May 22, 2016 Iraq launches military operation to retake ISIS-held city of Fallujah Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced the beginning of military operations to retake the Islamic State-held held city of Fallujah, west of Baghdad, in a televised address on Sunday night.
May 22, 2016 Islamic State message doesn't claim responsibility for EgyptAir crash The Islamic State militant group on Saturday urged its supporters to intensify attacks against the West but didn’t take responsibility for the disappearance of EgyptAir Flight 804.
May 18, 2016 Rights group report details 'scenes of horror' in ISIS-held Libyan city A leading international rights group on Wednesday released a report documenting atrocities committed by Libya's Islamic State affiliate in the country's coastal city of Sirte, a stronghold of the militants.
May 17, 2016 Escape from ISIS: Former prisoners tell of life in terror army's dungeons By day, they faced torture and the constant threat of execution at the hands of their ISIS captors. At night, they used a stolen piece of jagged metal to scrape the crumbling wall of their prison until last week, when they had fashioned a hole big enough to squeeze through.
May 17, 2016 At least 69 killed in Baghdad bombings; ISIS claims responsibility for some The Islamic State terror group claimed responsibility Tuesday for a back-to-back twin bombing at an outdoor market in Baghdad, part of a series of attacks that left at least 69 dead across the Iraqi capital.
May 17, 2016 Pentagon: Only 5 percent of ISIS territory in Iraq recaptured in past 5 months Despite pledges from the Obama administration to “accelerate” the war against the Islamic State and a top envoy claiming “this perverse caliphate is shrinking," the Pentagon admitted Monday it had retaken only 5 percent of ISIS-held territory in Iraq in the past five months.
May 16, 2016 US, world powers claim they're 'ready' to arm Libyan government The United States and other world powers say they are ready to supply Libya's internationally recognized government with weapons to counter the Islamic State and other militant groups gaining footholds in its lawless regions.
May 16, 2016 US envoy in ISIS battle says 'perverse caliphate' shrinking The Obama administration's diplomatic point man in the fight against the Islamic State group said Sunday that the extremists have been losing control over territory and that "this perverse caliphate is shrinking."
May 15, 2016 At least 12 killed in ISIS natural gas plant attack near Baghdad The Islamic State group launched a coordinated assault Sunday on a natural gas plant north of the capital that killed at least 12 people, according to Iraqi officials.
May 14, 2016 US military official says Islamic State declared state of emergency in Raqqa The Islamic State terror group declared a state of emergency in its de-facto capital of Raqqa, a U.S. military official said Friday.