The latest issue of a publication hawked by the militants includes a fresh account of the July attack in Dhaka, under Chowdhury's byline identifying him as former head of military and covert operations in Bangladesh.
More than 270,000 civilians are trapped in the eastern part of the city according to the World Health Organization, cut off from aid and with "dwindling supplies of food, water and fuel."
Describing the impact of the bunker-buster bombs, Yassin Mohammed, a 51-year-old taxi driver from East Aleppo told Middle East Eye they felt like "an earthquake."
With a ceasefire in tatters, American-backed Kurdish and Arab rebels are moving south while Russian and Syrian government forces are advancing quickly north
With fingers pointing in all directions, the fragile ceasefire between the Assad regime and Syria's militants has broken down, setting the stage for a resumption in hostilities.
Anjem Choudary, the Islamist preacher who has praised the 9/11 hijackers and called for the implementation of sharia law across the United Kingdom, was sentenced to five years in prison.
The attack is indicative of the complicated situation in Syria, where NATO member Turkey is allied with the US against Islamic State, while the US also supports the Kurds, who support a Kurdish insurgency in Turkey.
Since the Islamic State swept into Sinjar in August, 2014, the women have been treated as property of the group's fighters, who marry, trade, or sell them.
