List of Islamic State articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Other People’s Armies
Why Obama’s bet on letting our friends and enemies slug it out in the Middle East is so risky.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Mapped: The State of Play in Iraq Following the Fall of Ramadi
The Islamic State moves to consolidate power in Anbar.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The ISIS March Continues: From Ramadi on to Baghdad?
Anyone telling you the Islamic State is in decline isn’t paying attention.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Men Who Would Save Ramadi
The stories of two Sunni leaders — one a tribal chief, the other a former insurgent — show why locals opposed to the Islamic State and Iraqi officials in Baghdad have so far failed to unite against their common foe.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 How the Shiites are blowing it in Iraq
The successful battle to push Islamic State forces out of Tikrit last month was a victory against that barbaric organization, but it also appears to have meant the defeat of long-term hopes of stabilizing Iraq.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 I’m Back! Baghdadi Appeals to Muslims to Sign Up With Islamic State
The ISIS leader had reportedly been wounded in an airstrike.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Women are more than victims, so it is time focus security strategies on them
Clearly extremists are not afraid to fight or to die. They often welcome and embrace the idea of martyrdom. So, what are they afraid of? A common operating procedure among various extremist groups is to control and disempower girls and women.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Anbar Awakens With a New Bedfellow
The threat of the Islamic State, combined with meager U.S. and Iraqi government support, is driving Sunni tribes into the arms of Iranian-backed Shiite militias.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Some thoughts on countering ISIS: We need a coalition fighting not just in Iraq but across much of the Middle East
Since 2001 the international community has sought to reduce the threat of Islamic terrorism. However, despite widespread opposition to radical extremism and major military operations which resulted in the occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan, the situation has gradually deteriorated.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 U.S. Officials Say Key Refinery Isn’t Actually All That Key
Will the Baiji oil refinery in Iraq fall to the Islamic State? Pentagon says it might not matter.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Islamic State Claims Responsibility for Texas Cartoon Attack
It remains unclear whether the group was operationally responsible or whether it is claiming the attack for propaganda purposes.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Meet the Shadow Warrior Leading the Fight Against the Islamic State
Major General Mike Nagata predicted the rise of the militants. Can he train enough rebels to defeat them?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Islamic State Supporters Urge Baltimore Rioters to Join Extremist Cause
The Islamic State may believe in killing all those who don’t adhere to its own form of Sunnism. But it is a model of racial equality compared with the United States -- or so say its supporters who have taken to Twitter to capitalize on the Baltimore riots.
