May 25, 2017 ISIS rigged explosives to home where 100 civilians died in US-led airstrike, military says An investigation into the March bombing found that the terror groups rigged a house with over 1,000 pounds of explosives, put civilians in the basement, and employed two ISIS snipers on the roof to bait the US-led coalition to attack.
May 25, 2017 AUMF against ISIS, Al Qaeda introduced in the Senate Senators Jeff Flake and Tim Kaine introduced on Thursday a bipartisan Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF) against the Islamic State, Al Qaeda and the Taliban that, if passed, could be the first such resolution since 2002.
May 25, 2017 Manchester bombing signals new ISIS strategy of targeting children Terror has hit a new low.
May 24, 2017 Manchester terror attack: UK officials 'furious' over investigation leaks from US British Prime Minister Theresa May will meet with President Trump on the sidelines of this week's NATO Summit in Brussels to discuss a series of leaks related to the investigation into Monday's deadly terror attack in Manchester, England.
May 24, 2017 Manchester and NATO 2.0: Why terror must to be the focus going forward The ISIS attack on the Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, England, was a strike against both the British people and a symbol of American culture. And it was timed to coincide with President Trump’s visit to the Middle East and Europe.
May 24, 2017 Feds say NJ man plotted pressure cooker bomb plot, joining ISIS A New Jersey man arrested after trying to butcher his family's dog sought to become a martyr for ISIS by blowing himself up with a pressure cooker bomb in Manhattan, federal authorities charged Friday.
May 24, 2017 Fight against ISIS to retake Mosul, Iraq, nearing 'final stages,' US official says Iraqi forces are "completely defeating" ISIS in one of the most difficult urban battles since World War II, said Brett McGurk, special presidential envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter ISIS at the U.S. State Department.
May 24, 2017 ISIS surrenders control of key Syrian city of Tabqah, US Central Command says U.S. Central Command announced Thursday that the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a Kurdish and Arab force, recaptured the key Syrian city of Tabqah, the Tabqah Dam and a nearby airfield from the Islamic State, continuing to weaken ISIS’s control of territory and people.
May 24, 2017 ISIS dealt a blow in Afghanistan after local commander killed ISIS fighters in Afghanistan were killed by the Afghan air force in new raids during the weekend.
May 24, 2017 ISIS chief in Afghanistan killed in April raid, US military says The head of ISIS in Afghanistan was killed in a raid by U.S. and Afghan forces last month that also resulted in the death of two American soliders, the military said Sunday.