It took more than twenty-four hours for French authorities to formally announce that the suspected Paris attack ringleader Abdelhamid Abaaoud was killed in the St-Denis raid. He was identified by skin samples.

+ Selling sex slaves, dealing drugs, ransoming hostages, and plundering stolen farmland are a few of the ways ISIS derives income. But the big money comes from oil. From Bloomberg: Why ISIS Has All the Money It Needs.

+ “You can’t sleep or even close your eyes, forget about it … I felt like I own the world … There was no fear anymore after I took Captagon.” Those are some of descriptions of the tiny pill fueling Syria’s war and turning fighters into superhuman soldiers.

+ ABC News: Individuals on FBI’s Terrorist Watchlist are allowed to legally purchase firearms.