ISIS

Three American citizens who traveled to Syria to fight alongside Kurdish forces battling the self-proclaimed Islamic State died in combat, two U.S. defense officials confirmed to the Daily Beast. At least one is believed to be U.S. military veteran, a defense official told The Daily Beast. According to one local report, the men were killed over […]

Officially, the 39-year-old Taha Subhi Falaha, better known as Abu Mohammed al-Adnani was spokesman for the so-called Islamic State: a vitriolic but compelling rhetorician for the caliphate whose imprecations—against America, the Shia, insufficiently pious Muslims and eventually al-Qaeda—earned him the nickname “attack dog.” Now he’s a dead one, according to the organization he served. In a statement, the […]

HARDAN, Iraq –  Surrounded by smoke and flames, the sound of gunshots echoing around him, the young man crouched in the creek for hours, listening to the men in his family die. On the other side of the mountain, another survivor peered through binoculars as the handcuffed men of neighboring villages were shot and then […]

With rare exception, active members of ISIS are notoriously shy about talking to Western reporters. The reason ISIS has invested so heavily in elaborate media and propaganda arms is that its mantra—“Hear from us, not about us”—is designed to demonstrate to fellow travelers and would-be enlisteesthat what the Crusader-Zionist press says is all lies. The higher metaphysical truth of the “Islamic […]

A suicide car bombing claimed by the Islamic State group in Yemen’s southern city of Aden on Monday killed at least 45 pro-government recruits, officials said. The men were at a staging area near two schools and a mosque when a pickup truck suddenly accelerated through the building’s gate as a food delivery arrived, exploding […]

Militia loyal to Libya’s unity government have suffered heavy casualties as they push into the last two areas of Sirte held by the so-called Islamic State group (IS). Hospital sources told reporters that 34 government soldiers had been killed and 150 wounded in fierce fighting. The coastal city was seized by the militant group in […]

Security concerns increased this week after it emerged a rescue boat operating in the southern Mediterranean had been shot at and boarded by armed men.

Islamic State has released a propaganda video that appears to show five children, one of whom it identifies as British, murdering Kurdish prisoners. The footage, released overnight on Friday, features five boys wearing military-type clothing and holding pistols, while standing in a row behind five men who are kneeling in orange jumpsuits. Each of the […]

Ankara views the YPG as a threat because of its close links to Kurdish militants waging a three-decade-old insurgency on its own soil. It has been alarmed by the YPG’s gains in northern Syria since the start of the Syrian civil war in 2011, fearing it could extend Kurdish control along Turkish borders and fuel the ambitions of Kurdish insurgents in Turkey.

Some 200 counter terrorism officers will be deployed to the Greek islands within weeks in a bid to thwart a “strategic” level campaign by Islamic State to infiltrate terrorists into Europe, the EU’s top law enforcement officer has said. The the new task force will be deployed alongside Greek border guards and use techniques developed […]

ABOARD A MILITARY AIRCRAFT — The U.S.-led coalition launched one of the largest airstrikes yet on an Islamic State car bomb factory Thursday night, hitting a sprawling compound south of Mosul with aircraft dropping dozens of bombs. The airstrike was the culmination of months of intelligence gathering and is part of a broad effort to weaken […]

A dramatic 10-second video released this week by aid worker Kayla Mueller’s family showed the woman pleading for help shortly after Islamic State fighters kidnapped her in Syria in 2013. The brief clip served as her proof-of-life video. U.S. officials confirmed last year she was killed. The cause of her death remains murky, though ISIS claimed […]