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The Straits Times
March 13, 2018
“The defendant sold his house in July 2015 and used part of the proceeds to help fund the trip to Syria,” Prosecutor Mr Jaya Siahaan told the court on ... The rest of the men claimed they declined the offer and said their intention to migrate and join ISIS was to become common civillians in a place that appliesÃÂ ...
The Guardian
March 12, 2018
The group, who carried signs reading “stop Turkey from helping Isis terrorists”, walked on to rail lines at about 1pm on Sunday, preventing trains from entering and leaving the station. It was reopened at about 4pm, with services remaining disrupted. A similar protest was staged on Sunday evening at King'sÃÂ ...
Modern Diplomacy
March 11, 2018
ISIS, or ISIL, or Islamic State, has been almost completely defeated in Syria, but the U.S. Department of Defense is requesting an increase instead of a ... The FY 2019 request fully funds the Syria T[rain]&E[quip/arm] program based on requirements to sustain a 35,000 Internal Security Force together with aÃÂ ...
Xinhua
March 5, 2018
MANILA, March 5 (Xinhua) -- A sub-leader of the Daesh-inspired Maute Group has taken over as the emir or leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in Southeast Asia, a Philippine military spokesman disclosed Monday. The new ISIS-Southeast Asia emir, identified as Abu Dar, succeeded IsnilonÃÂ ...
Yeni Şafak English
March 5, 2018
Video: Footage emerges of TAF, FSA clashes with terrorists during Sheikh Hadid captureOn Jan. 20, Turkey launched Operation Olive Branch to clear YPG/PKK-Daesh terrorists from Afrin.According to the Turkish General Staff, the operation aims to establish security and stability along Turkey's borders andÃÂ ...
Middle East Monitor
March 5, 2018
The Egyptian foreign ministry announced yesterday that it will participate the Global Coalition Against Daesh's next meeting in London to discuss ... via social networking websites and the encrypted information networks that such groups used to recruit new members and obtain funds and weapons.
Colorado Springs Independent
March 5, 2018
ISIS is using the Internet to raise funds, recruit, and spread propaganda, attack websites and spread malware all while simultaneously carrying out its conventional terrorist tactics. The Internet is allowing the scattered ISIS foot soldiers to re-group, continue to coordinate attacks and maintain logistics in theÃÂ ...
CNN
March 5, 2018
Recent reports have renewed criticism of Tillerson, charging he's been slow to request funds for the Global Engagement Center. Even as lawmakers urged the administration to act against Russian meddling and the terrorist messaging of groups like ISIS -- and gave it funding to work with -- Tillerson leftÃÂ ...
The Guardian
March 2, 2018
He told the boys, aged about 12 to 14, that he had established contact with Isis and showed them a series of videos projected on to the wall inside the marquee, ensuring the doors were closed. The images included blood, wounds and people falling from buildings. One film showed the exhumation of a boy.
Aljazeera.com
March 1, 2018
The tweets, written shortly after the 2015 Paris attacks, showed executions carried out by Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as Daesh) members. They included an image of the body of American journalist James Foley, who was decapitated in a widely circulated video by a member of ISILÃÂ ...
CBS News
March 1, 2018
A Homeland Security official said at a conference in Virginia that "the U.S. working on a real world threat related to ISIS in the WMD [weapons of mass ... office, said the threat is an "export of something happening in the Middle East that is causing us to devote thousands of dollars in very near-term funding.".
Ahval
February 22, 2018
“We have good information that YPG/PKK have released some Daesh prisoners to help them in the fight against Turkey, they have been directing them against Turkey.” said Eker ... Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan suggested in November that the United States was a major source of ISIS funding.
Aljazeera.com
February 14, 2018
Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and several non-state actors, including the EU, promise to fund rebuilding in Iraq. ... and hospitals, as well as revive its demolished infrastructure and economy following the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) armed group.
The Independent
February 14, 2018
Iraqi leaders have been left dismayed at the close of a three-day aid pledging conference for the country post-Isis at which just 34 per cent of the funds needed for rebuilding were raised. A total of $30bn (ã21.5bn) was promised by a handful of governments - well under the $88.2bn (ã63bn) Baghdad isà...
New York Times
February 13, 2018
An Iraq fund-raising conference in Kuwait attended by dozens of potential donors was headed for failure on Tuesday, with barely $4 billion pledged ... Some analysts noted that most if not all of the Iraqi cities ravaged during the fight against the Islamic State, also known as ISIS, ISIL and Daesh, are inÃÂ ...
NPR
February 13, 2018
Both were from the Iraqi city of Mosul, devastated during the fight to retake it from ISIS. An image from one neighborhood showed a recovering city - people sipping coffee inside a cafe with paintings on the walls. A photo from a different neighborhood showed buildings blasted to rubble and a pile of twistedÃÂ ...
HuffPost
February 12, 2018
Nations could help by acting as guarantors with lenders, allowing Iraq to take out soft loans to fund infrastructure projects, Mahdi al-Alaq, the ... The housing sector has the most urgent need for funds, said Raja Rehan Arshad, the lead disaster risk management specialist for the World Bank. Around 138,000ÃÂ ...
Asharq Al-awsat English
December 31, 1999
In a brief statement after the signing al-Hiti said that the reconstruction fund he heads is the first beneficiary of the Kuwait conference. The reconstruction of the health centers is the first project that was launched few weeks after the conference concluded and is expected to be completed within one year.
The Sun
December 31, 1999
ISIS warlords are sitting on a slush fund worth hundreds of millions of pounds so they can bring mayhem and terror to the West. And they've even begun investing the cash they plundered from Iraq and Syria in legitimate businesses and gold to boost their funds. Islamic State fighters on the border betweenÃÂ ...
Intelligence & Terrorism Information Center
January 12, 2018
The coins minted by the Islamic State apparently became superfluous when the Islamic State fell in November 2017. Now that these coins are no longer in use, ISIS is attempting to sell them as souvenirs, as part of its efforts to raise funds from various sources in order to overcome its financial problems.
Foreign Policy (blog)
January 11, 2018
The other areas highlighted on the map, including clusters near the towns of Hawija, Tuz Khurmatu, and Shirqat, were selected because of long-standing political and security concerns. “These have always been critical — even before ISIS. Hawija and Tuz Khurmatu [a disputed city near Kirkuk] have alwaysÃÂ ...
NRT
January 10, 2018
These funds will help restore basic services like water and electricity so that Iraqi families of all ethnic and religious backgrounds can return to their homes ... Part of the funding will address the needs of “vulnerable ethnic and religious minorities, especially those who have been victims of ISIS atrocities,” theÃÂ ...
Express.co.uk
December 16, 2017
An American woman is accused of laundering Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies to help ISIS, according to federal prosecutors. Zombie Shahnaz, a 27-year-old Pakistani-Born US resident, was being held without bail following the formal reading of her charges on Thursday. The 27-year-old was chargedÃÂ ...
CoinDesk
December 14, 2017
Though the indictment unsealed today makes no mention of the involvement of bitcoin directly, the office said in a press release that the funds she sent overseas – totaling more than $150,000 – were sourced in part from credit cards for which she fraudulently applied. Those cards were then used toÃÂ ...
PJ Media
December 13, 2017
"But in those ungoverned areas where ISIS and other terrorist organizations are able to operate, they make money by engaging in activities like that," he added. Pressed on which terrorist groups are involved in the slave trade, Sullivan replied, "I would have to get back to you for a specific answer.
Middle East Monitor
December 7, 2017
In addition to this, the US has provided $115 million to the UNDP's Funding Facility for Stabilisation for projects in Iraq which is due to double. “We have provided $112 million to help remove explosive remnants of war – IEDs, unexploded ordnance, and explosive caches left by Daesh – and have provided ...
The Guardian
December 7, 2017
A supermarket worker with close links to the Manchester Arena bomber has been found guilty of fighting with Islamic State in Syria. Mohammed Abdallah, 26, travelled to the war-torn state with the help of his younger brother, who ran an Isis “communications hub” from their family home in south Manchester.
gulfnews.com
December 7, 2017
The SCEC is funded “independently,” through donations by activists, the FSA and other local civil society groups, according to Nasser. It receives no foreign funding. This financial gap has created significant challenges for the center, primarily the lack of experienced specialists. Lack of funds means the ...
The National
December 7, 2017
The new court filings are a vivid illustration of the way extremist militants in Iraq and Syria have been using antiquities to fund their campaign. Three of the items were depicted in photographs found during a raid on the residence of Abu Sayyaf, the nom de guerre of a senior ISIL leader, in Deir Ezzor, Syria, ...
The Guardian
December 7, 2017
MPs, families and legal experts have raised serious concerns about comments made by the defence secretary, Gavin Williamson, suggesting that British troops should break the law by carrying out targeted extrajudicial killings of British jihadists. The Labour MP and former paratrooper Dan Jarvis said ...
PBS NewsHour
December 7, 2017
In 2014, when most U.S. ground forces were gone and Iraqi forces were too weak, the threat of ISIS in Iraq spawned the PMF, a government-sanctioned militia that was armed, funded and trained by Iran, America's long-time foe. In the second installment of our series “Iran Rising in Iraq,” special ...
Newsweek
December 6, 2017
The Department of Justice is ramping up efforts to take back ancient jewels the Islamic State militant group (ISIS) is allegedly using to fund its terrorist operations. After filing a civil complaint in December 2016 seeking the forfeiture of four of the artifacts, the federal law enforcement department announced on ...
Newsweek
December 5, 2017
U.S. Military Will Stay in Syria After ISIS Is Defeated, Threatening New Conflict With Russia and Iran ... Pahon went on to say that the U.S.'s ultimate withdrawal from Syria, where it began funding insurgents in at least 2012 and bombing ISIS in 2014, would be "conditions-based" and declined to offer any ...
Sputnik International
December 5, 2017
Still, for the average Western citizen, this is probably shocking — they assume the government is funding the good guys, but the truth is there are no good guys to fund. If an armed organization pledges to fight Daesh, which does not automatically make them a legitimate army. These are all outlaw groups.
Miami News Record
December 4, 2017
Settled in Miami since September 2016 following his flight from Nigeria as a target of ISIS, he is now seeking funding to return home and begin the hands-on work of his charitable, faith-based organization, “Hope Restoration Mission.” Bugi, who earned his bachelor's and master's degrees in Technical ...
fox6now.com
November 3, 2017
He started supporting the school with funds. “One of the measures is to see just how many people are part of the community, [and] month after ...
The Independent
November 1, 2017
The growing pool will be joined by former Isis members returning .... Isis has been intensifying its efforts to inspire global terror attacks as its ...
Newsweek
November 1, 2017
The Justice Department announced in October that it had charged a man from the Philippines for funding a proposed ISIS attack in New York ...
Newsweek
October 26, 2017
“With their photo cards, parents received the funds from the employment center or the family allowance fund before sending them...to areas of ...
Stars and Stripes
October 24, 2017
Philippine military chief says ISIS funded siege ... by IS as its Southeast Asian branch and obtain funding from the Middle East-based group.
9news.com.au
October 23, 2017
A Melbourne man charged with providing financial support to Islamic State fighters in Syria has been refused bail after being arrested during an ...
The Sun
December 31, 1999
BRITISH terror suspects returning from Syria will be offered taxpayer-funded council homes to "bribe" them not to attack the UK, according to ...
BuzzFeed News
September 19, 2017
The meeting came amid a string of military successes against ISIS in Syria, ... The nations agreed that a massive influx of international funds toÃÂ ...
Newsweek
September 19, 2017
... in a similar way, including stories titled “Clinton and ISIS Funded by the Same Money” and “How 100% of the Clintons' 'Charity' Went to…
Newsweek
September 19, 2017
The war against the Islamic State militant group (ISIS) is slowly moving ... put more funding into a unit for counterterrorism referral online; andÃÂ ...
The Independent
September 18, 2017
He hadn't seen public beheadings by Isis, or his teenage neighbour ... autonomous Kurdish administration, funded and equipped by the US.
Daily Sabah
September 8, 2017
There is a "real risk" of increased funding for attacks in Europe as the Daesh terrorist group loses ground in Iraq and Syria, the EU's securityÃÂ ...
CBS Chicago
August 31, 2017
CHICAGO (CBS) — A Villa Park man has been arrested for allegedly conspiring to provide funding to three Brooklyn men who tried to travel toÃÂ ...
Live Trading News
August 21, 2017
However, Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) was able to use the ... He received thousands of pounds in cash to fund his own terrorist plot,ÃÂ ...
Newsweek
August 2, 2017
Lack of funding to the Global Engagement Center is seen as a result, in part, of Trump's intention to slash the State Department's budget.
