Explainer-What is Islamic State, the group linked to this week's Damascus bombs?

By Michael Georgy DUBAI, July 10, (Reuters) - Preliminary investigations into the cell behind Tuesday's bombings in Damascus, ...

Islamic State Execution Seen by Millions on Fox News Website

The video of Jordanian pilot being burned to death by Islamic State was made available for streaming by Fox News. How many ...
War on the Rocks

The Islamic State Keeps Finding Opportunities

In March 2024, the Islamic State killed more people in parts of Syria controlled by the Assad regime than at any point since July 2018. The attacks are part of an ongoing trend since October 2023 that ...
The Washington Post

In northwest Nigeria, U.S. confronts a growing terrorist threat

Musa Sani and Murtala Ibrahim, community guards in Baidi, Nigeria, on Jan. 26. Days before, militants from Lakurawa group, affiliated with the Islamic State Sahel Province, attacked the village and ...
Los Angeles Times

Islamic State’s brutal ideology still inspires attacks worldwide

BEIRUT — Screams, carnage — and a black banner. The attacker in the deadly New Year’s truck-ramming strike on revelers in New Orleans’ French Quarter had a black Islamic State flag, the FBI says. Law ...
NPR

Recent attacks have been 'inspired' by Islamic State. What does that mean?

Just over a decade ago, the self-proclaimed Islamic State (ISIS) held vast swaths of territory across Iraq and Syria, carried out attacks that shocked the world, and regularly flooded social media ...
The Conversation

How Islamic State used video to legitimise its caliphate

The rise of the self-styled Islamic State (IS) has been described as an “accident of history” which took place as a result of the illegal invasion and occupation of Iraq in 2003. The extremist ...
War on the Rocks

Islamic State Containment Is Collapsing in Syria

Less than a month after the repeal of Caesar Act sanctions, Syria’s transitional president Ahmad al Sharaa launched an offensive against the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, triggering Arab ...
American Enterprise Institute

The Islamic State’s Global Long Game and Resurgence in Syria Poses an Evolved Threat to the West

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The New York Times

How the Islamic State Radicalizes People Today

A man who pledged allegiance to the terrorist group carried out a deadly attack in New Orleans on New Year’s Day. By Alissa J. Rubin See more of our coverage in your search results.Encuentra más de ...
Newsweek

Islamic State Leader for Iraq and Syria Killed, Iraqi PM Announces

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The leader of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria has been killed, Iraq ...