Posts Tagged: ISIS militants
Four Killed in Failed Attack on Saudi State Security Building
Four alleged Islamic State militants were killed on Sunday when authorities thwarted an attack on a state security building in Saudi Arabia's central Riyadh province,...
Belgium Wins Appeal Against Repatriation of Islamic State Families
Belgium has won an appeal against a judge's order forcing it to repatriate two Belgian women convicted of being Islamic State militants and their six...
US-Backed Syria Group Says 14 of Its Fighters Killed in Clashes With Islamic State
Fourteen fighters from the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces were killed east of the Euphrates river in Syria in a battle with Islamic state militants, an...
US Accuses Iran of Trying to Influence Iraq’s Election
US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis accused Iran on Thursday of "mucking around" in Iraq's May parliamentary election, in which Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi is seeking another...
Countries Who Fought Islamic State Must Help Rebuild Iraq: Tillerson
The United States urged members of the coalition fighting the Islamic State on Tuesday to help rebuild Iraq or risk the reversal of the gains...
Islamic State Threatens Iran From ‘Tora Bora’ Borderlands
Islamic State may be on the wane in Iraq and Syria but for Iran, the threat is still strong, centered on Kurdish communities along the...
ISIS Desperate to Continue Mosul Fight Deploys Suicide Bombers, Searches for Boys to Force Into Battle
In their final days in Mosul, Islamic State militants dispatched dozens of suicide bombers -- including women with babies in their arms -- and searched...
US-Backed Forces Close to Sealing Off Syrian City Raqqa in Effort to Trap ISIS Militants
Forces backed by the United States have nearly sealed off the northern Syrian city of Raqqa, trying to trap as many as 2,500 hard-core Islamic...
Mosul Residents Say ISIS Militants Still Live Among Liberated Civilians
Residents of ISIS's former Iraqi stronghold of Mosul have warned that extremists were still living among civilians in parts of the city liberated by U.S.-backed...
High-Ranking US Admiral Warns of ISIS-Linked Militants Seeking New Front in Asia
The commander of US Pacific forces said Wednesday that ISIS-linked militants returning from the Middle East are intent on opening a new front in Asia,...
ISIS Militants in Mosul on ‘Brink of Total Defeat,’ Says Spokesperson for US-Led Coalition
The last of the Islamic State militants remaining in the Iraqi city of Mosul were completely surrounded and “on the brink of total defeat,” a...
Officials: 36 ISIS Militants Killed in US ‘Mother of All Bombs’ Strike in Afghanistan
In its second major display of military might in one week, the US dropped its most powerful non-nuclear bomb on ISIS positions in a remote...
ISIS Abducts, Kills Egyptian Government ‘Collaborators’ in Sinai
In the past three days, Islamic State militants in Egypt's volatile northern Sinai region abducted four men accused of collaborating with the government, three of...
Iraqi Forces Enter Mosul University in Battle to Seize City From ISIS Militants
Two Iraqi officers say Iraqi special forces have entered the Mosul University, a tactical achievement in battling Islamic State militants for control of the city. The...
