IS
Missing Yazidi women and children hiding in plain sight
Middle East
November 20, 2017
Missing Yazidi women and children hiding in plain sight
Almost half of the over 6,000 Yazidis kidnapped three years ago by the IS group have still not been found.…
Iraqi forces successfully retake last IS-held town in country
Middle East
November 17, 2017
Iraqi forces successfully retake last IS-held town in country
The Iraqi army retook the last town in the country still held by the Islamic State group on Friday as…
Iraqi forces push into the country’s last IS-held town
Middle East
November 17, 2017
Iraqi forces push into the country’s last IS-held town
Iraq’s Defense Ministry says Iraqi forces backed by the US-led coalition have pushed into the last Islamic State group-held town…
Wahat attackers inspired by al-Qaida: sole survivor
Egypt
November 17, 2017
Wahat attackers inspired by al-Qaida: sole survivor
In an interview broadcasted on Thursday evening on privately-run TV channel Al-Hayah, the sole militant who survived the Egyptian army’s counter-insurgency…
Sole surviving Wahat militant is Libyan national from Derna: Interior Ministry
Egypt
November 16, 2017
Sole surviving Wahat militant is Libyan national from Derna: Interior Ministry
The Interior Ministry said on Thursday that the sole militant who survived the Egyptian army’s counter-insurgency operation conducted against the…
French military say coalition opposed IS withdrawal from Raqqa
Middle East
November 16, 2017
French military say coalition opposed IS withdrawal from Raqqa
France’s military said on Thursday the coalition battling Islamic State in Syria had opposed a deal allowing fighters of the…
Video: Sole-surviving Wahat militant to publicly reveal information
Egypt
November 16, 2017
Video: Sole-surviving Wahat militant to publicly reveal information
The foreign sole-surviving militant of an air strike and military raids conducted in response to the El-Wahat El Baheria attack…
Kabul rocked by explosion killing seven
Middle East
November 16, 2017
Kabul rocked by explosion killing seven
At least seven people were killed and many wounded in a suicide bomb blast that in the Afghan capital on…
Al-Qaeda-affiliated group Jund al-Islām vows to eliminate IS in Sinai
Egypt
November 12, 2017
Al-Qaeda-affiliated group Jund al-Islām vows to eliminate IS in Sinai
A little-known militant group called Jund al-Islām, inspired by Al-Qaeda ideology, declared on Saturday that it carried out a military attack…
IS recaptures last Syrian urban bastion in fierce fightback
Middle East
November 12, 2017
IS recaptures last Syrian urban bastion in fierce fightback
The Islamic State group recaptured Albu Kamal in eastern Syria on Saturday after a fierce fightback to save the last…