WASHINGTON, D.C.—Department of Defense (DoD) Secretary Ashton Carter said he is “incredibly optimistic” about the United States’s position in the world.
The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) has decimated al-Qaeda by taking its recruits and ripping it apart, reports The Guardian.
In Syria, Lebanon’s Maronite Catholic patriarch Cardinal Beshara Rai called for peace and criticized “the death of the world’s conscience” over the lack of action against militant groups such as the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) in the Middle East.
The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) in Iraq and rebels in Syria are using tunnel bombs as a potent new weapon, an upgrade to an ancient tactic, according to a Pentagon organization.
Sinai Province, Egypt’s Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) affiliate, launched rockets towards an airport in the Sinai peninsula used by United Nations peacekeeping troops, news outlets report, quoting security sources.
The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) has gained access to radioactive material from hospital and research centers in territory it has seized in Iraq and Syria, prompting fears that it could develop a large “dirty” bomb, Australia’s Foreign Minister Julie Bishop told The Australian.
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The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) kidnapped 88 Eritrean Christians when it ambushed a human smugglers’ caravan south of Libya’s capital Tripoli last week.
Iraqi forces, backed by the U.S., and Shiite militias linked to Iran, seized back “key parts of the northern refinery town of Baiji” from Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) jihadists on Sunday, according to media reports.
In 2014, thousands of Westerners traveled to Iraq and Syria to join the Islamic State (ISIS/ISL) as the terrorist group expands its caliphate. But now some are realizing the life of a jihadist is not nearly as grand as advertised, forcing Western countries to contend with the mass return of citizens with ties to the terrorist group.
Troops loyal to Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, backed by Kurdish fighters, repelled an Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) offensive to capture the city of al-Hasakah in northeastern Syria, a monitor group reports.
The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) is recruiting “highly trained professionals,” including some from Western countries, to develop chemical weapons, warned Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop, Australia’s ABC reports.
Al-Qaeda affiliates in Syria and Yemen are benefiting from the global focus on the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL), quietly capturing territory and expanding their influence amid the turmoil in the war-ravaged countries, reports The Washington Post.
The regime of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad appears ready to “accept de facto partition” of Syria, a move that would leave most of the country in the hands of rebels and jihadists, Agence France-Presse (AFP) reports, quoting experts and diplomats.
The tomb of Nahum the Elkoshi, who foresaw the end of the Assyrian Empire, is the latest piece of history in danger by the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL). The terrorist group destroys anything that promotes idolatry.
A federal district judge sentenced a 24-year-old man from Austin, Texas, to 82 months in federal prison for attempting to provide material support and resources to a foreign terrorist organization. Michael Todd Wolfe (aka “Faruq”) will be under supervised release for five years after he gets out of prison for planning to join ISIS and fight in battle with them.
The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) reportedly beheaded a Libyan soldier in front of a group of six-year-olds for “educational purposes.” Supporters of ISIS posted the horrific pictures on social media.
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Belgian police announced an investigation after photographs surfaced of two men celebrating in the autopsy room of two dead terrorists.
The Bashar al-Assad regime launched airstrikes to help its purported enemy the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) advance in and around Aleppo, Syria’s largest city, the U.S. Embassy in Syria wrote on its official Twitter account.
An alleged Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) supporter was fatally shot Tuesday in the Gaza Strip by Hamas security forces who have launched a crackdown against radical jihadists in the disputed territory, according to various news reports.
A Russian father told the media he believes his 19-year-old daughter fled to Turkey to join the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) in Syria.
The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL), in the latest edition of its propaganda magazine, indicated that it could purchase a nuclear weapon in Pakistan, take it to Nigeria, and then smuggle it into the U.S. through Mexico by using existing trafficking networks in Latin America.
Iranian-backed militias consisting of Shia Muslims have released a video showing an alleged Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) member alive being burnt alive in Iraq, reminiscent of a similar video in which ISIS jihadists burnt alive a Jordanian pilot. The terrorist group members identify as Sunni Muslims, who consider Shia Muslims heretics.
The majority of U.S. pilots deployed on air missions targeting the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) in Iraq and Syria return to base with their weapons still in tow due to a lack of ground intelligence, reported The Washington Times.
