He decided that hiding in Idlib was his best hope after Islamic State was all but wiped out in Iraq and Syria. ..…

Shi'a militias, particularly several affiliated with the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq, had maintained forces in the north and northwest of Fallujah prior to operations, and Iraqi Shi'a militias associated with Iraqi Shi'a establishment have deployed forces to the area as well.. ..…

—The London Observer‘s Luke Harding debunks Colin Powell’s claim that a compound in northeastern Iraq “run by an Islamic terrorist group Ansar al Islam” is “a ‘terrorist chemicals and poisons factory.'” ..…

Delivering justice and accountability is key for survivors of sexual violence, she said, stressing that, in the context of Iraq and Syria, criminal prosecution of crimes committed by Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Da’esh) remains a top priority. ..…

The death of the Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi comes two years after ISIS lost most of its Iraq territory and less than a year after the last major battles against ISIS in Syria. ..…

Following the withdrawal of US forces from Northern Syria earlier this month, and the alleged killing of leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIl, ISIS or Daesh) Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi on Saturday night, American forces in Syria apparently have a new mission to extend their..…

Iraq that started in this month subsided and restored after religious rituals of the month of Islamic calendar were over.. In the first round of public protests, analyses revealed that 79% of hashtags about protests Iraq on Twitter originated from Saudi Arabia only 6% were from..…

The name of this mysterious organization was later renamed Islamic State of Iraq and in 2013 it became Islamic State of Iraq and Levant, largely involved  terrorist attacks Syria.. ... The press reports, Colin Powell's UNSC Feb 2003 speech, confirmed that Al Zarqawi was..…