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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.
U.N. counterterrorism experts warn that Islamic State extremists are exploiting instability in Africa and Syria and remain a ...
The Pentagon provided few details about the operation. But counterterrorism raids — as opposed to airstrikes — typically ...
Iraqi officials have begun the excavation of what they believe to be mass graves left behind by Islamic State extremists when ...
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 ...
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.
Iraqi officials have begun excavating a mass grave, which is believed to contain the remains of thousands of victims of the ...
I recently attended a small Hill event on a beautiful day to remember a dark anniversary: Eleven years after the Islamic State began its genocide against Yezidis in Iraq, Yezidi speakers shared about ...
Syrian state media and a war monitor say a U.S.-led coalition has captured a senior member of the Islamic State group in ...
There are approximately 50,000 veteran Islamic State members and their families currently being held at 27 prisons and ...
At least five people were killed and 18 others wounded in Sulaymaniyah, northern Iraq, after security forces arrested Lahur ...
Secretary of State John Kerry and Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tennessee, spar over the administration's plan to combat extremists in Iraq and Syria.