U.S.-backed forces celebrate defeat of ISIS in Raqqa 02:00. BEIRUT -- The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (), responsible for some of the worst atrocities perpetrated against civilians in recent ...

Between October 2016 and October 2017 — from the beginning of the campaign for Mosul until the end of that for Raqqa — the U.S.-led coalition dropped 46,683 air-released munitions in Iraq and ...

BEIRUT -- Even as internationally backed forces chip away at ISIS-held territory in Syria, Iraq and Libya, the militants have demonstrated a stubborn resilience this week in the face of recent ...

On Tuesday, conflicting reports emerged from Raqqa, the eastern Syrian city that has served as the de-facto capital of the Islamic State militant group's self-styled caliphate since 2014.

It retreated from Mosul, its last urban center in Iraq, in July 2017. With the loss of Raqqa, the Islamic State’s remaining areas of concentration are mostly in Syria’s Deir al-Zour and Iraq ...

Germany's federal prosecutor's office has submitted a new arrest warrant based on terrorism allegations for a Syrian man who ...

A Yazidi man abducted at age 7 by ISIS in 2014 has been rescued near Raqqa after 11 years. The KRG says 3,589 Yazidis have been freed so far, with 2,500 still missing. A second rescue, of Yazidi woman ...

Mahmoud M., 35, was allegedly a Raqqa-area operative for the terror group until 2016; authorities say he stabbed four people ...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday that the change or fall of Iran's leadership was not a goal of Israel's ...

German prosecutors charge Syrian migrant Mahmoud M., 35, with membership in the Islamic State group and attempted murder. He ...

Billionaire Elon Musk on Saturday criticized the latest version of President Donald Trump's tax and spending bill released by ...

The Islamic State (IS) is reportedly trying to exploit the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime to stage a comeback in Syria and neighbouring Iraq.