Tag: Islamic State

The Christmas season offered no respite from terror for the already suffering people of Mozambique’s northernmost Cabo Delgado province. The litany of atrocities that...

Islamic State claimed responsibility for an attack on a Niger military camp near Mali, according to a statement issued by a branch of the...

Islamic State’s West African affiliate claimed responsibility for an attack on an army patrol in northern Mali that killed 30 soldiers, according to a...

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, former leader of the world’s deadliest terror group Daesh – also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria –...

Somalia’s Islamic State affiliate, an important outpost of the militant group, swore allegiance in a statement to the new leader named by the organisation...

Egypt’s Islamic State affiliate, Sinai Province, has sworn allegiance to the new leader following the death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the affiliate said on...

Islamic State confirmed its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was killed in a weekend raid by US Special Forces in Syria and vowed revenge against...

The killing of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is of considerable importance, experts believe, but the underlying reasons for his jihadist group’s existence...

The killing of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is a further blow to a jihadist group that once held a swathe of territory...

The United States military has carried out an air strike targeting Islamic State terrorists in Somalia, killing three. US Africa Command said the strike was...