Isis
Guns and milk: what they carried from the ‘caliphate’
Middle East
March 1, 2019
Guns and milk: what they carried from the ‘caliphate’
Guns, laptops, gold coins and baby formula: when Syrian fighters search women emerging from the ruins of the jihadist “caliphate”,…
ISIS slips into Iraq from Syria to fight another day
Middle East
February 22, 2019
ISIS slips into Iraq from Syria to fight another day
BAGHDAD (AP) — ISIS fighters facing defeat in Syria are slipping across the border into Iraq, where they are destabilizing…
Trump bars US-born woman who joined ISIS from returning
Middle East
February 21, 2019
Trump bars US-born woman who joined ISIS from returning
President Donald Trump said Wednesday he is barring a US-born former Islamic State propagandist from returning home, making the highly…
Dozens of civilians, fighters quit Syria jihadist holdout: SDF
Middle East
February 20, 2019
Dozens of civilians, fighters quit Syria jihadist holdout: SDF
US-backed forces said several jihadists and dozens of civilians quit the Islamic State group’s last patch of territory in Syria…
SDF demands ISIS jihadists surrender
Middle East
February 19, 2019
SDF demands ISIS jihadists surrender
ISIS jihadists defending their last scrap of territory in Syria have no choice but to surrender, a Kurdish-led force said…
ISIS taking last breath, hiding among civilians: SDF
Middle East
February 18, 2019
ISIS taking last breath, hiding among civilians: SDF
BAGHOUZ, Syria (AP) — From a self-proclaimed caliphate that once spread across much of Syria and Iraq, ISIS has been…
More than 200 ISIS fighters surrender in east Syria
Middle East
February 14, 2019
More than 200 ISIS fighters surrender in east Syria
ISIS militants, many of them foreigners, surrendered to US-backed fighters in eastern Syria on Wednesday, bringing the Kurdish-led force closer…
Iran-backed groups corner Iraq’s postwar scrap metal market
Middle East
February 13, 2019
Iran-backed groups corner Iraq’s postwar scrap metal market
MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) – The wrecks of vehicles used by Islamic State militants as car bombs and other metal debris…
Hundreds flee US-backed Syria battle for last ISIS holdout
Middle East
February 13, 2019
Hundreds flee US-backed Syria battle for last ISIS holdout
The ferocious battle for the Islamic State group’s last bastion in eastern Syria entered its fifth day on Wednesday, as…
Islamic militants’ deadly resurgence threatens Nigeria polls
World
February 12, 2019
Islamic militants’ deadly resurgence threatens Nigeria polls
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Baba Inuwa was pleased to move back to his vegetable farm in Nigeria’s northeast, encouraged by…