Islamic State Ongoing Updates - April 2016

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30 April 2016

• UPDATE (05-01-16): Joining ISIS: It's Not Always for the Reasons You Might Assume
• UPDATE (05-01-16): ISIS shells Baghdadi vicinity west of Ramadi with 20 rockets
• UPDATE (05-01-16): Jazeera Operations forces repulse ISIS attack east Hadditha, 25 terrorists killed
• UPDATE (05-01-16): IS claims responsibility for Baghdad bombing that killed 21

29 April 2016

• UPDATE (05-01-16): Why was a New York dog walker on an ISIS hit list?
• UPDATE (04-29-16): World must respond to Islamic State genocide actions, U.N. conference hears
• UPDATE (04-29-16): Chaldean Patriarchate says ISIS attack on iconic Clock Church meant 'to erase Iraq's Christian Gospel'
• UPDATE (04-29-16): RAF bombers have wiped out 1,000 ISIS jihadists since campaign in Iraq and Syria began
• UPDATE (04-29-16): Stories of ISIS victims are emerging, and they're unbelievably brutal
• British extremist preacher linked to Lee Rigby killer emerges as head of Islamic State in Somalia
• Italy's anti-terror chief: nabbed quartet were 'dangerous'
• US moves drones over ISIL in Libya

28 April 2016

• UPDATE (04-29-16): Islamic State turns to selling fish, cars to offset oil losses - report
• UPDATE (04-29-16): Islamic State claims strikes on Turkish artillery as tensions rise on Turkey-Syria border
• UPDATE (04-29-16): ISIS: Jihadi kickboxer who planned to attack Israeli embassy in Rome is arrested
• UPDATE (04-29-16): Italy Uncovers Islamist Plot to Attack Vatican and Israeli Embassy
• UPDATE (04-29-16): Prosecutors Says [sic] IS Ordered Italian Resident to Attack Rome
• UPDATE (04-29-16): Italy arrests Islamic State suspects, uncovers attack plot
• UPDATE (04-29-16): Moroccan kick boxer 'ordered by ISIS to carry out an attack in Rome this year' is arrested along with his wife and two others on suspicion of terror offenses
• UPDATE (04-29-16): Italy says uncovers possible plot to attack Rome, arrests suspects
• UPDATE (04-29-16): Italy nabs four suspected in ISIS plot to attack Israeli embassy, Vatican
• Alleged jihadist couple in Italy 'planned to take kids to Syria'

27 April 2016

• UPDATE (04-29-16): 'ISIS recruiters" arrested - including sisters who worked at Moscow airport and for Russian intelligence - after raid on apartment uncovers grenades and explosives
• UPDATE (04-29-16): ISIS bombs residential compound with 50 Katyusha rocket west of Ramadi
• ISIS has terror cells in England, says US intelligence chief
• ISIS docs show how struggle to retain fighters, cut costs
• US military conducts cyber attacks on IS
• ISIS drowns 7 civilians in metal cages in central Mosul

26 April 2016

• UPDATE (04-27-16): How real is the threat from dormant ISIS cells in Italy?
• UPDATE (04-27-16): Flow of Fighters to Iraq, Syria to Join Islamic State Has Slowed, U.S. Says
• UPDATE (04-27-16): Sweden on alert for possible Islamic State attack in capital: local media
• Iraq says 'ISIS terrorists targeting Stockholm'
• ISIS hacks Lamont Christian Church website saying, 'We will enslave your women'

25 April 2016

• UPDATE (04-27-16): Another Defendant in Terror-Recruiting Case Pleads Guilty
• UPDATE (04-27-16): Canadian tourist is beheaded by Muslim terrorists in the Philippines five months after $6.5 million ransom demand - just hours after the deadline expired
• UPDATE (04-26-16): ISIS Spreading in Europe, U.S. Intelligence Chief Warns
• UPDATE (04-26-16): In Effort to Defeat ISIS, U.S. and Iran Impede One Another
• UPDATE (04-26-16): Islamic State claims responsibility for murder of Bangladeshi professor
• UPDATE (04-26-16): How ISIL colluded with Assad to make $40m a month in oil deals
• UPDATE (04-26-16): Islamic State blows up Empress Eugenie's Clock Church in Mosul
• Germany to build air base in Turkey for ISIS campaign
• British man arrested in Italy on suspicion of funding ISIL
• Iraqi Sects' Discord Blunts US-Backed Drive Against ISIS 

24 April 2016

• UPDATE (04-25-16): A Syrian rebel's slaying in Turkey points to the long, lethal reach of ISIS
• UPDATE (04-25-16): Obama 'to send 250 more non-combat troops'
• UPDATE (04-25-16): Philippines: Jihadists loyal to Islamic State warn they will behead Western hostages 

22 April 2016

• UPDATE (04-24-16): ISIS suspect reveals plans to open route from Syria to U.S. through Mexico
• UPDATE (04-24-16): Two British students jailed for plotting ISIS-style drive-by shottings
• UPDATE (04-23-16): Photo of beheaded man: ISIS's reply to Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's peace message
• UPDATE (04-23-16): ISIS Ex-Hostages Identify Brussels Suicide Bomber as Captor
• Tracing the path of four terrorists sent to Europe by the Islamic State
• IS suicide attack kills eight at Iraq Shiite mosque

21 April 2016

• UPDATE (04-23-16): Feds: Minnesota men spoke of terrorist attacks in US
• 'Cash-strapped ISIS killing injured fighters to sell organs
• ISIS Executes At Least 250 Women for Refusing 'Temporary Marriage' in Iraq's Mosul

20 April 2016

• UPDATE (04-21-16): MPs unanimously declare Yazidis and Christians victims of ISIS genocide
• UPDATE (04-21-16): ISIS fighters embedded with Boko Haram: Nigerian General
• UPDATE (04-21-16): ISIS launches chemical attack on Peshmerger forces in Kuwer axis

19 April 2016

• UPDATE (04-20-16): Islamic State gains ground in Syria's Deir al-Zor city: monitor
• Holiday warning to Brits: Spain, France, and Italy named ISIS targets by intelligence head 

18 April 2016

• UPDATE (04-23-16): The ISIS Files: What Leaded Documents Reveal About Terror Recruits
• UPDATE (04-23-16): Capitol plot suspect appears competent; Nov. 1 trial set
• UPDATE (04-23-16): Cash-strapped ISIS introduces new levies to compensate for loss of oil revenue, taxpayers
• UPDATE (04-20-16): Islamic State overruns part of refugee camp in Syria where civilians face starvation 

17 April 2016

• UPDATE (04-18-16): Irish man arrested in Iraq on way home after fighting ISIS in Syria 

16 April 2016

• UPDATE (04-23-16): 13-Year-Old Boy Caught Trying to Join Islamic State
• UPDATE (04-22-16): Church Publishes Names of 21 Assyrians Killed by ISIS in Qaryatain
• UPDATE (04-17-16): Aust[ralian] IS recruiter threat to US, court told 

15 April 2016

• UPDATE (04-16-16): Everything We Knew About This ISIS Mastermind Was Wrong 

14 April 2016

• UPDATE (04-17-16): ISIS threatens attack on India; vows to wipe out Hindus
• UPDATE (04-17-16): Minnesota man changes plea to guilty in Islamic State case
• UPDATE (04-16-16): Obama warns US effort in Syria and Iraq has caused ISIS recruits to head to Libya
• UPDATE (04-16-16): Dozens of German Soldiers 'traveled to Syria and Iraq to join barbaric ISIS'
• UPDATE (04-16-16): ISIS Is Making Inroads in the Southern Philippines and the Implications for Asia Are Alarming
• UPDATE (04-16-16): Al-Qaeda affiliate faces unusual backlash from fed-up Syrians
• UPDATE (04-16-16): Source: ISIS terrorists destroy Nineveh historical wall
• UPDATE (04-16-16): Iraqi forces 'recaptures IS-held town of Hit'

13 April 2016

• UPDATE (04-17-16): Patriarch takes 'painful' stock in ISIS-ravaged Syrian town
• UPDATE (04-17-16): ISIS Has Hit List of Western Muslim Leaders
• UPDATE (04-16-16): Islamic State Turns its Fight in Iraq on Shiite Militias
• UPDATE (04-16-16): ISIS kidnaps 33 people in southern Kirkuk
• UPDATE (04-16-16): ISIS shelling kills, wounds dozens of civilians in Fallujah
• UPDATE (04-14-16): Muslims murdered by ISIS for helping Christians flee al-Qaryatain  

12 April 2016

• UPDATE (04-17-16): Chilling ISIS weapons cache found buried in Spanish holiday hotspot linked to planned attacks on "crowded public spaces"
• UPDATE (04-16-16): ISIS Fighter Numbers Drop In Syria, Iraq Amid US Military and Cyber Attacks
• UPDATE (04-13-16): New York teen pleads guilty to non-terrorism charge in Islamic State case
• UPDATE (04-13-16): Rise of ISIS alarms young Arabs
• ISIS Destroys Assyrian Archaeological Gate in Mosul

11 April 2016

• UPDATE (04-12-16): Patriarch: ISIS murdered Christians in Syrian town
• UPDATE (04-12-16): IS retakes northern town of al-Rai from rebels
• UPDATE (04-12-16): Why Iraqis living under the Islamic State fear their liberators
• UPDATE (04-12-16): Iraqi forces push Islamic State out of key city in Anbar province 
• IS Group Killed 21 Christians in Al-Qaryatain, Says Patriarch 

9 April 2016

• UPDATE (04-12-16): Surrounded by positives, young Somali chose Islamic State
• UPDATE (04-12-16): ISIS supporter put former Australian soldier in critical condition in prison assault
• UPDATE (04-11-16): Syrian civilians return to ravaged town al-Qaryatain retaken from ISIL
• UPDATE (04-11-16): Christians Pay $1,000 to Leave ISIS-held Areas Northeastern Syria

8 April 2016

• UPDATE (04-12-16): Citizenships of up to 110 Assies fighting with ISIS to be cancelled: gov't
• UPDATE (04-12-16): With ISIS ousted from their town, Christians are still wary of returning there
• UPDATE (04-12-16): ISIS Expanding in African Nations After Jahba East Pledges Allegiance to Islamic State Leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
• UPDATE (04-11-16): U.S. general: Number of ISIS fighters in Libya doubles
• UPDATE (04-09-16): ISIS releases hundreds of Syrian cement factory workers, report says

7 April 2016

• UPDATE (04-12-16): ISIS kidnaps more than 300 Syrian workers
• UPDATE (04-12-16): Online essays by Middlesbrough-born 'ISIS recruiter' urge young Muslims to join jihad  

6 April 2016

• UPDATE (04-12-16): Chaldean bishops welcome progress against ISIS, say Iraq is at 'dangerous crossroads'
• UPDATE (04-12-16): 'Staggering number' of Europeans embraced jihad, many returning home, EU claims
• UPDATE (04-07-16): ISIS Brussels Bomber Worked in EU Parliament, Says Spokesperson
• UPDATE (04-07-16): Priest Recovers 5th Century Relics After ISIS Leaves His Town
• UPDATE (04-07-16): Islamic State nets millions from antiquities: Russia

5 April 2016

• UPDATE (04-12-16): Islamic State promises 'London next'
• UPDATE (04-12-16): Experts: ISIS building 'kill lists' of Americans overseas
• UPDATE (04-12-16): Saint's relics discovered intact in rubble of Syrian monastery destroyed by Islamic State
• UPDATE (04-07-16): ISIS Is Losing Ground, But Not the War
• UPDATE (04-07-16): Syria monastery once symbol of tolerance reduced to rubble
• UPDATE (04-07-16): Boko Haram releases Another Video Pledging Allegiance to ISIS
  
• UPDATE (04-06-16): Saints' bones among rubble of Syrian monastery destroyed by ISIL
• UPDATE (04-06-16): Saudi security official killed, Islamic State claims responsibility 
• ISIS launches chemical weapons attack on Syria's airbase in Deir Ez-ezor - report

4 April 2016

• UPDATE (04-05-16): ISIS forces Iraqi army back from strategic Makhmour village, killing 20 soldiers, wounding 30
• UPDATE (04-05-16): ISIS extremists execute, crucify eight people in Syria's Raqqa 

2 April 2016

• UPDATE (04-03-16): Islamic State planted thousands of mines in Palmyra: Syrian army
• Mass grave of Islamic State victims found in Syria's Palmyra: army source

1 April 2016

• UPDATE (04-03-16): ISIS extremists stone two civilians to death on charges of 'committing adultery'
• UPDATE (04-02-16): Islamic State Hijacks Mosul University Chemistry Lab for Making Bombs