ISIS, which stands for the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, rapidly captured large territories in Iraq and Syria and declared a caliphate in 2014. The group controlled more than 34,000 square miles of territory from the Mediterranean coast to south of Baghdad. The campaign to eradicate the Is...
DAMASCUS, March 29 (Xinhua) -- A total of 12 inmates of the Islamic State (IS) militant group escaped a prison run by Kurdish militia in Syria's northeastern province of Hasakah on Sunday, state TV reported. The inmates escaped the Ghweiran prison that is run by the Kurdish-led Syrian ...
"When I took office, ISIS controlled more than 20,000 square miles in Iraq and Syria -- just two years ago. Today, we have liberated virtually all of the territory from the grip of these bloodthirsty monsters," Trump said. "Now, as we work with our allies to destroy the remnants of ...
The SDF and the IS militants are engaged in intense battles in a bid by the SDF to eliminate the IS militants in the eastern Euphrates River region in eastern Syria, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. The Britain-based observatory said the IS militants are now besieged in ...
France, Denmark, Britain and Australia all said that they will continue to work with international partners to counter terrorism such as the ISIS while the Australian PM Morrison said in a statement that their efforts include stemming the terrorists financing as well as their recruitment and propagan...
"Until now our troops are still assaulting the defensive positions of the Maute-ISIS, and despite the fact that we have set today as a target day for finishing the arm conflict, our troops are still pushing hard, fighting hard to meet this target," Brawner said. ...