Islamic state
Libya’s militant groups: from Islamic State to Muslim Brotherhood
Features/Interviews
May 31, 2017
Libya’s militant groups: from Islamic State to Muslim Brotherhood
President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi declared in a televised speech that the Egyptian Armed Forces launched airstrikes against specific camps in…
Survivors of Egypt Christian bus attack recount their horror
Egypt
May 30, 2017
Survivors of Egypt Christian bus attack recount their horror
Video interviews with survivors of a deadly attack by Islamic militants on a bus taking Egyptian Christians to a remote…
Civilians lack food, water, medicine as Mosul battle mounts: UN
Middle East
May 30, 2017
Civilians lack food, water, medicine as Mosul battle mounts: UN
Tens of thousands of civilians in parts of Mosul held by Islamic State are struggling to get food, water and…
Suicide bomber kills 16 at Baghdad ice cream shop
Middle East
May 30, 2017
Suicide bomber kills 16 at Baghdad ice cream shop
A suicide bombing at a popular Baghdad ice cream shop killed at least 16 people, officials said Tuesday, an attack…
Philippines urges Islamist rebels to surrender as battle enters 8th day
World
May 30, 2017
Philippines urges Islamist rebels to surrender as battle enters 8th day
The Philippine military urged Islamist militants occupying a southern city to turn themselves in on Tuesday, the eighth day of…
IS claims deadly shooting of Coptic Christians in Egypt
Egypt
May 28, 2017
IS claims deadly shooting of Coptic Christians in Egypt
The Islamic State group on Saturday claimed responsibility for shooting dead 29 Christians on a bus in central Egypt, an…
Under pressure in Syria, IS looks to Libya to plot terror attacks
Middle East
May 28, 2017
Under pressure in Syria, IS looks to Libya to plot terror attacks
Even as the so-called Islamic State has lost territory and men in Libya, it has maintained an underground network of…
Video | Egypt Air Force succeeds in destroying targets in Libya
Egypt
May 27, 2017
Video | Egypt Air Force succeeds in destroying targets in Libya
Military spokesperson Tamer al-Refaei said on Saturday that the air force succeeded in destroying the targets planned in Libya. This…
Manchester bomber’s father says he did not expect attack
World
May 25, 2017
Manchester bomber’s father says he did not expect attack
The father of the bomber who killed 22 concert-goers in an attack in Manchester told Reuters in the Libyan capital…
NATO will formally join anti-Islamic State coalition
World
May 25, 2017
NATO will formally join anti-Islamic State coalition
Several NATO sources on Wednesday said that the strategic military alliance would join the US-led coalition against the self-proclaimed Islamic…