The terrorist group that claimed responsibility for Thursday's attack in Kabul, which killed 13 U.S. service members and at least 170 Afghans, is an offshoot of ISIS, known as ISIS-K. An affiliate of ISIS, the group that spread into northern Iraq from Syria six years ago and once contr...
ISIS has officially been the deadliest terrorist group in history. In a tool that maps out the activity of the world’s most prominent terrorist groups, when you filter by “Most Victims,” ISIS comes up first, despite being around for less than a decade (their death count is more than d...
Jordan is hoping to secure the release of a military pilot, Moaz al-Kassassbeh, who is held by ISIS along with a Japanese hostage, Kenji Goto. The terror group has threatened to kill the hostages if the Jordanians do not hand over convicted terrorist Sajida al-Rishawi. Schultz explained ...
As part of operational searches of civilian structures converted into terrorist infrastructure, the soldiers raided a UN school that the terrorists of the Shejaiya Battalion were using as a hideout and a warehouse. The troops discovered dozens of weapons, grenades, and valuable intelligence documents. ...
Islamist terror group grabs $425 million in cash from Mosul bank, making it rich as several small nations. Iraqi soldier: 'we can't win.'
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Most media outlets refer to the violent terrorist group as "ISIS" rather than "ISIL." Some people don't like that.
New Orleans attacker's military history Shamsud-Din Jabbar, the man who rammed a truck into a crowd of people on New Orleans' popular Bourbon Street, served in the U.S. military and was deployed for 11 months to Afghanistan, an Army spokesperson said. CBS News' Charlie D'Agata reports...
Archer claims to have committed the attack on ISIS’ behalf, telling police: “I pledge my allegiance to the Islamic State, and that’s why I did what a did.” Archer has a criminal history and impending court appearances. He had traveled to Saudi Arabia and Egypt. ...
“By banning Muslims, lumping them with radical Islamism, Donald Trump provides ammunition and motivation for al Qaeda and ISIS,” said Fawaz Gerges, chairman of contemporary Middle East studies at the London School of Economics and author of “ISIS: A History.” ...