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Al-Omar
Isis takes control of al-Omar, Syria’s largest oil-field -
Sinjar
Militants capture the city of Sinjar. They begin a massacre that culminates in the deaths of over 5,000 men from the Yazidi religious sect. Thousands of women are raped and sold into slavery. 200,000 Yazidi flee with as many as 50,000 becoming stranded on the Sinjar Mountains surrounded by ISIS. -
Alan Henning
Isis releases a video showing the beheading of the British aid worker Alan Henning as they threaten to kill another, the American aid worker Peter Kassig, also known as Abdul Rahman Kassig -
Albu Nimr
The Iraqi government announces Isis has killed 322 members of the Albu Nimr tribe during a series of executions. -
Saudi Arabia
Isis attacks Saudi Arabia near the border city of Arar, killing four border guards. -
Taliban
A video released shows Taliban fighters pledging allegiance to Isis. -
ISIS supporters
Isis supporters post a video online of the captured Jordanian military pilot Moath al-Kasasbeh being burned alive in a cage. -
Jihadi John
The identity of terrorist known as ‘Jihadi John’ is revealed as Mohammed Emwazi, a Kuwati-born Londoner. Isis also releases a video of the destruction of historical artefacts in the Mosul Museum. -
Homophobic
Isis releases images of a man thrown off a building as punishment for being gay. -
Selfie
A militant posts a “selfie” online, which leads the US military to identify and perform air strikes on a compound, destroying it in the process.
