Islamic State

Baghdad says it will prosecute Islamic State militants being moved from Syria to Iraq - Baghdad will prosecute and try militants from the Islamic State group who are being transferred from prisons and detention camps in neighboring Syria to Iraq under a U.S.-brokered deal, Iraq said Sunday. The announcement from Iraq’s highes
How Syria's Sharaa captured Kurdish-held areas while keeping the US onside - By Feras Dalatey , Maya Gebeily and Humeyra Pamuk DAMASCUS, Syria Jan 21 (Reuters) - The Syrian government's rapid takeover of territory long held by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces took
US strike in Syria kills man linked to attack on soldiers, officials say - The US Central Command said in a statement that Bilal Hasan al-Jasim was killed in the attack on Friday.
US launches another retaliatory strike in Syria, killing leader tied to deadly Islamic State ambush - A third round of retaliatory strikes by the U.S. in Syria resulted in the death of an Al-Qaeda-affiliated leader, who officials say had a direct tie to the Islamic State member responsible for last month’s ambush that killed two U.S. soldie
Nearly 25 Islamic State fighters killed or captured in Syria, US military says - The U.S. military said Tuesday that nearly 25 operatives of the Islamic State group were killed or captured in Syria this month following an ambush that killed two U.S. troops and an American civilian interpreter. U.S. Central Command, whi
Turkish police detain 357 suspects in raids against the Islamic State group - Turkish police carried out further large-scale operations against the Islamic State group across Turkey on Tuesday, detaining 357 suspects, the interior minister said. The raids came a day after a deadly clash in the northwestern province
Australian police find no evidence of 'broader terrorist cell' in Bondi Beach antisemitic shooting - An investigation that extended to the Philippines of two men accused of shooting dead 15 people at a Sydney Jewish festival has found no evidence that they were part of a “broader terrorist cell,” police said on Tuesday. Sydney residents S
Trump says US struck Islamic State targets in Nigeria after group targeted Christians - President Donald Trump said Thursday night that he’d launched a “powerful and deadly strike” against Islamic State forces in Nigeria.
Two men found guilty of UK plot to kill hundreds of Jews as IS fears grow - LONDON, Dec 23 (Reuters) - Two men were found guilty on Tuesday of plotting to kill hundreds in an Islamic State-inspired gun rampage against the Jewish community in England, a planned attack investigators say demonstrates the resurgent ris
Attacker who killed US troops in Syria was a recent recruit to security forces, official says - A man who carried out an attack in Syria that killed three U.S. citizens had joined Syria’s internal security forces as a base security guard two months earlier and was recently reassigned amid suspicions that he might be affiliated with th