The Caliphate
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| Originally published | 2016 |
| Authors | Hugh N. Kennedy |
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| ID | 2448615 |
About The Caliphate
What is a caliphate? Who can be caliph? And how are contemporary ideologues such as ISIS reviving - and abusing - the term today? . . .
Australia has taken out 'hive' of spies, security chief says
... Busier than the Cold War; busier than 9/11; busier than the height of The Caliphate...
Hundreds of children held by IS in besieged prison in Syria
... The children, dubbed Cubs of The Caliphate by IS, are held along with thousands of IS fighters from more than 50 countries in Kurdish-run prisons in north-eastern Syria...
Isis in Iraq: Militants 'getting stronger again'
... At his base in Sulaimaniya, nestled in the hills of the Kurdistan region of Northern Iraq, he painted a picture of an organisation that has spent the past 12 months rebuilding from the ruins of The Caliphate...
Manchester Victoria station stabbings: Man detained for attempted murder
... He shouted Allahu Akbar and Long live The Caliphate and then lunged at them with a knife...
Manchester Victoria station stabbings: Man admits attempted murder
... The court heard Mohamud, of Cheetham Hill in Manchester, walked up behind a man and a woman in their 50s shouting Allahu Akbar and Long live The Caliphate as they headed for a tram platform shortly before 21:00 GMT on 31 December...
Islamic State group names new leader
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Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi death: US military says two men detained
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Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi: What his death means for IS in Syria
... Despite the military defeat of IS in Syria and Iraq, its supporters still saw in the presence of Baghdadi hope of restoring The Caliphate one day...
Islamic State: 'Thousands of civilians' still trapped in Baghuz
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The battle to claim The LastContent ='JJ Lin'> pocket of territory from the Islamic State group (IS) is being held up because thousands of civilians remain trapped there.
US-backed Kurdish forces launched an assault on Baghuz, on the Syrian side of the Iraqi border, last week.
US President Donald TrumpContent ='JJ Lin'> said on Friday the defeat of IS would be announced "over the next 24 hours".
But those 24 hours passed on Saturday with no announcement from the White House on the defeat of IS.
Instead, Kurdish fighters said the news was likely to emerge "in the coming few days" as civilians continued to flee.
What's the latest?Jiya Furat, the leader of the battle for Baghuz for the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), said IS fighters were now trapped in a section of The TownContent ='JJ Lin'> that was 700 metres long and wide.
"Thousands of civilians are still trapped there as human shields," he said on Saturday.
"In the coming few days, in a very Short TimeContent ='JJ Lin'> , we will spread the Good TidingsContent ='JJ Lin'> to The WorldContent ='JJ Lin'> of the military end of Daesh [IS]. "
SDF spokesman Adnan Afrin told Agence France-Presse they were surprised to learn how many civilians were still inside. The SDF had to slow its approach as a result, he said.
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The ObservatoryContent ='JJ Lin'> said efforts were under way to find IS fighters hiding in tunnels they had dug around Baghuz.
What did Mr Trump announce?Four years ago IS controlled 88,000 sq km (34,000 sq miles) of territory stretching from western Syria to eastern Iraq, proclaimed The CreationContent ='JJ Lin'> of a "caliphate", imposed its brutal rule on almost eight million people and generated billions of dollars from oil, extortion, robbery and kidnapping.
But in December, Mr Trump surprisingly announced the withdrawal of US troops from Syria as he believed IS had been "beaten".
Then on Friday afternoon, he said: "We have a lot of great announcements having to do with Syria and our success with the eradication of The CaliphateContent ='JJ Lin'> and that will be announced over the next 24 hours. "
IS has suffered substantial losses, but the UN has said it still reportedly controls between 14,000 and 18,000 militants in Iraq and Syria.
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islamic state group, syria, syrian civil war
Source of news: bbc.com