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Terrorists Seize Key Syrian Airbase

The key Syrian government airbase in Idlib has fallen to rebels after a two-year siege of the base.

The majority of the rebel groups that finally overran the base were Islamists groups including the al-Qaeda affiliated al-Nusra Front.  The capture was possible because a major dust storm that struck the region grounded all the aircraft at the base.

The rebels now control the province of Idlib.

Syrian state TV even conceded the base, stating that troops had “evacuated their positions and moved to another point”.

Syrian President Bashir al-Assad has admitted that his army is facing a “manpower problem.”  He said that they will have to give up some land so they have sufficient forces to defend “more important” properties.

At least 240,000 people have died so far in the four year Syrian civil war.

British Born ISIS Hacker and Recruiter Killed in Drone Strike

A British citizen who intelligence officials say was a head of terrorist group ISIS’ cyberwarfare division has been killed in a U.S. drone strike.

Juaniad Hussain, also called Abu Hussain al-Britani, died in an airstrike in Raqqa, Syria.  U.S. officials say they have a “high level of confidence” that Hussain is dead.

Hussain has been confirmed as the target of the attack as he moved in a convoy.  The strike was part of a 48 hour campaign aimed at the terrorist’s power structure in their self-proclaimed capital.

“This is a great intelligence success,” one U.S. official told CNN.

Cybersecurity experts say that while Hussain was more of a nuisance than serious hacker, he was especially dangerous in recruiting hackers and others to join the terrorist group.

“He wasn’t a serious threat. He was most likely a nuisance hacker,” Adam Meyers, vice president of cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike, told the London Independent.   “It was his involvement in recruitment, communications and other ancillary support that would have made him a target.”

Hussain had spent six months in prison for hacking the personal address book of British Prime Minister Tony Blair in 2012.  He left for Syria soon after the sentence.

ISIS Destroys Ancient Temple

Islamic terrorist group ISIS has destroyed an ancient temple in the city of Palmyra, Syria in what the United Nations is calling a war crime.

The Temple of Baalshamin was destroyed on the heels of the terrorists killing Khaled al-Asssad.  The 82-year-old al-Asssad was an expert on Syrian antiquities and refused to tell the terrorists the locations of items they wanted to find.  Assad ran the antiquities department of Palmyra for 50 years.

Syria’s head of antiquities told the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights the terrorists blew up the temple on Sunday causing “much damage.”

“[ISIS] destroyed an incredibly important architectural structure,” Maamoun Abdulkarim said. “It is the first structure in the Palmyra complex to be destroyed, although they recently destroyed two Islamic shrines nearby.”

“They said they would destroy the statues but not the structures themselves inside Palmyra. They lied.”

The United Nations was swift to condemn the action.

“The systematic destruction of cultural symbols embodying Syrian cultural diversity reveals the true intent of such attacks, which is to deprive the Syrian people of its knowledge, its identity and history. One week after the killing of Professor Khaled al-Assaad, the archaeologist who had looked after Palmyra’s ruins for four decades, this destruction is a new war crime and an immense loss for the Syrian people and for humanity,” Unesco Director-General Irina Bokova said in a statement.

“The art and architecture of Palmyra, standing at the crossroads of several civilizations, is a symbol of the complexity and wealth of the Syrian identity and history. Extremists seek to destroy this diversity and richness, and I call on the international community to stand united against this persistent cultural cleansing. Daesh (ISIS) is killing people and destroying sites, but cannot silence history and will ultimately fail to erase this great culture from the memory of the world. Despite the obstacles and fanaticism, human creativity will prevail, buildings and sites will be rehabilitated, and some will be rebuilt,” Bokova continued.

“Such acts are war crimes and their perpetrators must be accountable for their actions. UNESCO stands by all Syrian people in their efforts to safeguard their heritage, a heritage for all humanity.”

ISIS “Mein Kampf” Document Discovered

Intelligence officials are calling a document found in Pakistan as the ISIS version of “Mein Kampf” that blames Israel for the rise of the terrorist group and calls President Obama “the mule of the Jews.”

“It reads like the caliphate’s own Mein Kampf,” said a U.S. intelligence official, who reviewed the document. “While the world is watching videos of beheadings and crucifixions in Iraq and Syria the Islamic State is moving into North Africa the Middle East, and now we see it has a strategy in South Asia. It’s a magician’s trick, watch this hand and you’ll never see what the other is doing.”

The document, “A Brief History of the Islamic State Caliphate (ISC), The Caliphate According to the Prophet,” is aimed to recruit Pakistani and Afghani Taliban members into ISIS.  The document provides the group’s version of their history along with various battle plans that would make their leader ruler of the world.

“Accept the fact that this caliphate will survive and prosper until it takes over the entire world and beheads every last person that rebels against Allah,” it proclaims. “This is the bitter truth, swallow it.”

Retired Defense Intelligence Agency Director Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn called the document “a red flag to which we must pay attention.”

“If I were in their shoes, I would say, ‘We are winning, we are achieving our objectives,’” Flynn said. “They have demonstrated an incredible level of resiliency and they will not be defeated by military means alone.”

Pentagon Believes ISIS Used Chemical Weapons

Pentagon officials have confirmed that they are investigating reports of Islamic terrorist group ISIS using chemical weapons against Kurdish fighters in northern Iraq.

The officials were quick to emphasize that it was likely a small amount and in a weak concentration, but it still would confirm the terrorists have found at least one cache of Syrian chemical weapons.

A senior U.S. official said that after a barrage fired at a Peshmerga unit last week, there were  “wounds consistent with a blister-producing agent.”

“We continue to monitor these reports closely, and would further stress that any use of chemicals or biological material as a weapon is completely inconsistent with international standards and norms regarding such capabilities,” Alistair Baskey, spokesman for the White House’s National Security Council, said in a statement.

Peshmerga Brig. Gen. Sirwan Barzani told CNN they suspect the agent used was mustard gas because some troops also suffered breathing difficulties beyond the skin blistering.

ISIS had been previously accused by monitoring groups of using chlorine based chemical weapons against Kurdish forces.

“We continue to take these and all allegations of chemical weapons use very seriously. As in previous instances of alleged ISIL use of chemicals as weapons, we are aware of the reports and are seeking additional information. We continue to monitor these reports closely, and would further stress that use of any chemicals or biological material as a weapon is completely inconsistent with international standards and norms regarding such capabilities,” Blake Narendra, a spokesperson for the State Department’s Arms Control, Verification and Compliance Bureau, told reporters.

Mustard gas is only deadly in large quantities but can cause painful burns and blisters that could render an enemy immobile from pain.

ISIS Group Sends Threat to U.S. Military Members

A hacking group connected to the Islamic terrorist group ISIS is sending a threat to members of the U.S. military and government workers, saying that they’re being watched in their own homes.

The group published a list on Tuesday that they claim contains personal information of soldiers and government employees.  The hackers for ISIS told The Blaze that they are continually spying on Americans.

(All grammatical errors in the quotes below are directly from the terrorists.)

“Just like they spy on the muslims,” the terrorists stated, “we are spying on them, watching their employees, watching their soldiers, recording their movements and taking their location information and passing it on the soldiers of the islamic state.”

The terrorists focused on what they say is the fact they don’t need to attack military facilities.

“the brothers don’t need to attack them in military bases or secured buildings,” the hacking group member added. “they can now turn up in their houses. in their homes. this is war, what did you expect? u think u can bomb the islamic state and we don’t do nothing back? soon, very soon you will see.”

The hackers said this is “war.”

“this is what, what did you expect?” the hacker wrote.  “u think u can bomb the islamic state and we dont do nothing back?”

The declaration comes just days after a Mississippi couple was arrested for attempting to fly to Turkey to join the terrorist group.

ISIS Kidnaps Over 200 Syrians

Islamic terrorist group ISIS seized control of a key village in the province of Homs, kidnapping around 230 people including initially at least 60 Christians.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported Friday that the terrorists have taken control of the heavily populated town of Qaryatain.  The town of about 40,000 people is located in the middle of a triangle formed by Homs, Palmyra and Damascus.  Many residents who fled Homs because of the terrorist group had fled to Qaryatain.

SOHR reported that 60 Christians had been kidnapped by the group but the head of the Christian Assyrian Network for Human Rights in Syria told the Associated Press that half of the Christians were released and fled to nearby villages.

Reuters reported that some of the Christians were seized from a monastery in the city.

SOHR also said that 45 women and 19 children were among those taken by the terrorists.

Officials said that around 1,400 families in the city have fled the city, most of them traveling to Homs, which is now under the control of government forces.

Kidnapping of Christians and residents is a standard tactic for the terrorist group.  In March, the group kidnapped 230 Christians and demanded $23 million in ransom for their release.

United Nations Confirms ISIS Selling Young Girls as Sex Slaves

The United Nations has officially confirmed something long believed among opponents of Islamic terrorist group ISIS:  they are selling girls under 10 as sex slaves for as little as $165.

Zainab Bangura, the UN’s Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Sexual Violence in Conflict, confirmed the document first reportedly found in November 2014 is legitimate and being used by the terrorists.

“The girls get peddled like barrels of petrol,” she told Bloomberg. “One girl can be sold and bought by five or six different men. Sometimes these fighters sell the girls back to their families for thousands of dollars of ransom.”

Bangura said that girls from ages 1 to 9 are being sold for $165.  Girls in their teens fell to $124 and women over 40 sell for as little as $41.

“They have a machinery; they have a program,” said Bangura. “They have a manual on how you treat these women. They have a marriage bureau which organizes all of these ‘marriages’ and the sale of women. They have a price list.”

“It’s not an ordinary rebel group,” she added. “When you dismiss them as such, then you are using the tools you are used to. This is different. They have the combination of a conventional military and a well-run organized state.”

ISIS has already released a document claiming the buying and selling of women is acceptable under the Koran.  The claim by ISIS reportedly comes after taking the idea of selling women from Islamic terror group Boko Haram in Nigeria.

Nigerian Soldiers Free 71 Women From Boko Haram

A major action by the Nigerian military against the Islamic extremist group Boko Haram as resulted in the freedom of 71 girls and women who had been held captive by the terror group.

Some of the women had been in the control of the terrorists for a year.

Close to 30 people were saved in a raid on Tuesday, with the remainder freed during an assault on two jihadist camps in Borno on Wednesday.  The camps were about 22 miles southeast of the Borno state capital of Maiduguri.

Army spokesman Tukur Gusau said a number of terrorists were killed during the military raid.

The army has been focusing on raids that will free hostages in light of many of the hostages being forced into suicide terror attacks.  Suicide bomber attacks spurred by Boko Haram have killed 47 people in the last week.

The group has also increased their campaigns of terror, killing 830 in just two months.

However, Nigeria’s military spokesman said a new multi-national group fighting the terrorists is about to go into service.

“Any moment from now, the operations or the Task Force will be manifest. In other words, we may not tell you (when it will commence), you will just see it,” Nigeria’s military spokesman Major General Chris Olukolade told AFP, who declined to give further details for strategic reasons.

ISIS Releases Video of Children Calling For Jihad

The media wing of the Islamic terrorist group ISIS has released a video showing young boys being indoctrinated into the group’s extremist theology, training to fight and championing the group’s cause.

The video, “The Cubs of Dilja”, shows children as young as three reciting verses of the Quran directly into the camera for the first time.

A boy asks the camera “where are the martyrs?  Where are the suicide attackers?” and then says “give me my weapon.”  The video later shows the child firing the gun.

The video release Wednesday follows reports the group has been training children to behead people using dolls for practice.

The Associated Press spoke with Yazidi children who escaped the training camps who said the terrorists are brainwashing children into converting to Islam and becoming fighters.

“Then they taught me how to hold the sword, and they told me how to hit. They told me it was the head of the infidels,” the boy, renamed Yahya by his ISIS captors said to the AP.

He told the AP that he was at the camp five months where he studied the Koran and was trained in fighting 8 to 10 hours a day.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says at least 8 children have been used by the terrorists in suicide bomb attacks.