by Charles Cameron | Sep 11, 2016 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — Rumiyah is a city for sure, Dabiq not so much ] . The Islamic State has a new magazine out, and it’s titled Rumiyah, not Dabiq. Here’s the first inside page of the first issue of Dabiq, together with the cover of the first...
by zen | Apr 5, 2016 | Monitor
[by Mark Safranski / “zen“] A while back I had a longish post that argued that the mass executions practiced by ISISÂ drew from the long pagan tradition of ritualistic human sacrifice. Today in the news, some social scientists see evidence of human...
by Cecilia Li | Aug 11, 2015 | Monitor
Key Reads Islamic State attacks Syrian rebels near Turkish border Tom Perry / Reuters Islamic State has launched a new offensive against Syrian rebels north of Aleppo, gaining ground near the Turkish-Syrian border in an area where Turkey and the United States...
by Pete Souza | Jul 24, 2015 | Monitor
Today, President Obama visits Kenya — the 50th country he has visited during his Administration. It’s also my 50th country traveling with the President. To mark the occasion, as I did when the President visited his 50th state, I chose one photograph from each country...
by Charles Cameron | Jan 8, 2015 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — wherein black flag patches run riot ] . Just a quick something I gleaned via Leah Farrall‘s recent blog post: That’s the ist of an excerpt I transcribed from an Aussie Insight video last year, which featured host Jenny Brockie...
