The rise and fall of Islamic State in Iraq and Syria
March 23 (Reuters) – Islamic State fighters have been defeated at the final shred of territory they held in eastern Syria, marking the end of...
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Islamic State defeated, “caliphate” eliminated – U.S.-backed SDF
BEIRUT, March 23 (Reuters) – Islamic State has been defeated at its final shred of territory of Baghouz in Syria, the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces...
Teenager who joined IS group to lose UK citizenship
LONDON, Feb 19 (Reuters) – Shamima Begum, a teenager who left London when she was aged 15 to join Islamic State in Syria, has had...
Turkey to delay Syria operation, IS mounts attack in south-east
Turkey will postpone a military operation against Syrian Kurdish fighters in north-east Syria, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday as he “cautiously” welcomed a US decision...
Three more arrests in Morocco killing of Danish, Norwegian women (Update)
Moroccan police arrested on Thursday three people it had sought in a manhunt over the killing of two female tourists from Norway and Denmark in...
US withdrawal from Syria will spark Islamic State revival
The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces said on Thursday a White House decision to withdraw from Syria will allow an Islamic State revival and threaten the battle in eastern Syria....
US begins to pull forces from Syria, officials see full withdrawal
The United States said on Wednesday it has begun withdrawing U.S. forces from Syria while U.S. officials said Washington was considering removing all its troops...
Islamic State beheads three brothers in Afghanistan
Militants from Islamic State have beheaded three brothers, all working in the medical profession, in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Nangarhar, an official said on Monday....
Syrian army shells jihadist enclave near Damascus
The Syrian army started shelling a jihadist enclave south of Damascus on Tuesday in preparation for an operation to retake the area, a commander in...
Suspected Boko Haram militants kill 15 in Nigeria’s Maiduguri
A suspected Boko Haram attack in the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri killed 15 people and wounded 68, an emergency agency official said on Monday,...
UK teacher jailed for trying to recruit “army of children”
A British supporter of Islamic State who tried to recruit over 100 children into an “army” of jihadists to carry out a wave of attacks...
Three killed in French supermarket hostage-taking (Update 3)
Three people were killed in south-western France on Friday when a gunman held up a car, opened fire on police and then took hostages in a supermarket,...
Islamic State yet to suffer ‘enduring defeat’ says Tillerson
The end of major combat operations against Islamic State does not mean the United States and its allies have achieved an enduring defeat of the...
Iraq says reconstruction after war on Islamic State to cost $88bn
Rebuilding Iraq after three years of war with Islamic State will cost $88.2bn, with housing a particularly urgent priority, Iraqi officials told an international donors’...
UK Cypriot member of IS ‘Beatles’ arrested by US-backed Kurds
A UK national of Greek Cypriot origin, Alexanda Kotey, 34, was arrested by US-backed Kurdish forces in Syria on Friday, along with another man El...
‘Judge me’: Paris suspect refuses to answer Belgian court
The prime surviving suspect in the Islamic State attacks in Paris that killed 130 people refused to answer questions when his trial for a later...
Eleven Afghan soldiers killed in latest attack in Kabul (Update)
Militants on Monday raided a military academy in Kabul, the Afghan capital, killing 11 soldiers, the fourth major attack in a spate of violence over the...
Less than 1,000 IS fighters remain in Iraq, Syria – coalition
Fewer than 1,000 Islamic State fighters remain in Iraq and Syria, the United States-led international coalition fighting the hardline Sunni militant group said on Wednesday, a third...
Islamic State may be over, but al-Qaeda isn’t
By Gwynne Dyer Late last month, Russian President Vladimir Putin met the leaders of Iran, Turkey and Syria, allegedly to discuss a final peace settlement in...
Militants kill more than 230 at mosque in Egypt’s North Sinai (Updated)
Militants killed more than 230 people at a mosque in North Sinai on Friday, detonating a bomb and gunning down worshippers in the deadliest such...
