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 ...

Raqqa is the last city of any consequence still held by Islamic State in either Syria or Iraq. But ISIS’ de facto capital is now surrounded.

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

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 ...

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

Raqqa is the last city of any consequence still held by Islamic State in either Syria or Iraq. But ISIS’ de facto capital is now surrounded.

Raqqa is the last city of any consequence still held by Islamic State in either Syria or Iraq. But after being pummeled by airstrikes for months, ISIS' de-facto capital is now surrounded by US ...