Islamic state
US-backed Syrian force declares victory over IS in Raqqa
Middle East
October 20, 2017
US-backed Syrian force declares victory over IS in Raqqa
A US-backed Syrian force declared victory over the Islamic State group in its former “capital” of Raqqa on Friday, declaring…
Al-Qaida set to gain as Islamic State disintegrates
Middle East
October 19, 2017
Al-Qaida set to gain as Islamic State disintegrates
Over several nights in September, some 10,000 men, women and children fled areas under Islamic State control, hurrying through fields…
US-backed Syrian fighters clearing war remnants in Raqqa
Middle East
October 18, 2017
US-backed Syrian fighters clearing war remnants in Raqqa
US-backed forces fighting Islamic State militants in Syria were removing land mines and clearing main roads in Raqqa on Wednesday,…
Masoud’s list revisited — ‘IS’ victim turns terrorist hunter in Germany
Middle East
October 17, 2017
Masoud’s list revisited — ‘IS’ victim turns terrorist hunter in Germany
Masoud Aqil’s longest incarceration in one place was in a soccer stadium in Raqqa, Syria, the Islamists’ stronghold at the…
US takes aim at Yemeni Islamic State for first time
Middle East
October 17, 2017
US takes aim at Yemeni Islamic State for first time
The United States said it launched its first attack on Islamic State’s deadly Yemen branch on Monday with a series…
Newsmaker: Malaysian teacher seen as new ’emir’ of pro-Islamic State militants
Middle East
October 16, 2017
Newsmaker: Malaysian teacher seen as new ’emir’ of pro-Islamic State militants
The battlefield deaths of two leaders of an Islamic State alliance in the southern Philippines could thrust a Malaysian who trained…
IS Southeast Asia chief killed in Philippines: govt
Middle East
October 16, 2017
IS Southeast Asia chief killed in Philippines: govt
The head of the Islamic State group in Southeast Asia, who figures on the US “most wanted terrorists” list, has…
Final assault starts on Syria’s Raqqa as some Islamic State fighters quit
Middle East
October 15, 2017
Final assault starts on Syria’s Raqqa as some Islamic State fighters quit
US-backed militias said they had launched their final assault on Syria’s Raqqa on Sunday after a convoy of Islamic State…
‘Islamic State’ (IS) fighters evacuate as battle for Raqqa nears end
Middle East
October 15, 2017
‘Islamic State’ (IS) fighters evacuate as battle for Raqqa nears end
The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), an alliance of Kurdish and Arab militias, were battling Sunday the last “Islamic State”…
Kurdish VP : Thousands of troops sent to Kirkuk to face ‘Iraqi threat’
Middle East
October 13, 2017
Kurdish VP : Thousands of troops sent to Kirkuk to face ‘Iraqi threat’
Kurdish authorities have sent thousands more troops to the oil region of Kirkuk to confront “threats” from Iraq’s central government,…