Why ISIS leader al-Baghdadi risked a video appearance
With a new video, the Islamic State’s long-elusive leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, has reemerged. His message was simple: ISIS’s self-declared caliphate in Iraq and Syria...
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Dangerous Islamic State member captured in Mosul by the Iraqi forces
A dangerous member of the Islamic State (IS) has been captured in the Iraqi city of Mosul who was reportedly behind the killing scores of...
Iraqi leaders need to step up efforts to prevent an Islamic State comeback
The Islamic State may have been defeated on the battlefield, but the political and social grievances that spawned the extremist movement are still a long...
Iraqi women affiliated with ISIS in Iraq camps being sexually assaulted
Iraqi women believed to be affiliated with ISIS face sexual exploitation in internal displacement camps across Iraq, according to an article by Foreign Policy. Women,...
Iraqi Shi’ite paramilitaries seek to clear the remaining ISIS terrorists from the Syrian border
Days after ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi released a new video the Iraqi paramilitary groups known as Hashd al-Shaabi, a 100,000-strong group of mostly Shi’ite...
Iraqi intelligence forces arrest Islamic State terrorist in Mosul
Iraqi military intelligence forces arrested on Wednesday an Islamic State militant, who was responsible for collecting information about the families fleeing the areas held by...
Islamic States makes inroads with militant groups in Congo
The caliphate may be gone in Iraq and Syria but ISIS is rebranding and finding new places to terrorize, this time in the Democratic Republic...