October 4, 2016 ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi reportedly poisoned ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is at death’s door after being poisoned by a mystery assassin in Iraq, it has been reported.
October 3, 2016 Dutch journalist killed in Libya by ISIS sniper A sniper fatally shot a Dutch photojournalist on Sunday in the Libyan city of Sirte, the Islamic State's last bastion in the chaos-wracked North African country.
October 2, 2016 France church reopens after priest killed in ISIS attack A Normandy church where Islamic extremists slit a priest's throat and used nuns as human shields reopened Sunday for the first time since the gruesome attack, with a special cleansing ritual and call for tolerance across religions.
October 1, 2016 Suspected ISIS militants kill 6 police in Egypt's restless Sinai Suspected Islamic State militants in Egypt's turbulent Sinai Peninsula ambushed a taxi in which off-duty policemen were traveling back to their units on Saturday, killing five of them before fleeing, according to security and medical officials.
September 29, 2016 After Islamic State, fears of a 'Shiite Crescent' in Mideast From the point of view of Sunni Arab regimes anxious about Iran’s regional ambitions, Islamic State—as repellent as it is—provides a silver lining. The extremist group’s firewall blocks territorial contiguity between Iran and its Arab proxies in Syria and Lebanon.
September 29, 2016 18 ISIS leaders recently killed ahead of expected Mosul operation, US military says At least 18 Islamic State leaders have been killed in Iraq and Syria in the past month, a Baghdad-based U.S. military spokesman told reporters at the Pentagon Thursday.
September 27, 2016 ISIS 'dead set' on using chemical weapons, US military official says A Pentagon spokesman said Monday that Islamic State militants are “dead set” on using chemical weapons and will likely try to use them against Iraqi forces as they prepare its siege on Mosul.
September 27, 2016 No 'mustard agent' on ISIS rocket that landed in northern Iraq, US military says In an about-face, U.S. military officials said Tuesday that no "mustard agent" turned up on the rocket that landed on a U.S.-controlled base in northern Iraq last week, according to lab tests.
September 25, 2016 Two women detained on suspicion of planning terror attack in France Two young women suspected of planning an attack in France were detained by police in the southern French city of Nice, a person familiar with the investigation said Sunday, the latest sign that Islamic State is shifting its focus from the battlefield in Syria to orchestrating terror plots in Europe.
September 25, 2016 ISIS builds 'hell on earth' around itself in Mosul, US military says Islamic State fighters in Mosul are digging trenches and can be seen pouring oil in some of them to bolster their defensive positions in Iraq’s second largest city ahead of an expected U.S.-backed Iraqi ground assault on the city, the U.S. military said Friday.