Tag: Islamic State
Muslim leaders ‘must challenge IS’: Obama
Muslim communities need to do more to counter the "twisted" ideology used by Islamic State (IS) and al Qaida to recruit and radicalise would-be...
Hezbollah says it is fighting IS in Iraq
Lebanon's Shiite movement Hezbollah is fighting the Islamic State group in Iraq, its chief Hassan Nasrallah revealed for the first time Monday in a...
Islamic State sprouting limbs beyond its base
The Islamic State is expanding beyond its base in Syria and Iraq to establish militant affiliates in Afghanistan, Algeria, Egypt and Libya, American intelligence...
Iraq says has not asked for US ground forces
Baghdad has not requested foreign ground forces to battle the Islamic State group, Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jafaari said Thursday after Barack Obama called...
Obama asks US Congress for war powers against Islamic State
Authority would allow Obama to prosecute fight against extremist group on firmer legal basis
US President Barack Obama on Tuesday asked Congress for its backing...
Afghanistan could become haven for IS: ex-CIA officer
Afghanistan is in danger of turning into a sanctuary once again for Islamist extremists as the West withdraws troops and shifts its attention elsewhere,...
Parents of US hostage appeal to Islamic State captors
The parents of a US hostage who Islamic State militants claimed had been killed in an airstrike said they were “hopeful” she was still...
Islamic State in Syria seen under strain but far from collapse
Islamic State's defeat in Kobani and other recent setbacks in Syria suggest the group is under strain but far from collapse in the Syrian...
Jordan warplanes strike IS after pilot murder
AMMAN, Jordan-
Jordan said its warplanes launched dozens of new strikes Thursday against the Islamic State group, after vowing a harsh response to the burning...
Islamic State executes three of its Chinese militants: China paper
Around 300 Chinese extremists were fighting with the Islamic State after travelling to Turkey
The Islamic State has killed three Chinese militants who joined its...
Islamic State selling, crucifying, burying children alive in Iraq: UN
Iraqi boys aged under 18 are increasingly being used by the militant group as suicide bombers, bomb makers, informants or human shields to protect...
Islamic State executes three of its Chinese militants: China paper
BEIJING-
The Islamic State has killed three Chinese militants who joined its ranks in Syria and Iraq and later attempted to flee, a Chinese...
IS claims beheading second Japanese captive
Abe vowed to “never forgive terrorists” after news of the video broke early Sunday morning in Japan.
Islamic State seizes oil facility in north Iraq, 15 workers missing
Islamic State insurgents seized a small crude oil station near the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk where 15 employees were working, security and oil...
Hackers target Malaysia Airlines, threaten data dump
KUALA LUMPUR-
The Malaysia Airlines website was commandeered on Monday by hackers who referenced Islamic State (IS) militants and claimed to be from the “Lizard...
Kurdish forces fire into Islamic State-controlled Mosul
Kurdish forces have fired rockets into Mosul for the first time since Islamic State militants overran the northern Iraqi city last summer, Kurdish military...
Jail for US teen who wanted to fight in Syria
A US court jailed a "radicalized" Colorado teenager intercepted by the FBI when she attempted to join her fiance in the Islamic State (IS)...
