Islamic State group
US-led coalition: Attack with 2 armed drones foiled in Iraq
Middle East
January 5, 2022
US-led coalition: Attack with 2 armed drones foiled in Iraq
BAGHDAD (AP) — Two explosives-laden drones targeting an Iraqi military base housing U.S. troops in western Anbar province were destroyed…
EXPLAINER: How could US drawdown in Iraq aid IS, Iran?
Features/Interviews
December 3, 2020
EXPLAINER: How could US drawdown in Iraq aid IS, Iran?
In a quest to root out Islamic State group hideouts over the summer, Iraqi forces on the ground cleared nearly…
Whistleblower says Facebook generating terror content
World
May 10, 2019
Whistleblower says Facebook generating terror content
Facebook is unwittingly auto-generating content for terror-linked groups that its artificial intelligence systems do not recognize as extremist, according to…
Dozens dead in IS attacks on southern Syria: monitor
Middle East
July 25, 2018
Dozens dead in IS attacks on southern Syria: monitor
A string of suicide attacks in Syria by the Islamic State group has killed at least 40 people, mostly pro-regime…
Islamic State claims air base attack in Egypt’s North Sinai
Egypt
December 21, 2017
Islamic State claims air base attack in Egypt’s North Sinai
Islamic State has claimed an attack on an Egyptian military airport that killed one officer and wounded two near the…
Security forces kill five militants in Sinai
Egypt
November 22, 2017
Security forces kill five militants in Sinai
The Egyptian Second Field Army – who are assigned with the task of securing North Sinai and Ismailia from an extremist…
New militant group claims responsibility for Egypt attack
Egypt
November 3, 2017
New militant group claims responsibility for Egypt attack
A previously unknown Egyptian militant group has claimed responsibility for last month’s ambush of a police raid outside of Cairo.…
Uncertainty as Mideast turns a page with IS defeat in Raqqa
Middle East
October 19, 2017
Uncertainty as Mideast turns a page with IS defeat in Raqqa
The Middle East may have turned a page with the defeat of the Islamic State group in its self-declared capital…
Clashes between troops and IS intensify in central Syria
Middle East
September 15, 2017
Clashes between troops and IS intensify in central Syria
Syrian government forces pressed their offensive in the province of Hama on Friday in a weekslong attack aimed at clearing…
Russia says Syria government seized most territory from IS
Middle East
September 12, 2017
Russia says Syria government seized most territory from IS
Russia’s military said Tuesday that Syrian troops have liberated about 85 percent of the war-torn country’s territory from militants, a…