The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, officially as the Islamic State, and by its Arabic language acronym Daesh, is a Salafi jihadist militant group and former unrecognised proto-state that follows a fundamentalist, Salafi doctrine of Sunni Islam. Read More
Eight militants of the extremist Islamic State (IS) group, believed to be local group leaders, were killed on Tuesday by the Iraqi military in a rural area north of the capital Baghdad, the military said. ...
The US opposes any escalation in Syria and supports the existing fire lines that allow for fighting the Islamic state terror group (ISIS) in that country, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday. ...
Pakistan's anti-terrorism court on Saturday acquitted four suspected members of a militant group arrested by the counter-terrorism department (CTD) last year over possessing explosives, including suicide vests. ...
Alarmed by continued terror attacks in Afghanistan, UN Special Rapporteur Richard Bennett has called for a thorough and independent investigation of these attacks that have resulted in the killing of dozens of people. ...
