7 U.S. troops hurt in raid targeting Islamic State group militants in Iraq The U.S. military's Central Command alleged the militants were armed with "numerous weapons, grenades, and explosive ...

The Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant – Libya was listed on 4 March 2020 pursuant to paragraphs 2 and 4 of resolution 2368 (2017) as being associated with ISIL for “participating in the ...

The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces said on Sunday that five of its members had been killed during an attack by Islamic State militants on a checkpoint in eastern Syria's Deir el-Zor on July 31.

Illia Djadi, a senior researcher for Open Doors, said the recent atrocity in the Democratic Republic of Congo was part of a ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Iraq’s foreign ministry on Sunday called for increased international cooperation to rescue Yazidis ...

Open Doors Foundation's Illia Djadi said the killings were "very strategic", involving attacks on "defenceless rural farming ...

This undated image posted on a militant website on Jan. 4, 2014, shows Shakir Waheib, a senior member of the al Qaeda-linked Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), left, next to a burning ...

Dilbar Ali Ravu, 10, is kissed by his aunt, Dalal Ravu, as Yazidi children are reunited with their families in Iraq after five years of captivity with the Islamic State group, March 2, 2019.

Some people call it the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or ISIS. Others call it the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, or ISIL. Why does the Al Qaeda splinter group have more than one name?

A: The group, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, is taking advantage of two trends: growing discontent among Iraq’s minority Sunnis toward Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s Shiite-led ...

The Islamic State has crafted its tactics and message to best meet local considerations. "In Iraq, they portray themselves as the protectors of the Sunni community," al-Tamimi said.

Without U.S. help, Iraq struggles to push into Tikrit ISIS slows largely-Iranian-backed ground force trying to reclaim city for Iraq, and it's unclear whether Iraq even wants U.S. help Mar 4, 2015 ...