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Syria/Iraq News - Feb 4, 2015

By bartolo - Posted on 03 February 2015

Jordanian Pilot Al-Kaseasbeh Purportedly Burned Alive In New Islamic State Video - ibtimes.com

PHOTOS: Jordanian pilot al-Kaseasbeh burning live in a cage - LiveLeak.com

VIDEO: Full 22 Minute Islamic State Video of Jordanian Pilot Al-Kaseasbeh Burned Alive - vidme

A rush summary of the 22-minute IS video titled "Healing the Believers’ Chests” - insidethejihad.com

New issue of IS magazine Dabiq includes interview with Jordanian pilot at page 34, (link to the full magazine) - Harald Doornbos on Twitter

Jordan confirms grisly death of pilot held by Islamic State - Toronto Star

Jordan to execute Iraqi after Islamic State claims to have killed pilot - The Globe and Mail

VIDEO: Obama comment on the death of the Jordanian pilot held by Islamic State - YouTube

US special forces 'deployed from helicopters' into IS capital in vain attempt to rescue Jordanian pilot: Report - 9news.com.au

After death of Mouath al-Kasaesbeh, U.S. announces $1B plan for aid increase to Jordan - Washington Times

Muath al-Kaseasbeh: Live updates after Jordanian pilot 'burned alive by Islamic State' - Mirror Online

VIDEO: Islamic State Beheads Japanese Journalist Kenji Goto - LeakSource

ISIS throws man off tower block for 'being gay' then stone him when he SURVIVED the fall - Daily Mail Online

VIDEO: ISIS throw man off building for being gay, crowd stones him to death - YouTube

Syria 'adultress' survives jihadist stoning: monitor - Yahoo News

Islamic State distributing video game that allows players to play role of an Islamist and kill Westerners - Daily Mail Online

Islamic State fighters ransack Mosul’s historic libraries, burn books - THE DAILY STAR

UNESCO deplores ‘cultural cleansing’ of Iraq as armed extremists ransack Mosul libraries - United Nations News Centre

WFP alarmed by pictures of Islamic State logos on its Syria food parcels - Reuters

PHOTOS: IS Rebranding Stolen UN Food Rations with Its Own Logo - MUNCHIES

IS Opens Market for Spoils Stolen from Christians in Mosul - Breitbart

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Islamic State in disarray, retreating from Kobane villages without resistance - Rudaw

VIDEO: Kurdish fighters celebrate victory over Isis in Kobani with traditional dance through streets - BelfastTelegraph.co.uk

Obama team: Success against Islamic State in Kobani, The battle seen as a test of whether the airstrikes could halt the terrorists - usatoday.com

Allied airstrikes continue to target Islamic State near Kobani: statement - Reuters

Islamic State admits defeat in Kobani; blames airstrikes - usatoday.com

VIDEO: Islamic State fighters: Airstrikes behind Kobani withdrawal - CNN Video

VIDEO: Kobane: Islamic State 'apocalypse' - BBC

ISIS Raqqa 'Governor' Allegedly Executed, Prompting Wave Of Arrests For Defection - ibtimes.com

ISIS al-Hisba Head Flees Raqqa After Failed Coup; Islamic State Executes Co-Conspirators - ibtimes.co.in

Islamic State Egyptian treasurer 'steals Zakat funds' and flees to Turkey - ibtimes.co.uk

ISIS getting 'desperate,' struggling to replenish fighters - CBC News

Disillusioned Islamic State recruits discover that it is a lot harder to leave than to join, The Syrian Observatory says the group has killed 120 of its own members in the past six months - Yahoo News

Hackers posing as beautiful women sent 'selfies' to Syrian rebels on Skype... and stole battle plans with hidden viruses - Daily Mail Online

Kurdish fighters in Iraq struggle to hold gains against IS - Yahoo News

Peshmerga forces report more gains against ISIS in Kirkuk and Mosul - ARA News

Islamic State chemical weapons expert trained under Saddam killed in airstrike near Mosul - Daily Mail Online

VIDEO: Kurdish peshmerga take on Islamic State near Kirkuk - usatoday.com

Kurdish forces free oil workers at Kirkuk crude station: officials - Reuters

Another Yazidi mass grave allegedly found near Sinjar, The bodies of 20 Kurdish Yazidi children, youths and seniors discovered - BasNews

The Hague to investigate Kurdish Yazidi genocide, International Criminal Court (ICC) expected to announce a decision soon - BasNews

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