Tag: Islamic State
More than 200 mass graves of Islamic State victims found in...
More than 200 mass graves have been uncovered in Iraq in areas formerly controlled by Islamic State militants, the United Nations said...
ISS: Is Islamist terrorism starting to emerge in South Africa?
Since the start of this year a number of violent incidents that could hint at Islamist extremism have occurred in South Africa....
Islamic State Nigeria possibly targeting health workers
Islamic State in Nigeria might kill healthcare workers it has held hostage since March within 24 hours, the International Committee of the...
Forty top IS leaders killed in missile attack – claim
Iran said the missile attack it launched in Syria killed 40 "top leaders" of Islamic State and intelligence for the operation was...
Two arrested in Denmark for trying to supply Islamic State with...
Two people were arrested in Copenhagen on 26 September and charged with attempting to supply Islamic State with drones, which the organization...
France says top IS official killed in Mali operation
France said it killed a top official from Islamic State's affiliate in West Africa in an operation in Mali that saw another...
Head of Islamic State in Afghanistan killed, government says
The head of Islamic State in Afghanistan, Abu Saad Erhabi, was killed in a strike on the group's hideouts in Nangarhar province...
U.N. team, approved a year ago, starts work on Islamic State...
A U.N. investigative team that will collect and preserve evidence of acts by Islamic State in Iraq that may be war crimes,...
Islamic State leader speaks in public
Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, in his first purported speech in nearly a year, called on followers to fight on despite...
Iraq bombs Islamic State ‘operations room’ in Syria
Iraq launched an air strike on a gathering of Islamic State fighters in neighbouring Syria, killing members of the hardline militant group...
Afghan schools under attack
A suicide bomb attack on a group of teenagers studying for university exams shocked Afghanistan but was the latest in a series...
Islamic State kills about 100 in southwest Syria attacks
Islamic State militants killed about 100 people in a series of attacks on government-held parts of southwestern Syria on Wednesday, including multiple...
Islamic State makes comeback in Iraq with switch to guerrilla tactics
Months after Iraq declared victory over Islamic State, its fighters are making a comeback with a scatter-gun campaign of kidnap and killing.
With...
Suicide bomber kills 128 in attack on Pakistani election rally
A suicide bomber killed 128 people at an election rally in southwestern Pakistan in the second election-related attack on Friday, officials said,...
Syrian offensive hits IS pocket
The Syrian government widened its offensive to recover the southwest, extending it to an enclave held by Islamic State-affiliated fighters as Russian...
Islamist militant activity on the rise in Africa
Militant Islamist groups in Africa have been growing over the last decade, with violent events up dramatically since 2010, including fatalities. There...
U.S. embassy warns citizens to consider leaving district in north Mozambique
The U.S. embassy in Mozambique said Americans should consider leaving a northeastern district close to a major gas field as imminent attacks...
Islamic State claims Belgian attack as city mourns
Islamic State claimed responsibility on Wednesday for an attack the previous day in the Belgian city of Liege in which two policewomen...
Tears and joy as Egyptian Christians killed in Libya laid to...
Tears mixed with joy on Tuesday as the remains of 20 Christians were laid to rest in Egypt's Minya province more than...
U.S. agency seeks new authority to disable threatening drones
The head of the U.S. Homeland Security Department on Tuesday told Congress that the agency needs new legal authority to track threatening...
ISS: The challenge of reintegrating former terrorists in Africa
An estimated 5 600 Islamic State fighters from at least 33 countries globally have returned to their communities of origin. In Somalia,...
Gambian migrant seized in Italy on suspicion of planning attack
Italian police have arrested an immigrant from Gambia suspected of planning an attack on behalf of the Islamic State (IS) militant group,...
Islamic State ally stakes out territory around Lake Chad
From the shores of Lake Chad, Islamic State's West African ally is on a mission: winning over the local people.
Digging wells, giving...
IS claims Libya car suicide bomb
Islamic State claimed responsibility for a suicide car bombing last week in the eastern Libyan town of Ajdabiya, the militant group's news...
New laws and tactics needed to catch extremists online
In July 2017, as Iraqi forces were pushing ISIS out of the city of Mosul, authorities found a 16-year-old girl hiding in...
Iraq says reconstruction after war on Islamic State to cost $88...
Rebuilding Iraq after three years of war with Islamic State will cost more than $88 billion (£63.6 billion), with housing a particularly...
Morocco arrests seven Islamic State suspects
Moroccan authorities have arrested seven suspected Islamic State militants who had been planning attacks, the interior ministry said on Thursday.
The suspects had...
Islamic State claims responsibility for October Niger attack
The leader of Islamic State's affiliate in West Africa claimed responsibility for an attack that killed four US Special Forces and four...
Gunman kills 11 in attacks on Coptic church, Christian-owned shop in...
A gunman killed at least 11 people on Friday in attacks on a Coptic Orthodox church and a Christian-owned shop near Cairo...
Putin orders Russian forces to start pulling out of Syria
President Vladimir Putin on Monday ordered Russian forces in Syria to start withdrawing, saying that after a two year military campaign, Moscow...
Iraq declares final victory over Islamic State
Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi declared final victory over Islamic State on Saturday after Iraqi forces drove its last remnants from the country,...
U.S. officials warn of ISIS’ new caliphate: cyberspace
The collapse of Islamic State's self-proclaimed caliphate has not diminished the militant group's ability to inspire attacks on Western targets via the...
The battle against Islamic State
It was an awkward coalition riven by political and sectarian differences, facing an elusive, fanatical enemy dug into an urban maze of...
US air strike target IS militants in Somalia
The US military executed an air strike against Islamic State militants in north-east Somalia, killing one person.
Islamic State has been gathering...
U.S. carries out air strikes against Islamic State in Libya
The U.S. military said on Tuesday that it had conducted two air strikes against Islamic States militants in Libya in the past...
Iranian president declares end of Islamic State
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani declared the end of Islamic State on Tuesday in an address broadcast live on state TV.
A senior commander...
Iraqi forces recapture last Islamic State-held town
Iraqi forces on Friday captured the border town of Rawa, the last remaining town under Islamic State control, signalling the collapse of...
Iraqi forces launch offensive to recapture last town in Islamic State...
Iraqi forces launched an offensive on Saturday to capture Rawa, the last remaining town under Islamic-State control, leaving the group's self-proclaimed caliphate...
Militant threat hangs over Islamic State’s former Libyan stronghold
Nearly a year after Islamic State was driven from its Libyan stronghold Sirte, residents surveying their wrecked homes feel neglected and vulnerable,...
Syria declares victory over Islamic State
Syria's army declared victory over Islamic State on Thursday, saying its capture of the jihadists' last town in the country marked the...
Syria declares victory over Islamic State in Deir al-Zor
The Syrian government declared victory over Islamic State in the eastern city of Deir al-Zor on Friday, a big blow to the...
Islamic State on verge of defeat after fresh losses in Syria,...
Islamic State's self-proclaimed caliphate was on the verge of final defeat on Friday, with Syrian government forces capturing its last major city...
Libya checkpoint attack
Two soldiers were killed and three wounded at a military checkpoint in north-eastern Libya, witnesses and officials said, in an attack claimed...
Islamic State defeated in its Syrian capital Raqqa
U.S.-backed militias in Syria declared victory over Islamic State in its capital Raqqa on Tuesday, raising flags over the last jihadist footholds...
Iraqi military captures Hawija from Islamic State
Iraqi forces have captured the town of Hawija and the surrounding area from Islamic State, though some fighting still raged in a...
Islamic State kills and wounds in Puntland
Islamic State fighters killed a civilian, injured another and a police colonel in Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland region, police said.
Police captain Abdifatah...
Islamic State set up desert army after loss of Sirte
Islamic State militants in Libya set up a desert army composed of at least three brigades after they lost their Sirte stronghold...
IS militants killed in US Libya air strikes
Two US air strikes killed several Islamic State militants in Libya earlier this week, the US military said, the second series of...
Jihadists launch big attack on Syrian government near Hama
Insurgent groups launched a big attack on government-held areas in northwestern Syria on Tuesday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and a...
Syrian army and allies close in on Islamic State in Deir...
Syrian troops seized a suburb of the eastern city of Deir al-Zor on Sunday, tightening the noose around Islamic State, a Syrian...