Four months of Russian air strikes in Syria are taking their toll on rebel forces, strengthening the hand of a defiant President Bashar al-Assad as the United Nations struggles to get peace talks off the ground. Insurgents in the west are being hit harder, while in eastern and central parts of the country, Islamic State is also...
Satellite images confirm that the oldest Christian monastery in Iraq has been destroyed by the jihadist group Islamic State (IS). St Elijah's stood on a hill near the northern city of Mosul for 1,400 years. But analysts said the images, obtained by the Associated Press, suggested it had been demolished in late 2014, soon...
Defense chiefs from the United States, France, Britain and four other nations meet in Paris on Wednesday to examine ways to accelerate gains against Islamic State, including by potentially ramping up the number of police and army trainers. U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter described the gathering as a chance for face-to-face...
The Russian Air Force in Syria has eliminated 60 Islamic State militants in eastern Deir ez-Zor province, the Defense Ministry reported. Several days ago mass execution of civilians were reported there. “The Russian Su-34 bombers have struck terrorist strongholds near the village of Bagilya in the Deir ez-Zor province...
21-year-old Nadia Murad Basi Taha told about atrocities that militants of "Islamic state" have staged an in relation to Yezidi. According to the girl, at least 3,400 people living in the vicinity of the city Sinzhar are killed and missing after the area was occupied by LIH in August 2014....
Tarek Belgacem, a Tunisian in his 30s, was a refugee who had been living in Germany This is the first picture of the ISIS terrorist shot dead in Paris last week as he stormed a police station was an asylum seeker. Tarek Belgacem, a Tunisian in his 30s, was a refugee who had been living in Germany. He was killed while wearing a...
Four Islamic militant groups in the Philippines have reportedly formed together to create a satellite of the Islamic State in Southeast Asia, pledging allegiance to caliphate in the Middle East. A video reportedly released from the southern Philippines island of Mindanao shows a number of former rival Islamic terror leaders...
Assi Ali Mohammed Nasser al-Obeidi, the second deputy of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was killed during an Iraqi air force strike in the city of Barwana, just east of Haditha, the Iraqi military said Saturday, CNN reported. Assi Ali Mohammed Nasser al-Obeidi was a top ISIS military commander in western Iraq and eastern...
German Tornado jets have flown their first reconnaissance mission over territory held by the Islamic State, according to Deutsche Welle. German Tornado reconnaissance jets flew for the first time on Friday in a mission against the extremist militia group calling itself "Islamic State" (IS) on Friday, Deutsche Welle...
Police in Paris have shot a man dead who tried to enter a police station armed with a knife, shouting “Allahu Akbar.” The man was found to be carrying a cellphone and a paper with an Islamic State flag, the Paris prosecutor says. The man was carrying a butcher's knife and wore a fake explosive vest, AP reported....
Islamic State militants are reportedly developing surface-to-air missiles that can hit airliners and military jets, as well as hi-tech car bombs, in a R&D lab in Syria, according to a footage obtained by Sky News. In video footage passed to Sky News by Free Syrian Army fighters, a surprisingly clean and well-lit workshop...
The United States and its allies conducted 31 strikes against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria on Thursday, the coalition leading the operations said in a statement on Friday, according to Reuters. In Syria, a dozen strikes using fighters and drones near five cities included eight strikes near Mar'a and Manbij that struck...