Origins of ISIS – Special Coverage

In a special report, RT America examines the origins, power and expansion of the terrorist group known as the Islamic State (IS, formerly known as ISIS). RT’s Ben Swann delves into the roots of the organization while Ameera David explains how the group amasses the millions of dollars it requires to operate. Finally, Manuel Rapalo explores how the Iraqi army fell apart despite benefiting from billions of dollars of US money – and military hardware – meant to ensure security.

ISIS Has A Wacky Rap Music Video. No, We're Not Joking.

ISIS recently released a new attack video that aims to shake fear in the hearts of the 'capitalist pigs' in the west through the power of their sweet beats. The video features beheadings and torture while hinting at suicide bombers in Germany and New York City all set to a rap sound track. The video is gruesome and should be taken seriously of course, but its hard to not imagine a masked member of the terrorist organization in their multimedia wing sighing and with a heavy voice asking, "How do I reach these kids?". The video made sure to promise that a lot of pain and loss of life would be coming because that's how you let everyone know you're an Original G in the international community nowadays, apparently.

The video included subtitles in English, though had a few sections in German for good measure.

What do you think will be ISIS next move? Let us know in the comments section below.

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Freezing and Fighting for Aid: Syrian Refugees in Lebanon

As Syria’s civil war has raged over the past four years, more than a million refugees have fled into neighboring Lebanon. The Bekaa Valley, which serves as the main passageway between Damascus and Beirut, is now home to the largest concentration of Lebanon’s Syrian refugees.

Currently in Lebanon there is one Syrian for every four Lebanese citizens — a population growth that has created a strain on the small villages and towns that bear the responsibility of hosting the refugees. Al Marj, a small city of about 15,000 in the southern end of the Bekaa Valley, is home to a refugee camp where approximately 400 families are living.

VICE News traveled to the Bekaa Valley to see how the refugee population is faring as winter fully sets in, and found that the freezing temperatures are only one of their problems.

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VICE NEWS: Ghosts of Aleppo (Full Length)

Aleppo is Syria's largest metropolitan area and a millennia-old commercial capital. Today, however, it is a relative ghost town, threatened by regime bombing from the air and a militant offensive on the ground. For two weeks over the summer, VICE News embedded with the Islamic Front, a coalition of Islamist rebels fighting the forces of President Bashar al-Assad on one hand, and Islamic State militants on the other. From their secret tunnels beneath the ancient city to their threatened frontline outposts in Aleppo's ruined medieval centre, VICE NEWS followed the Islamic Front as, against overwhelming odds, they battled to retain control of the capital of the Syrian revolution.

Warning GRAPHIC - Crazy Footage Of Syrian Resistance Fighters Getting Bomb Dropped on Them