December 6, 2016 Ransomed: The race to free 226 Christian hostages in Syria Deep inside Syria, a bishop worked secretly to save the lives of 226 members of his flock from the Islamic State group — by amassing millions of dollars from his community around the world to buy their freedom.
December 6, 2016 UK man convicted of giving cash to Brussels bomb suspect A British man was convicted Tuesday of providing cash to a key suspect in the deadly Brussels and Paris bombings.
December 5, 2016 Teen stripped of suicide vest claims ISIS brainwashed him A 15-year-old Iraqi boy caught by police moments before he could blow himself up last August is now speaking out, claiming the Islamic State terror group had brainwashed him.
December 4, 2016 Defense Secretary Ash Carter says US, partners need to stay in Iraq after ISIS defeat The American military, along with its international partners, will need to remain in Iraq even after the expected defeat of the Islamic State group, Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Saturday.
December 1, 2016 Long way to go: One-fifth of Mosul freed from ISIS control, US military says Describing the battle to defeat ISIS in Mosul as “very dangerous fighting,” Col. John Dorrian, U.S. spokesman for Operation Inherent Resolve, told ӣƵ he estimates 20 percent of Mosul has been freed of the militants so far, after more than six weeks of tough fighting by Iraqi forces backed by U.S. airstrikes and support on the ground.
November 28, 2016 Seized documents reveal thousands of planned ISIS attacks around world A large trove of documents seized in Syria from the Islamic State (ISIS) reveals thousands of plots to attack Europe and other parts of the world, Britain's top commander in the region has said.
November 28, 2016 Israel bombs suspected Islamic State militant hideout in Syria The Israeli military says it has carried out an air strike in Syria on a building used by Islamic State militants to attack Israeli forces.
November 27, 2016 Israeli military kills 4 ISIS militants after ambush Israeli aircraft struck a machine gun-mounted vehicle inside Syria Sunday, killing four Islamic State-affiliated militants inside after they had opened fire on a military patrol on the Israeli side of the Golan Heights, the Israeli military said.
November 27, 2016 Spanish police arrest man for attempting to join ISIS Spanish police say they have arrested a man at Madrid's Barajas airport who was attempting to join the Islamic State extremist group in war-torn Syria.
November 25, 2016 Death toll in Iraq car bombing claimed by ISIS rises to 73 Iraqi hospital and police officials say the death toll from a car bombing south of Baghdad claimed by the Islamic State group has risen to 73, including about 40 Iranian pilgrims.