2019-10-28 Islamic State Prepared for Life without Its Leader
The United States is promising there will be no easing of its offensive against the Islamic State after the death of the group’s leader. U.S. officials say Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi…
2016-03-12 US Holds IS Fighter Who Was Key to Chemical Weapons
U.S. military officials say they captured a key person in the Islamic State’s chemical weapons program in Iraq. The IS operative was captured by American special-operations forces. New gas attacks…
2016-02-09 Islamic State Smuggling Timber in Afghanistan
Afghan tribal leaders said that the “government has done nothing” to stop the Islamic State terror group from smuggling timber to Pakistan. Residents of eastern Afghan provinces said the terror…
2016-02-07 Islamic State Widow Shames IS Leaders
The wife of a dead Islamic State fighter has voiced rare criticism of the terror group’s leaders. The woman, who calls herself al-Muhajirah, posted a letter online. In the letter,…
2016-01-26 Documents Show Islamic State Seeks Power, Control
Papers collected from the Islamic State terror group show the militants’ dark world. The documents show how IS militants act — anxious, obsessed, harsh and horrible. And they show how…
2015-11-28 IS Terrorists Say They Attacked Bangladesh Shi’ite Mosque
The Islamic State terrorist group says it is responsible for an attack on a Shi’ite Muslim religious center in northern Bangladesh on Thursday. One person was killed and three were…
2015-11-21 Who Is Islamic State and How Did They Get This Big?
Who and what is the terrorist group that carried out deadly attacks last week in Paris? They call themselves the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, or ISIS. They…
2015-11-14 French President Calls Terror in Paris an ‘Act of War’
French President Francois Hollande has called the deadly attacks on Paris “an act of war.” The French leader spoke after the Islamic State militant group said it was responsible for…
2015-11-13 Iraqi Kurd Chief Says Sinjar Taken from Islamic State
Kurdish fighters supported by American airstrikes have recaptured the northern Iraqi town of Sinjar from Islamic State militants. Iraqi Kurdish President Massoud Barzani made the announcement Friday. The U.S.-backed coalition…
2015-11-04 Islamic State Called More Brutal Than Taliban
Some Afghans say militants claiming to represent the Islamic State group are to blame for the worst incidents of brutality they have ever seen. The militants recently took control of…
2015-11-03 US ‘Advisors’ to Syria Frustrates Anti-Assad Rebels
Tensions and frustrations were high as the United States said it would send forces into Northern Syria to fight Islamic State. The frustration came from the Free Syrian Army (FSA),…
2015-08-12 IS Linked Group Says It Killed Croatian Man
An Egyptian group linked to Islamic State said Wednesday it executed a Croatian citizen it kidnapped last month. It made the statement in an online message. The group, called Sinai…
2015-08-03 Yazidis of Sinjar Observe Tragic Anniversary
One year ago, Islamic State militants raided the homelands of Iraq’s Yazidi community. The attackers killed hundreds of men and enslaved thousands of women. Many Yazidi families fled to the…
2015-08-03 Islamic State’s Media Violence May Hurt the Group
The group calling itself the Islamic State uses videos to publicize its activities. The terrorist group’s media team has made its most horrible acts into big news stories. Some observers…
2015-07-25 UN: Victims of ISIS Abuse Need Support
A United Nations diplomat is warning girls against joining the self-declared Islamic State militant group. If the girls become members of the group, she says, it will be the biggest…