reports on the concern on slaughter as Islamic State militants pushed into the eastern edge of the Syria Kurdish town of Kobani.

The article reports on the field data gathered by arms-tracking organization Conflict Armament Research suggesting that jihadist group Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) have been using ammunition from the U.S. and other countries that support the countries' regional security forces.

The article reports on the attack of the Sunni jihadist extremist group Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant into a Kurdish village in Syria on October 1, 2014 while twin cars were bombed in Homs that left 45 people dead, including 41 children.

The article reports that opposition activists and insurgents in Syria question the military strikes carried out by the U.S. against the Islamic State in Iraq & Syria (ISIS), with suspicions that the U.S. has abandoned the goal of ousting Syria's President Bashar al Assad.

The article reports that Syrian Kurdish refugees are flooding the border with Turkey as the extremist Sunni militant group Islamic State has stepped up attacks on Kurds and Syrian towns like Kobani.

The article offers information on the propaganda and hostage video entitled "Lend Me Your Ears," released by the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) on September 18, 2014 which features British journalist John Cantlie.

The article reports that the Tabqa air base in Syria had fallen to fighters from political movement Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) on August 24, 2014.

The article reports on the use of social media by extremist group Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant to advance their cause and intimidate the public in realization that smartphones and social media accounts are all that they needed to instantly share material in real time with many jihadists.

The article reports on the attack of American-backed coalition to oust militants and reclaim the Syrian city of Hajin, the last vestige of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria's (ISIS) caliphate that straddled Syria and Iraq. It reveals the Islamic State's lost of the territories it seized in Syria and considers its defeat after a counter-insurgency operation. Observation and analysis of the shifting attack strategy of the ISIS, with lesser suicide attacks, ambushes and executions, is presented.

The article offers information on the U.S.-backed ground offensive in Syria to wipe out Islamic State fighters, that has been reignited in April 2018 in an attempt to beat back the militants' ability to wage guerrilla attacks. Topics covered include the factors that prompted the renewed counterterrorism and counterinsurgency campaign, the shift of Islamic State to guerrilla operations, and the acknowledgment by American officials that security and stability in the region remain elusive.

The article discusses a suicide bombing at a Kurdish wedding in Gaziantep, Turkey in August 2016 which resulted in the deaths of at least 51 people and injuries to another 69 individuals, and it mentions how the suspected suicide bomber was possibly a child or a teenager. Syria's civil war is addressed, along with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's decision to blame the Islamic State terrorist group for the bombing attack. Other terrorist attacks in Turkey in 2016 are assessed.

The article reports that the Turkish government has blamed a U.S.-backed Syrian Kurdish militia for a car bombing in Ankara, Turkey. Topics include the terrorist organization Islamic State, former American Ambassador to Turkey Francis J. Ricciardone Jr., and remarks from Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

The article discusses Turkey's policy of border control in an effort to address the European Refugee Crisis. An overview of Turkey's involvement in the Syrian Civil War, including its allowing of weapons to cross the Syrian-Turkish border to assist rebels fighting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and U.S. efforts to convince Turkey to combat the terrorist organization the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS, or ISIL), is provided.

The article reports that the U.S. military has been spending substantial funds to help detain thousands of Islamic State fighters and their family members in makeshift camps run by Kurdish militias in northern Syria, reaching deeper into the war zone detention operations.

The article looks at revised efforts by the U.S. Department of defense to deploy moderate Syrian rebels to fight the terrorist group known as the Islamic State, or ISIS. Changes to the initial plan include deploying larger numbers of fighters in safer areas and providing better intelligence and combat training. Other topics include local support for U.S.-backed fighters, U.S. air cover by drone aircraft, and U.S. screening of recruits.

The article reports that Division 30, a U.S.-aligned Syrian insurgent group, was attacked on July 31, 2015 by an Al Qaeda-affiliated Islamist faction known as the Nusra Front. It notes that the attack was unexpected, suggesting a significant intelligence failure in the effort to stabilize Syria. Differences between the Nusra Front and the terrorist group the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) are also covered.

The article focuses on the terrorist organization the Islamic State, also referred to as ISIS, ISIL, or Daesh, and their capacity to form a functioning government. The author discusses the group's seizure of land, including Raqqa, Syria, explores their use of extreme violence as a means of governing, and examines how an ISIS state formation would impact the military counterterrorism approach of the West.

The article discusses the Islamic State (ISIS or ISIL) extremist organization's approach to governing seized territories in Iraq and Syria, highlighting services and an Islamic extremist approach implemented by ISIS. Topics addressed include citizens' adaptation to the ISIS government following years of political instability; ISIS's installation of an extremist educational curriculum for children; and conditions in Raqqa, Syria.

The article discusses concerns regarding the ease with which individuals who wish to join the Islamic State (ISIS or ISIL) terrorist organization can pass into Syria through the Turkish border. Topics addressed include Turkey's efforts to increase border security amidst pressure from its Western allies, as well as Western countries' concerns that Turkey has not done enough.

The article reports on the strategic move of the U.S. Armed Forces in having airstrikes stranded a convoy of Islamic State (ISIS) fighters in the middle of Syria. According to spokesman for the American-led military coalition in Iraq and Syria, Col. Ryan Dillon, that the road on which the Islamic State convoy of buses and ambulances was traveling has been blocked by the airstrikes conducted to prevent the convoy from moving further east.

The article reports that dozens of people were killed in Islamic State (ISIS) prison because of bombing in eastern Syria and ISIS blamed the U.S. military for the attacks.

The article discusses a conflict between the Kurdish diaspora and the Islamic State (ISIS or ISIL) extremist organization in the Syrian town of Kobani. Topics addressed include the psychological and publicity importance of the conflict in Kobani, as well as Turkey's and the United States' roles in the conflict in Kobani.

The article reports on the impact of the airstrikes initiated by U.S. military in Raqqa, Syria. It states that while airstrikes were made to disrupt the activities of the Islamic State, the residents of the area were mad. It adds that the residents have anticipated the possible destabilizing effects of the military campaign including the increase of prices on basic commodities like fuel and food.