Meet the Mastermind Behind Rebel Violence in the Philippines
A second month of fighting between government troops and Muslim rebels in a southern Philippine city is turning to a search for a man sought by Manila as well as the United States for his leadership in terrorism over the past 20 years. Philippine troops believe Isnilon Totoni Hapilon may be hiding in the largely […]
Mosul residents ‘lost everything’ in ISIL battle
Civilians who have fled fighting in Mosul face a dire humanitarian crisis even as the Iraqi prime minister has formally declared victory against the Islamic State of the Levant and Iraq (ISIL). The Norwegian Refugee Council said on Monday that civilians displaced by more than eight months of fighting are living in “incredible hardship” in […]
Terrorism Deaths in Africa Falling After Hitting Record Highs
In the past five years, terrorist attacks have killed nearly 20,000 people across Africa. Two groups, Boko Haram and al-Shabab, accounted for 71 percent of reported incidents and 91 percent of fatalities. But, while these and other militant groups remain active, fatal terrorist attacks across the continent are on pace to fall for a second […]
Iraqi army completely surrounds ISIL in Mosul
The Iraqi army says it has completely surrounded fighters of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group in Mosul as it continues to make gains in its final push to retake the city. According to the military, federal police units recaptured the last bridge over the Tigris River on Saturday, effectively cutting […]
Airstrike kills 57 in IS-run jail in eastern Syria, monitor says
Beirut (dpa) – An airstrike on a jail run by Islamic State militants in eastern Syria has killed at least 57 prisoners, a monitoring group said Tuesday. The attack took place at dawn on Monday and targeted a prison in the al-Mayadeen area, in the eastern province of Deir al-Zour, the Syrian Observatory for Human […]
Watch: ISIS Destruction of Famous Mosul Mosque
Jaw-dropping footage of the moment the 12th century Grand al-Nuri Mosque is destroyed in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul emerged on Thursday, appearing to confirm that the Islamic State militant group (ISIS) was responsible for its destruction. The complex, in the ISIS-controlled Old City of Mosul, is where the group’s caliph Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi […]
A Brief History of Saudi Terror
Saudi authorities announced Friday that they foiled a planned suicide attack in the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Islam’s holiest site. The suicide bomber blew himself up when police surrounded the building he was in, security forces said. The kingdom has been accused by many, including U.S. President Donald Trump, of supporting terror, with Saudi nationals […]
Muslims Give Christians Hijabs To Help Them Escape ISIS
Muslims have been helping Christians to escape ISIS-affiliated Maute Group attackers in the devastated city of Marawi in the southern Philippines. More than three weeks after the fighting started, around 1,000 residents remain trapped in the besieged cities as fighting rages between the Philippine Army and Islamist rebels. Fighters from local groups including the Maute […]
Why Are ISIS Suicide Bombers Attacking Shia Muslims?
Twin suicide blasts near the city of Karbala, Iraq, killed at least 30 and wounded 40 more in the latest in a series of Islamic State group (ISIS) bomb attacks targeting Shiite Muslims during Ramadan, the holiest month in the Muslim calendar. At least 30 individuals, all of them civilians, were killed and 35 wounded […]
Monitor: US-backed Syrian forces make gains against Islamic State
US-backed Syrian forces have made territorial gains against Islamic State as part of an ongoing operation to capture the extremist militia’s de facto capital of al-Raqqa in Syria, a monitoring group reported on Saturday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights added that the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) coalition, backed by US-led air power,…