Road to the Caliphate: April 22-28

Primary Sources:

Islamic State of Iraq and al-Shām: “The Path of Glory”

‘Cleansing al-Raqqah from Baghdadi’s “gangs” is the name of this Friday according to the (Syrian Revolution) page

ISIS runs an electricity office in Raqqa province

Wilayat al-Barakah – Misarah – The electricity and cleaning workshops went to do their duty, and a committee was appointed to inventory the people’s losses and work to compensate them

Secondary Sources:

Blast kills ISIS leader in Syria’s Hasakah – Al Arabiya News

Road to the Caliphate: April 15-21

Primary Sources:

‘Abd Allah ‘Azzām Brigades’ Mājid bin Muḥammad al-Mājid: “From the Wise to the Wise: The Maturity in Coming Down to al-Shām in the Announcement of the Islamic State: Message to Dr. Ayman al-Ẓawāhirī”

Shaykh Abū Muḥammad al ‘Adnānī al-Shāmī: “This is Not Our Manhaj, Nor Will It Ever Be”

The Islamic Police in Maskanah

ISIS certificate in Raqqa province for an excellent cub scout

Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham teaches Qur’an memorization to children in the mosques of Wilayat Raqqa

The mobile preaching truck shares the dawa materials in Wilayat Raqqa

“”Raqqa Prospers Silently” future mothers throughout the Islamic State”

Abu Usamah, ISIS in Hasaka says any Nusra fighter who hands in his weapon and rejects Nusra, his tawbah will be accepted

80% of the new market built by ISIS in central Raqqa has been completed

Secondary Sources:

“داعش” تغتال أمير “النصرة” في إدلب مع أفراد عائلته أخبار سورية – زمان الوصل

For Extremists In Syria, Extortion Brings Piles Of Cash From Iraq – NPR

Road to the Caliphate: April 8-14

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Jabhat al-Nuṣrah: “An Interview With Shaykh Abū Sulaymān al-Muhājir”

Islamic State of Iraq and al-Shām: “He Named You Muslims”

Jabhat al-Nusrah — About the Recent Events in the Eastern Region

Distribution of relief aid to the displaced from the city of al-Safira, Manbij Region, Wilayat Halab

ISIS executes a magician – Wilayat Hims

Pictures from the land of Euphrates – Eastern Region – Wilayat al-Raqqah

Secondary Sources:

Jihadist ideologues call on Zawahiri to detail problems with former al Qaeda affiliate – The Long War Journal

Syria Qaeda loses ground to jihadist rivals on Iraq border

الحنيطي في سورية لإجراء مصالحة بين داعش والنصرة

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

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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

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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

Road to the Caliphate: February 26-March 3

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 #1”

Islamic State of Iraq and al-Shām: “The First Dhimmah Pact With the Christians of Wilāyat al-Raqqah”

Iraq and al-Shām: “A Window Upon the Land of Epic Battles #48″

Islamic State of Iraq and al-Shām: “A Window Upon the Land of Epic Battles #49″

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 #2″

Abū Muḥammad al-Maqdisī: “Message to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Shām and Jabhat al-Nuṣrah”

Islamic State of Iraq and al-Shām: “Stance of the Islamic State on the Articles of the Liars”

Islamic State of Iraq and al-Shām: “A Window Upon the Land of Epic Battles #50″

Jabhat al-Nusrah in Dayr al-Zur: To our honorable people, and to the free and proud Muslim clans

Jabhat al-Nusrah military training camp named after Ayman al-Zawahiri in Dayr al-Zur

Down with Baghdadi – new anti-ISIS graffiti in Raqqa

The state of hypocrisy- anti-ISIS graffiti in Raqqa

War on ISIS: Raqqa rebels issue final warning to everyone working with ISIS in Raqqa and pledge to expel ISIS

Toy cars and balls on offer at an ISIS da’wah meeting for kids

ISIS fighter Zakariya has his hand cut off after admitting to stealing in Maskanah

New ISIS statement in Aleppo stronghold of Manbij calling for gender segregation

The Islamic State destroys a very large quantity of cigarettes in the city of al-Bab

Secondary Sources:

The Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham’s dhimmi pact for the Christians of Raqqa province – Syria Comment

ISIS rules in Raqqa – Al-Monitor

ISIS returns to Aleppo – Al-Monitor

BBC News – Syria jihadist group Isis ‘retreating after warning’

Road to the Caliphate: February 19-25

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“Messages from the Land of Epic Battles #19″

Islamic State of Iraq and al-Shām: “A Window Upon the Land of Epic Battles #47″

Important statement from the Islamic State regarding the handover of the town of Bebla to the Free Army

Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham distributes Turkish water bottles and pamphlets

ISIS Wilyat in Syria now have printed notepads

Raqqa Province, Dawa camp

ISIS’ amir for Azaz region says no arrests or raids on anyone allowed except by order of Shari’a judge or amir

Raqqa province, ISIS member Abu Hamza al-Shami arrests woman and child for raising voice against mujahidin

Secondary Sources:

Top Military Body Against Syria’s Assad Is in Chaos, Undermining Fight – NYTimes