al-Qaidia and ISIS, philosophical differences: http://www.lrb.co.uk/v38/n21/owen-bennett-jones/islamic-state-v-al-qaida

Yemen is in a bad spot: http://www.newstatesman.com/culture/observations/2016/10/conflict-yemen-civil-war-numbers

Mosul campaign is progressing: https://musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/2016/10/mosul-campaign-day-thirteen-oct-29-2016.html

Kurdish independence will be hard to avoid after Mosul: https://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2016/10/28/Kurdish-PM-wants-to-discuss-independence-with-Baghdad-after-Mosul.html