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Isis

World

My ISIS Boyfriend

A French reporter went undercover as potential “caliphette” and recieved a marriage proposal from a senior ISIS commander.

Margarette Driscoll Sunday Times of London Mar 2015 10min Permalink

The Race to Save Peter Kassig

A New York lawyer’s attempt to secure an American aid worker’s release from ISIS.

Ali Younes, Shiv Malik, Spencer Ackerman, Mustafa Khalili The Guardian Dec 2014 25min Permalink

Isis: The Inside Story

An Islamic State senior commander reveals the terror group’s origins.

Martin Chulov The Guardian Dec 2014 20min Permalink

World

The Jihad Cult: Why Young Germans Are Answering Call to Holy War

More than 500 Germans, including a former rapper named Deso Dogg, have joined ISIS in Syria.

Der Spiegel Nov 2014 10min Permalink

World

The 'Caliphate's' Colonies: Islamic State's Gradual Expansion into North Africa

“The Jihad route leads from Tunisia via Tripoli into Turkey and on to Syria. Thousands have followed the path into Syria, and only a few have returned.”

Mirco Keilberth, Juliane von Mittelstaedt, Christoph Reuter Der Spiegel English Nov 2014 15min Permalink

Crime World

The Horror Before the Beheadings

Those who survived tell the story of twenty three ISIS hostages’ shared months of brutal captivity before some were ransomed and some executed.

Rukmini Callimachi New York Times Oct 2014 20min Permalink

World

The Fight of Their Lives

ISIS vs. the Kurds.

Dexter Filkins New Yorker Sep 2014 40min Permalink

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