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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 Supreme Court today refused to entertain a challenge to the government notifications whereby the Islamic State of Iraq ...
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 ...
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 ...
Illia Djadi, a senior researcher for Open Doors, said the recent atrocity in the Democratic Republic of Congo was part of a ...
Mark Lorenzo Villanueva of Long Beach was charged with attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist ...
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 ...
Islamic State – previously known as Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham – is the successor organization to al Qaeda in Iraq, started by Abu Musab Al Zarqawi a few years before the 2003 U.S.-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 ...