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US Military Kills Senior ISIS Leader in Northern Somalia
U.S. special operations forces have killed a senior Islamic State group official and 10 other terrorist operatives in remote northern Somalia.
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Alabama Woman Who Joined IS Hopes to Return From Syria Camp
A woman who ran away from home in Alabama at the age of 20 to join the Islamic State group in Syria says she is a victim of the militant organization and hopes to return to the U.S. even if it means serving prison time.
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Islamic State Claims Attack on Egypt Police That Killed 4 in Suez Canal City
The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for a militant attack on a police checkpoint in Egypt’s Suez Canal city of Ismailia that killed at least four people, including three police.
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ISIS ‘Beatle' Sentenced to Life in Prison Over Deaths of US Hostages in Iraq and Syria
A British man nicknamed one of the Beatles by his captives because of his English accent has been sentenced to life in prison for his role in the deaths of four U.S. hostages captured by the Islamic State.
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US Woman Pleads Guilty to Leading Islamic State Battalion
An American woman who prosecutors say led an all-female battalion of Islamic State militants in Syria has pleaded guilty in a case that a prosecutor called a first-of-its-kind in the United States. Allison Fluke-Ekren broke down sobbing after admitting in federal court in Alexandria, Virginia on Tuesday to conspiring to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization. The charge...
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Who Is the ISIS Leader Killed in the U.S. Raid? Here's What to Know
The leader of the Islamic State group killed in a U.S. raid overnight in northwest Syria was largely a mystery, with almost no known photos, never appearing in public or in the group’s videos
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Biden on Syria Raid: US ‘Successfully Removed Major Terrorist Threat to the World'
President Joe Biden commended U.S. special forces who carried out an overnight raid in northwestern Syria that killed ISIS leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi.
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US Special Ops Kills ISIS Leader in Syrian Raid
President Joe Biden confirmed Thursday that U.S special operations forces conducted a large-scale counterterrorism raid in northwestern Syria, killing ISIS leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi .
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Biden: ISIS Leader Dies in Suicide Blast During US Raid in Syria
Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi died by exploding a bomb that killed himself and members of his family, including women and children, as U.S. forces closed in.
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DePaul Student Convicted of Trying to Help Islamic State Through Computer Program
A federal jury on Monday convicted a onetime student at DePaul University of trying to help the Islamic State in the form of a computer script that helped disseminate the terrorist group’s propaganda. Prosecutors said Thomas Osadzinski, 22, designed a process that uses a computer script to make Islamic State propaganda, including videos, more conveniently accessed and disseminated by users…
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Islamic State Claims Mosque Bombing in South Afghanistan
The Islamic State group says its members are responsible for a deadly suicide bombing on a Shiite mosque in southern Afghanistan
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Taliban Say They Won't Work With US to Contain Islamic State
The Taliban have ruled out cooperation with the U.S. to contain extremist groups in Afghanistan
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Bomb at Kabul Mosque Kills 5 Civilians, Taliban Say
The Taliban say at least five civilians have been killed by a bomb blast at the entrance of a mosque in the Afghan capital of Kabul
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Indonesia's Most Wanted Militant Killed in Jungle Shootout
Indonesia’s military says security forces have killed the country’s most wanted militant with ties to the Islamic State group.
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Afghan Survivors of Errant US Drone Strike Seek Probe
A survivor of an errant U,S
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France Kills ISIS Leader Behind Deaths of US Troops, Aid Workers
According to Macron’s office, al-Sahrawi personally ordered the killing of six French aid workers and their Nigerien colleagues last year, and his group was behind a 2017 attack that killed U.S. and Niger military personnel.
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Al-Qaida Chief Appears in Video Marking 9/11 Anniversary
Al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri has appeared in a video marking the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11, attacks, months after rumors spread that he was dead.
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White House: US Has Capacity to Evacuate Remaining Americans
Top Biden administration officials say the United States has the capacity to evacuate the approximately 300 U.S. citizens remaining in Afghanistan who want to leave before President Joe Biden’s Tuesday deadline
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US Says Drone Kills IS Bombers Targeting Kabul Airport
U.S. officials say a drone strike has blown up a vehicle carrying “multiple suicide bombers” from Afghanistan’s Islamic State affiliate before they could attack Kabul’s international airport
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Biden Vows to Finish Kabul Evacuation, Avenge US Deaths
President Joe Biden says the United States will complete its evacuation of Americans and others from Kabul, despite the attack that killed at least 13 U.S. service members and many Afghan civilians.