Los Angeles Times

Islamic State’s brutal ideology still inspires attacks worldwide

BEIRUT — Screams, carnage — and a black banner. The attacker in the deadly New Year’s truck-ramming strike on revelers in New Orleans’ French Quarter had a black Islamic State flag, the FBI says. Law ...
Los Angeles Times

A decade after Islamic State declared a caliphate, it’s diminished but still lethal

BAGHDAD — A decade after the Islamic State militant group declared its caliphate in large parts of Iraq and Syria, the extremists no longer control any land, have lost many prominent leaders and are ...
War on the Rocks

The Islamic State Keeps Finding Opportunities

In March 2024, the Islamic State killed more people in parts of Syria controlled by the Assad regime than at any point since July 2018. The attacks are part of an ongoing trend since October 2023 that ...