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
Violence against civilians and other politically motivated violence continue to take place in Afghanistan after eight months of Taliban takeover of the country. ...
Two Iraqi soldiers were killed and another wounded Saturday in an attack by the militants of the Islamic State (IS) group in Iraq's western province of Anbar, a security source said. ...
