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Man purported to be U.S. journalist James Foley at an unknown location

Islamic State Hostages Suffered Torture Before Beheading – Report

The four Islamic State hostages whose barbaric beheadings made headlines around the world earlier this year suffered extreme forms of physical torture, according to a report detailing the life of foreign captives with the jihadists.

David Haines

ISIL Beheads British Aid Worker David Cawthorne Haines

British aid worker David Cawthorne Haines has been beheaded by the Islamic State group (ISIL), according to a video that has circulated Saturday in a website associated with the terrorists, making him the third Westerner and the first British hostage to be executed in recent weeks.

ISIS Fighter In James Foley Beheading Video Identified, U.S. Authorities Say

U.S. officials believe they already have the identity of the masked ISIS fighter in the James Foley beheading video released three weeks ago.

ISIS forces in Iraq

How ISIS Uses Brutality As Propaganda To Sow Panic, Recruit Members

Experts agree that the Islamic State of Syria and the Levant's (ISIS) release of video executing American-Israeli journalist Steven Sotloff was meant to cause global panic and to recruit members from around the world.

Steven Sotloff

Steven Sotloff Execution: Silicon Valley Firms Move To Curb ISIS Online Propaganda

Silicon Valley firms moved to block the spread of the video of an Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militant beheading American journalist Steven Sotloff and see the execution as online propaganda.

Steven Sotloff Kept His Jewish Faith and Israeli Nationality A Secret While In Captivity

Steven Sotloff Kept His Jewish Faith And Israeli Nationality A Secret From His ISIS Captors

American journalist Steven Sotloff was able to hide his Jewish faith and dual US-Israeli citizenship from his Islamist captors up to the time he was beheaded, reports state.

Barack Obama

Obama Not Intimidated By ISIS’s Beheading Of American-Israeli Journalist Steven Sotloff

President Barack Obama said the videotaped beheading of American-Israeli journalist Steven Sotloff released Tuesday will not intimidate the United States.

Steven Sotloff

Executed Journalist Steven Sotloff's Family Remembers Him as a 'Gentle Soul'

For the first time since his death, the grieving family of beheaded journalist Steven Sotloff speaks out in public as they remember his life and how he devoted it to giving voice "to those who had none."

President Barack Obama

Obama Asked Why He Has Not Retaliated Against ISIS Yet

The "Second Message to America" has been released on Tuesday and it showed the alleged beheading of the other American journalist, Steven Sotloff, but there has been no response yet from the American government.

Islamic State (IS)

Steven Sotloff’s Execution Proves ISIS Will Not Negotiate

The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant's (ISIS) execution of Steven Stoloff only proved they never intended to negotiate with the U.S. or its allies.

Steven Sotloff

Bravery Under Pressure: Who Was Executed U.S. Journalist Steven Sotloff?

On Tuesday, the world was once again shocked at the brutal execution of a second American journalist, Steven Sotloff, at the hands of ISIS. His death comes less than a week after his mother released a video pleading with the militant group to spare her son's life.

ISIS Militants

Muslims React to Brutal Beheading: ISIS Is Not Islam

Muslim communities in the US and Canada are condemning ISIS and criticizing their brutal tactics, saying that the militant group is not an accurate representation of the peaceful Islamic religion.

Steven Sotloff

Steven Sotloff's Beheading Might Have Come Weeks After James Foley's Execution -U.S. Officials

The Islamic State (IS) taped the execution of Steven Joel Sotloff and released the footage entitled "A Second Message to America" on the Internet on Tuesday.

Steven Sotloff

New Islamic State Video Shows American Journalist Steven Sotloff Executed by Beheading

A new video released by Islamic State showed American journalist Steven Sotloff being beheaded by the terrorist group that has established a caliphate in Iraq and Syria.

Steven Sotloff

Mother of ISIS Captive Plea: 'Please Release My Son'

In a broadcast Wednesday on Al Arabiya Network Shirley Sotloff, mother of U.S. journalist Steven Sotloff, made a heartfelt plea to the militant group ISIS who has been holding her son captive in Syria for over a year.

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