Posts Tagged: Islamic state
Islamic State’s Baghdadi: A Trail of Horror and Death
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the Iraqi jihadist who rose from obscurity to declare himself "caliph" of all Muslims as the leader of Islamic State, has died...
Trump Announces Grisly Death of Islamic State Leader Baghdadi During US Raid
President Donald Trump on Sunday announced that Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi died during an overnight raid led by US military forces in Syria, a major victory...
Top Israeli Politicians Lament Trump Decision to Pull US Forces From Northern Syria
Yair Lapid -- co-chairman of Israel's centrist Blue and White party -- issued a rare, if indirect, criticism of the Trump administration on Monday, expressing...
Losing Bolton Increases the Chance of War
JNS.org - After US National Security Advisor John Bolton resigned (or was fired, depending on who you ask), Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said that Bolton was “naive”...
Iraq to Open Border-Crossing With Syria on Monday
Iraq's Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi has approved the reopening on Monday of the Qaim border-crossing with Syria, state news agency INA said, the latest...
Islamic State Claims Responsibility for Iraq Bus Bombing That Killed 12
Islamic State militants have claimed responsibility for a bus bombing that killed 12 people near the Iraqi city of Kerbala, the Amaq news agency reported...
Get Ready for ISIS to Make a Comeback
JNS.org – When the Second Intifada broke out in 2000, Hamas founder Sheikh Ahmed Yassin boasted that the desire of his people for death in...
Convicted Australian Terrorist Planned to Kill Jewish University Students in ‘Revenge for Palestine’
An Australian man who stabbed his neighbor in 2016 said he originally planned to attack Jewish students at the University of Sydney. Ihsas Khan was found guilty...
Islamic State Claims It Killed 11 Soldiers in Northeastern Nigeria
Islamic State (IS) killed 11 Nigerian soldiers in an attack on the northeastern town of Gajiganna, the group claimed through its news agency AMAQ on...
Islamic State Claims ‘Province’ in India for First Time After Clash in Kashmir
Islamic State (IS) claimed for the first time that it has established a "province" in India, after a clash between terrorists and security forces in...
Islamic State Media Group Airs Video Message Said to Be From Leader Baghdadi
Islamic State's media network published on Monday a video message purporting to come from its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in what would be his first appearance...
Amnesty, Monitors Say US-Led Coalition Killed 1,600 Civilians in Syria’s Raqqa
The US-backed assault to drive Islamic State from its Syrian capital Raqqa in 2017 killed more than 1,600 civilians, 10 times the toll the coalition...
Islamic State ‘Caliphate’ Defeated, Yet Threat Persists
US-backed forces proclaimed the capture of Islamic State's last territory in Syria on Saturday, eliminating its rule over a self-proclaimed "caliphate," but the jihadists remain...
Over 60,000 People, Mostly Civilians, Have Fled Last Islamic State Syria Enclave
The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said on Sunday that more than 60,000 people, mostly civilians, had flooded out of Islamic State's last enclave in...
