Islamic State

Fighting has continued in Hasaka since Thursday. Photo :AFP
Middle East

Record number of foreigners repatriated from IS camps in Syria this year

FILE PHOTO: Iranian flag is seen at the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran, as Albania cuts ties with Iran and orders diplomats to leave over cyberattack, in Tirana, Albania, September 8, 2022. REUTERS/Florion Goga/File Photo
Middle East

Islamic State claims responsibility for shrine attack in Iran

The logo of French concrete maker Lafarge is seen on the plant of Bercy on the banks of the river Seine in Paris, France, September 3, 2020. REUTERS/Charles Platiau
Global Economy

Lafarge pleads guilty to US charge of supporting Islamic State, to pay $778 million

A suveillance image shows a compound housing the leader of the Islamic State jihadist group Abu Ibrahim al-Hashemi al-Quraishi, who had led Islamic State since the death in 2019 of its founder Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, in northwest Syria prior to a raid executed by U.S. forces February 2, 2022. Department of Defense/Handout via REUTERS.
World+Biz

Tribal spies in Syria help US win drone war against Islamic State

Nigeria suspects Islamic State of killing 40 in Catholic church
Africa

Nigeria suspects Islamic State of killing 40 in Catholic church

El Shafee Elsheikh, a former British national accused of engaging in lethal hostage-taking and conspiracy to commit murder as an alleged member of an Islamic State cell nicknamed "the Beatles" that operated in Syria and Iraq, takes off his face mask and glasses for identification purposes as he attends testimony in his trial in U.S. federal court in Alexandria, Virginia, U.S. April 1, 2022. REUTERS/Bill Hennessy
USA

Islamic State 'Beatles' cell member convicted in US of beheading hostages

Late Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is seen in an undated picture released by the U.S. Department of Defense in Washington, U.S. October 30, 2019. U.S. Department of Defense/Handout via REUTERS
World+Biz

New Islamic State leader is brother of slain caliph Baghdadi - sources

Photo :Reuters
World+Biz

Islamic state confirms death of its leader, names new chief

A general view of the prayer hall after a bomb blast inside a mosque during Friday prayers in Peshawar, Pakistan, 4 March 2022. REUTERS/Fayaz Aziz
South Asia

At least 58 killed in suicide bombing at Shi'ite mosque in Pakistan

Interior of a building destroyed in the aftermath of a counter-terrorism mission conducted by the U.S. Special Operations Forces is seen in Atmeh, Syria, February 3, 2022. Mohamed Al-Daher/Handout via REUTERS
Middle East

Inside US raid on ISIS leader: Months of preparation, then a deadly blast

A motorist passes by a flag of the Islamic State group in central Rawah, northwest of Baghdad, Iraq, July 22 2014. Photo: BSS/AP
Middle East

Islamic State hits back, aided by power vacuum in Iraq and Syria

Fighting has continued in Hasaka since Thursday. Photo :AFP
Middle East

Syrian Kurdish forces tighten siege after Islamic State prison break

A Taliban fighter stands guard at the site of a blast in Kabul, Afghanistan, November 17, 2021.Representational image. Photo: Reuters
World+Biz

UN envoy says Islamic State now appears present in all Afghan provinces