IS released a set of photographs in June 2015, which they said showed fighters training at a camp in Nineveh, Iraq. The photos show fighters using zip lines, rappelling, and posing with their weapons.
The photoset was being discussed online by IS-linked accounts, using the name جانب من تدريبات معسكرات ولاية نينوى or, “part of the training camps of Wilayat Nineveh.” Storyful used Google Search to search for the photos. They could be found on Archive Today.
IS content could be found simply by monitoring of conversations online and searching for the terms used.
An IS logo is on the lower left of each photo, and at the bottom of the page. It is the logo for a media organization based in IS’s Wilayat Nineveh, which is roughly equivalent to the Iraqi province of Nineveh.
The first photo shows the very distinctive Mosul Grand Mosque in the city.
The page is dated Shabaan 1436, which corresponds with May 20-June 17, 2015, on the Gregorian calendar. The photos were shared on June 15.