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The Islamic State group’s ruthless credo and military successes have helped spur affiliated groups in Africa, Asia and Europe. It’s a greatly decentralized alliance.
A banner of the Islamic State was found in the truck used to kill 14 people during on New Years’ Day in New Orleans, officials say. By The Associated Press Wire Service Jan. 1, 2025 ...
The self-proclaimed Islamic State is a militant Sunni movement that has conquered territory in western Iraq, eastern Syria, and Libya, from which it has tried to establish the caliphate, claiming ...
The self-proclaimed Islamic State has just named its new leader. Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qorashi takes the place of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the man who declared the so-called Islamic State ...
A rebel group tied to the Islamic State claimed responsibility Monday for the massacre of dozens of Catholic worshippers in ...
The military gave few details on the ground operation, but counterterrorism raids have typically involved helicopter-borne ...
Iraqi federal police officers hold up a captured Islamic State flag in the village of Abu Saif, about four miles from Mosul, on Feb. 22, 2017, in Nineveh province, northern Iraq.
As Western countries curtail support, the fate of one the world’s oldest state-building projects hangs in the balance. Three ...