A suspected Islamic State group attack on pro-government force in east Syria kills at least 13

Syrian opposition war monitor and pro-government media oulets say suspected members of the Islamic State group have attacked three posts for Syrian government forces and pro-government gunmen killing ... Read More

Islamic State group seizes Sinjar

FIGHTERS from the Islamic State rebel group (IS) wrested control of the Iraqi town of Sinjar near the Syrian border from Kurdish forces at the weekend. “The peshmerga have withdrawn from Sinjar and ... Read More

Putin says Islamic State group has seized 700 hostages in Syria

President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Islamic State militants had seized nearly 700 hostages in part of Syria controlled ... adding that Islamic State group was expanding its control ... Read More

Islamic State seizes al-Tanak oilfield in Syria from Al-Nusra Front

Islamic State (Isis) forces seized Syria’s al-Tanak oilfield in the eastern province of Deir el-Zour yesterday as they sought to extend their control along the Euphrates river. The extremist group had ... Read More

Worrying signs exist that IS growing stronger in Syria

Slowly but surely, the Islamic State terror group seems to be regaining its footing in Syria, launching new and brazen attacks against forces loyal to Syrian ... Read More

Human rights group alleges widespread torture, abuse of detainees accused of IS affiliation in Syria

The SDF and its allies, including U.S.-led coalition forces, defeated the Islamic State group in Syria in 2019, ending its self-proclaimed Islamic "caliphate" that had ruled over a large swath of ... Read More

Syria: Top Iraqi militant leader killed in Islamic State attack in Syria, says HTS

Abu Maria al-Qahtani had been Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham's second-in-command despite being detained by his own group in August Fighters from Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), headed by ex-members of Syria's ... Read More

The Latest | World leaders call on Iran and Israel to avoid allowing conflict to worsen

Israel also carried out a missile strike on an air defense unit in southern Syria, causing material damage, Syria's state-run SANA news ... the Islamic State extemist group after it seized large ... Read More

Is the world prepared for more Islamic State attacks?

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Security agencies across Europe were on high alert this week as Champion’s League football ... Read More

The Islamic State group says it was behind a mosque bombing in Afghanistan that killed 6 people

ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for a deadly shooting ... mosques and Shiite areas throughout the country. The Taliban seized power in Afghanistan in August 2021, ... Read More