IS uses intelligence to purge opponents - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Ali Mamouri

Ali Mamouri

Oct 28, 2014

Members loyal to the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) wave ISIL flags as they drive around Raqqa June 29, 2014. The offshoot of al Qaeda which has captured swathes of territory in Iraq and Syria has declared itself an Islamic "Caliphate" and called on factions worldwide to pledge their allegiance, a statement posted on jihadist websites said on Sunday. The group, previously known as the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), also known as ISIS, has renamed itself "Islamic State" and proclai — Members loyal to the Islamic State (IS) wave IS flags as they drive around Raqqa, June 29, 2014. — REUTERS

Islamic State intelligence network stifles resistance

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A fighter of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) stands guard with his weapon by the side of a street in the city of Mosul, June 23, 2014. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry held crisis talks with leaders of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region on Tuesday urging them to stand with Baghdad in the face of a Sunni insurgent onslaught that threatens to dismember the country. Picture taken June 23, 2014. REUTERS/Stringer (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS) - RTR3VIH0

Islamic State tightens noose around Iraq, Syria

Ali Mamouri

Iraq's Defense Ministry spokesman Major-General Mohammed al-Askari holds a news conference in Baghdad January 18, 2010. Askari showed a picture of an al-Qaeda member named Ali Mamoun Qasim, who they say is a pharmacist responsible for killing military officers and wounding Iraqi police at a hospital in Mosul. REUTERS/Saad Shalash (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST) - RTR290V1

Al-Qaeda Sinks Roots in Mosul

Harith al-Qarawee

Harith al-Qarawee

Iranian soldiers participate in military manoeuvres on the outskirts of the northeastern Iranian town of Torbat-E-Jam, near Mashhad, on November 17, 2015. Iran started military manoeuvres to respond to possible attacks by armed groups, such as the Islamic State (IS) group, a military commander said according to ISNA. AFP PHOTO / ISNA / HOSSEIN HOSSEINZADEH (Photo credit should read HOSSEIN HOSSEINZADEH/AFP/Getty Images)

Iran’s new challenge: The Islamic State in Persia?

Ali Hashem

In Doha, reporting on Iran, regional politics, conflict