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Kurdish forces seize Iraq's Sinjar town from Islamic State

Kurdish peshmerga forces backed by U.S. air strikes seized the Iraqi town of Sinjar from Islamic Sta...

Nov 13, 2015 09:21 AM EST

Islamic State figures killed in air strike; Baghdadi not believed among them

Eight senior figures from Islamic State were killed in an air strike while meeting in a town in west...

Oct 12, 2015 01:31 AM EDT

Saddam's former army is secret of Baghdadi's success

A year after declaring his caliphate, it is clear that the secret of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's success ...

Jun 17, 2015 05:55 AM EDT

Islamic State ransacks Assyrian capital as Iraq appeals for help

Islamic State militants have desecrated another ancient Iraqi capital, the government said on Wednes...

Mar 11, 2015 06:09 PM EDT

Chad soldiers killed as Boko Haram lose Nigerian towns

About ten Chadian soldiers died in fighting to free two towns in northern Nigeria previously held by...

Mar 09, 2015 10:52 AM EDT

Islamic State beheads four men for blasphemy in Syria: monitor

Islamic State's self-declared police force in western Syria decapitated four men after accusing them...

Dec 13, 2014 06:20 AM EST

Lebanon detains wife of Islamic State leader

The Lebanese army detained a wife and daughter of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi as they ...

Dec 02, 2014 06:56 AM EST

Bulgaria charges radical imam, six others with supporting Islamic State

A Bulgarian imam and six others detained during a special operation by security forces earlier this ...

Nov 26, 2014 08:29 PM EST

Who runs the militant group Islamic State?

Islamic State, a Sunni Muslim militant group, has seized a third of Syria and large areas of Iraq an...

Oct 04, 2014 08:32 AM EDT