ISIS

Iraq’s prime minister on Thursday called on the Iraqi people to prioritize the battle against the Islamic State group amid a deepening political crisis in the country. Haider al-Abadi’s remarks come after the Iraqi leader moved to replace the commander of a military division tasked with protecting the heavily fortified Green Zone in the Iraqi […]

Children as young as 9 are being tracked as the next potential jihadists, a Dutch intelligence official warned Monday. Rob Bertholee, the head of intelligence for the Netherlands, said authorities identified 70 minors out of a group of around 250 Dutch citizens who left the country to wage jihad in the Middle East, NBC News […]

Last month, Gen. Joe Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, pinned Purple Hearts on four fellow Marines at a remote outpost in northern Iraq. They and four others were wounded in an attack by the Islamic State group that killed their buddy, Staff Sgt. Louis Cardin. Less than a week later, Dunford was […]

A day after a video emerged showing Navy SEALs laughing during combat in Iraq, a second, much more dire video of the attack has emerged.

Coalition aircraft engages Da’esh tactical unit near Manbij, Syria, to disrupt terrorist operations and deny freedom of movement and key terrain. The strikes were conducted as part of Operation Inherent Resolve, the operation to eliminate the Daesh terrorist group and the threat they pose to Iraq, Syria, and the wider international community. The destruction of […]

When the militants of the self-proclaimed Islamic State (also known as ISIS, ISIL, or Daesh) descended on the Iraqi city of Mosul in June 2014, they didn’t just march into town—they simultaneously launched a Twitter hashtag campaign, #AllEyesonISIS. It was blitzkrieg with a digital marketing strategy. Within hours, images of ISIS barbarity spread throughout the […]

The Kurdish freedom fighters of the YPG (People’s Protection Units) have been fighting and dying in their war against ISIS in Syria. They’ve put up a noble fight to the utmost of their ability. They are competent on the battlefield and are seeking to establish a democratic state in Rojava. But as easy as it […]

Without a doubt we will see future deployments of dozens, if not hundreds, of special operations soldiers in Libya — likely in the next 18 months.

This video claims to show Navy SEALs mentoring and assisting the Peshmerga in the fight against ISIS in Tel Skuf, Iraq. It reportedly was filmed on May 3rd, the day that Navy SEAL Charlie Keating IV died. Based on their behavior in the video, it could have been filmed before his death. According to Navy Times: The Navy SEAL killed […]

Australia’s most dangerous known Islamic State movement operative had been killed in a U.S. airstrike in Iraq, the government said Thursday. The United States had confirmed that Neil Prakash, also known as Abu Khaled al-Cambodi, was killed in Mosul on Friday, Attorney-General George Brandis said. The 24-year-old Australian citizen of Cambodian and Fijian heritage converted […]

The man known as Abu Ubaydah Al Lubnani (“the Lebanese”) is one of the most senior al Qaeda leaders to defect to the Islamic State since the two jihadist organizations split in early 2014. Lubnani was once a top security official for al Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan. But after being demoted from his sensitive […]

Images of war are too often shaped by meddlesome commanders dictating what can be photographed and what cannot. Some of their concerns are legitimate: pictures showing military installations near road signs or other landmarks, for instance, might assist an enemy in targeting an attack. But on the shifting battlefields of Syria and Iraq, where disparate […]