Baghdad government-sanctioned paramilitary forces predominantly made up of Shiite militiamen backed by Iran have launched a new effort to recapture more Iraqi villages from the Sunni Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) terrorist group.
The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) is plagued by financial troubles, with annual revenue falling by over 50 percent over the last two years, a study finds.
The Pentagon is reportedly unable to confirm whether an Islamic State British jihadist spent time at the U.S. military prison in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba before blowing himself up in a vehicle full of explosives at an Iraqi army base near Mosul, Iraq.
The Islamic State branch that operates in and around Egypt has designated the northern African country’s Christian minority their “favorite prey” in a propaganda video released this week.
The CIA suspended military aid to some rebels fighting Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, a move that some opposition fighters believe is intended to prevent U.S. weapons and cash from falling into the hands of Islamic extremists, reports Reuters.
A jihadist from the Sunni Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) terrorist group captured by Kurdish forces has shown little remorse after admitting to raping more than 200 women, reveals Reuters.
Iraqi forces launched an offensive on jihadists defending Mosul’s west bank Sunday, in what could be the most brutal fighting yet in a four-month-old operation on the city.
Up to 125 jihadists and their relatives have traveled from the Caribbean island nation of Trinidad and Tobago to join the Islamic State (IS) in the Middle East, making the country “the largest per-capita source” of recruits for the jihadist group in the Western Hemisphere, reports the Associated Press (AP).
A massive suicide bombing by the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) on a prominent Sufi Muslim shrine in Pakistan killed up to 88 people, including women and children, and wounded more than 300 others — a rude reminder of the terrorist group’s expanding presence in the region.
Contents: Pakistan again in shock as Sufi shrine bombing is fifth terror attack in a week; Monday’s terror attack in Lahore Pakistan kills dozens; Pakistan’s government promises that each drop of blood will be avenged
Retaking the Iraqi city of Mosul from the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) will only push the jihadist group to other parts of the war-ravaged country, a Kurdish intelligence official predicted during an interview with Reuters.
Islamic State terrorists consider the mainstream media to be “more important than military jihad” with a “far-reaching” power that exceeds even the “most powerful bombs,” reports the London-based International Center for the Study of Radicalization and Political Violence (ICSR).
The new United Nations chief, to the ire of the United States, has nominated former Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad to serve as the global body’s envoy to volatile Libya where the Islamic State continues to cause havoc despite losing its stronghold in the African country.
Contents: Iraq: Supporters of al-Sadr and al-Maliki turn again to violence in Baghdad; Iraq’s army poised to begin Battle of Mosul in the west
Turkish prosecutors are reportedly investigating allegations that suspected Islamic State terrorists have established a school in Istanbul to spread their jihadist ideology to children.
The 2017 terrorism forecast for the United States and the rate at which Americans are being radicalized at home is “alarming,” according to a monthly assessment by the House Homeland Security Committee.
U.S.-backed Iraqi forces fighting to liberate the city of Mosul are waging psychological war on the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL), leaving militants’ corpses to rot in plain sight.
The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) branch in the Afghanistan-Pakistan region has taken credit for a suicide bombing outside the Supreme Court in the Afghan capital of Kabul that left at least 20 people dead and dozens of others wounded, a testament to the jihadist group’s growing influence and the dangerous threat it presents.
A suicide bombing outside the Supreme Court in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul killed at least 20 people and injured dozens others Tuesday, marking the latest sign of deteriorating security conditions in the war-ravaged nation.
Contents: Investigation reveals depraved new atrocities by Syria’s Bashar al-Assad; Epicenter of Syrian conflict moves from Aleppo to Idlib and al-Bab
Military and police officers in a northern Indian state that borders the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir have been placed on alert following the appearance of graffiti and posters announcing the arrival of the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) to the area.
One of the Islamic State’s most prominent decapitators, allegedly responsible for beheading more than 100 people, has been stabbed to death in the outskirts of northern Iraq’s city of Mosul, reports Iraqi News, citing the Arabic-language al-Sumaria News.
Contents: Trying to keep up in a world in a state of hysteria; Leading Muslim government advisor in Myanmar (Burma) is assassinated; Ethnic cleansing of Myanmar’s Rohingyas threatens regional stability
Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) jihadists are expanding their territory in some parts of Syria, reports Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL).
The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), a Marxist terrorist group, has reportedly formed a new, armed group made up of members of the Yazidi minority in Iraq, drawing sharp rebuke from the mayor of the Yazidi-majority Iraqi town of Sinjar.
The U.S. military is alarmed that the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) in Iraq is using commercially available drones to drop small bombs with “pinpoint accuracy” in and around Mosul, the jihadist group’s last major stronghold in the country.
Contents: Russia, Iran, Turkey sign farcical Syria peace agreement; Syria peace conference sees a return to ‘proximity talks’; The aftermath of the destruction of Aleppo
U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis is leading an internal Pentagon review of options to propose to President Donald Trump to intensify the war against the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) and ultimately defeat the jihadist group.
The Kurdish People’s Protection Unit (YPG), the armed wing of the Syrian Democratic Union Party (PYD) that controls large swathes of northern Syria, has declared that it is “not bound” by any decisions made during the current Syria peace talks in Kazakhstan.
Turkey has arrested more than 1,600 people accused of being linked to the failed military coup in July 2016, including 1,218 suspected followers of the U.S.-based Islamic cleric Fethullah Gulen.
Iraq has launched an investigation into alleged violations of human rights and other abuses against civilians purportedly committed by some of the country’s service members and their allies, including Iran-backed Shiite fighters.
Contents: Trump may permit US military cooperation with Russia in Syria; Russia will build major naval base in Tartus Syria
Some officials from Pakistan and state sponsor of terrorism Iran have met with Taliban jihadists in the terrorist group’s stronghold of Helmand province in southern Afghanistan, reports TOLO News, citing provincial Gov. Hayatullah Hayat.
Huge oil fires lit by the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) across northern Iraq as it fled U.S.-backed Iraqi forces last month are still raging, making locals ill and causing an environmental hazard.
The majority of Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) commanders in Mosul, the terrorist group’s last major stronghold in Iraq, have been killed by the U.S.-backed Iraqi government forces and their allies, an Iraqi general tells Reuters.
A discussion about President Barack Obama’s legacy cannot ignore his policies in Afghanistan, where security conditions continue to deteriorate primarily at the hands of the Taliban, Afghans have suffered record casualties, and U.S. military fatalities have dramatically increased under his watch.
The Sunni kingdom of Saudi Arabia has voiced optimism about the desire expressed by incoming President Donald Trump to restore U.S. influence across the globe, contain Shiite powerhouse Iran, and fight the Sunni jihadist group Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL).
Esteban Santiago told the FBI that he carried out an attack on Fort Lauderdale on behalf of the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL), Michael Ferlazzo, an FBI special agent, reportedly testified at the attacker’s bond hearing Tuesday.
Two children, suspected to be 7 and 12 years old and believed to be linked to the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) branch Boko Haram, reportedly carried out twin suicide bombings Monday that left at least five people dead and 15 others injured at the University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID) in the capital of northeastern Nigeria’s Borno State.
Iraqi-led forces, backed by the United States military, have reportedly pushed the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) out of its strategic base in northern Iraq’s Mosul University complex.
