Islamic State group

Taliban forces kill 2 IS members in Kabul raid

Feb 27, 2023

Taliban security forces killed two militants from the Islamic State group and detained a third.

IS claims attack on Sikh temple in Afghan

Jun 19, 2022

The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for an attack on a Sikh temple in Afghanistan’s capital of Kabul

What is behind Turkey’s Syria incursion threats?

Jun 3, 2022

In northern Syria, residents are bracing for a new fight. With the world’s attention focused on the war in Ukraine

Mosque bombed in northwest Pakistan, at least 30 killed

Mar 4, 2022

A powerful bomb exploded inside a Shiite Muslim mosque in Pakistan’s northwestern city of Peshawar on Friday.

IS leader blows up self, family as US attacks Syria hideout

Feb 4, 2022

The leader of the Islamic State group blew himself up along with members of his family as American forces raided his Syria hideout Thursday.

Biden says IS leader killed during US raid in Syria

Feb 3, 2022

The leader of the violent Islamic State group was killed during an overnight raid in Syria’s northwestern Idlib province, President Joe Biden said Thursday.

IS deadly attacks in Syria; dozens killed

Jan 21, 2022

More than 100 militants from the Islamic State group carried out a complex attack on Syria’s largest prison.

Islamic State claims mosque bombing in south Afghanistan

Oct 16, 2021

Deadly suicide bombing on a Shiite mosque in southern Afghanistan

Indonesia arrests key leader in al-Qaida linked group

Sep 13, 2021

Indonesia’s elite counterterrorism squad has arrested a convicted militant and suspected leader of an al-Qaida-linked group that has been blamed for a string of past bombings in the country, Indonesia police said Monday.