October 26, 2016 ISIS plotting new attacks against West from Syria, US military says ISIS is planning additional "significant" external operations against the West from its de-facto capital in Raqqa, Syria, the top U.S. commander in Iraq told reporters Wednesday.
October 26, 2016 Family of alleged ISIS bomb plotter sues Germany after apparent suicide The family of an alleged ISIS bomb plotter who authorities said killed himself after his arrest in Germany is suing the government because suicide is “forbidden in Islam” and family members believe police killed him.
October 26, 2016 US says coalition laying groundwork to retake Raqqa from ISIS Even as it provides support for Iraq's battle to retake Mosul, the US-led-coalition is laying the groundwork to push Islamic State militants out of the Syrian city of Raqqa, Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Tuesday.
October 26, 2016 Iraqi forces evacuate 1,000 civilians from Mosul front lines Iraqi special forces have moved more than 1,000 people from villages near the front lines of the battle to retake the Islamic State-held city of Mosul and surrounding areas, where the U.N. says militants have committed a number of atrocities in recent days, officials said Wednesday.
October 25, 2016 'Sniper of Mosul' strikes fear in hearts of ISIS fighters A renegade sniper has been striking fear into the hearts of ISIS thugs in Mosul — picking them off one-by-one, reports claim.
October 25, 2016 ISIS, Taliban faction claim Pakistan police academy massacre; more than 60 dead The Islamic State terror group claimed responsibility Tuesday for a massacre at a police training center in southwestern Pakistan that left 61 dead -- but a breakaway faction of the Pakistani Taliban claimed its fighters launched the attack.
October 24, 2016 ISIS unleashes 'heavy resistance' outside Mosul, Pentagon reports U.S.-backed Iraqi and Kurdish forces are making “solid progress” but are now meeting “heavy resistance,” outside Mosul from ISIS, Pentagon spokesman Capt.
October 24, 2016 Mosul fight could send wave of terrorists home to Europe, officials warn The U.S.-backed Iraqi operation to retake the Islamic State hub of Mosul could send thousands of fighters who traveled from Europe back home -- a process made easier as ISIS forges travel documents, European officials warned Sunday.
October 23, 2016 Iraqi forces advance near Mosul as ISIS attacks western town Iraqi Kurdish forces pushed toward Mosul on Sunday, cordoning off eight villages and coming within 5 ½ miles of the northern city held by the Islamic State group, which staged an attack in a western town hundreds of miles away in an apparent diversionary tactic.
October 23, 2016 EXCLUSIVE: Inside ISIS' extensive tunnel system It’s been six days since the offensive to retake Mosul began, and the going has been slow as ISIS fighters and snipers, seemingly immune to airstrikes, continue to pop up in towns and villages surrounding Iraq’s second-largest city and already thought “liberated.”