Road to the Caliphate: April 1-7

Primary Sources:

Islamic State of Iraq and al-Shām: “A Man of the Believers: Elegy for the Commander Abū Usāmah al-Maghribī Who Was Killed By the Treachery Front”

Shaykh Abū Muḥammad al ‘Adnānī al-Shāmī: “He Will Surely Establish For Them [Therein] Their Religion Which He Has Preferred For Them”

Islamic State of Iraq and al-Shām: “But Who Is Better Than God In Judgement”

Nusra jurist: Al-Adnani’s speeches are dead on arrival; nobody cares. When I ask anyone if he listened, he says no

Nusra commander: “[Al-Adnani] says, ‘Anyone who considers about going to war with us better think hard about it!’ “Jabhat al-Nusra expelled you from Deir al-Zour in six hours.”

Tribesmen in Homs desert area pledging allegiance to ISIS

Times for call to prayer for this month in Raqqa province

Female School for the Memorization of the Quran in Raqqah, Syria

A preaching tent in al Tabni, Raqqa State

Raqqa Province, the preaching convoy

Secondary Sources:

A Late-Night Phone Call Between One Of Syria’s Top Extremists And His Sworn Enemy

Road to the Caliphate: March 25-31

Primary Sources:

Islamic State of Iraq and al-Shām: “Messages from the Land of Epic Battles #22″

ISIS threatens to destroy the tomb of Suleiman Shah and gives the Turkish government 3 days to withdraw its members who are protecting the shrine

Manbij, distributing dawa brochures

Good morning, glory and empowerment of Raqqa Province

Education Center for the Fundamentals of Religion For Men

Qaswara al-Jazrawi military training camp

Propaganda phrases on the walls of official offices in the Manbij area in Wilayat Halab

Among the Hisbah activities in Tabqah in Wilayat al-Raqqa: burning cigarettes and drugs

‘We fight in Iraq and al-Sham; and our eyes are on Bayt al-Maqdis’ (Jerusalem)- ISIS billboard in Hasakah province

Schedules for learning Qur’an etc. in various Raqqa mosques

The first batch graduates from the Lions camp in Badiya Province

Good night, peace be upon you

Secondary Sources:

Syria: Inside an Al Qaeda prison – Telegraph

Syria: the jihadi town where ‘brides’ are snatched from schools – Telegraph

ISIS seizes town from Nusra in Hassakeh province | THE DAILY STAR

War between ISIS, Jahbat al-Nusra splits Deir Ez-Zor tribes – Al-Monitor

Road to the Caliphate: March 18-24

Primary Sources:

Islamic State of Iraq and al-Shām: “Messages from the Land of Epic Battles #21″

Islamic State of Iraq and al-Shām: “On the Recent Events”

Abu Usamah al-‘Iraqi admits to killing fighters from the Jabhat al-Nusra in the gas plant

A very important statement distributed in the city of Al-Bab

A checkpoint in Wilayat al-Raqqah

ISIS cubs having breakfast before join survival and military training

ISIS cubs in Abu Musab al-Zarqawi camp for military and survival training

ISIS has crucified a man accused of murder in Raqqa’s central Clocktower Square

Bakery in Wilayat al-Raqqah

ISIS certificates distributed for female students who memorize Qur’an (Raqqa province)

A vehicle plastered with ISIS da’wah material

Statement from ISIS where they clarify that they will not interfere with the running of colleges in Raqqa

The Islamic police station in Manbij

The Islamic State carries out retaliation against a man who killed a man and then stole his money – Wilayat Raqqah

Secondary Sources:

Disillusioned foreign fighters abandon rebel ranks in Syria – FT

Inside an ISIS Prison/ A Syrian Doctor Shares His Story and Appeals to the World for Help

ISIS enforces strict religious law in Raqqa – Al-Monitor

Road to the Caliphate: March 11-17

Primary Sources:

Shamūkh al-Islām Forum: “Declaration of Our Stance On the Ongoing Events in al-Shām”

Lessons in the Shari’a mosque in the ISIS-stronghold of Jarabulus, Aleppo province

Admissions Office for the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham in Manbij, Aleppo province

Pledge of allegiance of the Shihabi clan [the largest of the al-Bab clans] to Shaykh al-Baghdadi

A new batch of mujahidin graduated from al-Zarqawi military training camp

Da’wah pamphlets distributed by ISIS in al-Bab, Aleppo province- “Our role in supporting Islam”

Secondary Sources:

Al-Qaeda splinter group in Syria leaves two provinces: activists

“داعش” يخسر ثلاث قرى بحلب ويواصل انسحابه من جبلي التركمان والأكراد أخبار سورية – زمان الوصل

Road to the Caliphate: March 4-10

Primary Sources:

Islamic State of Iraq and al-Shām: “Testimony of the Commander Abū al-Jihād al-Shishānī About the Plot Against the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Shām #3″

Kavkaz Center: “Clarifying Position In Connection With Ongoing Discord In Syria”

Shaykh Abū Muḥammad al ‘Adnānī al-Shāmī: “Then We Pray For God’s Curse to Be On the Liars”

Islamic State of Iraq and al-Shām: “Messages from the Land of Epic Battles #20″

Jabhat al-Nusra in Abu Kamal (on border with Iraq) extends ‘repentance’ deadline for ISIS

Abu Dharr al-Iraqi, a leader in the ISIS group, reveals many secrets and reveals the facts

ISIS mural from Manbij area- “A Caliphate pleases the Lord more than ‘freedom’ pleases the West'”

Raqqa Province Demolishing polytheism

Large quantities of cigarettes seized and burned by ISIS in al-Bab, Aleppo province

Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham signpost in Hasakah province

Together, we cultivate the tree of the Caliphate ISIS billboard from Aleppo province

ISIS billboard in Aleppo province: “If you love God, follow His Messenger (may God’s peace and blessings be upon him)”

Al-Hawiwat clan pledges allegiance to the Islamic_State in Iraq and al-Sham in Wilayat Raqqa

Secondary Sources:

Front to Back The most powerful rebel alliance in Syria — the Islamic Front — is on the verge of collapse

Syrian rebel fighter recalls torture inside ISIS prison

Former ISIS fighter- Islamists fighting each other in Syria

الدولة تصدر بيان رد المظالم في الرقة