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ISIS ENSHRINES A THEOLOGY OF RAPE
Continue reading the main story Calculated Conquest The Islamic State's formal introduction of systematic sexual slavery dates to Aug... READ MORE›
ISIS TRANSFORMING INTO FUNCTIONING STATE THAT USES TERROR AS TOOL
ISTANBUL -- The Islamic State uses terror to force obedience and frighten enemies... READ MORE›
UNTANGLING THE CONFLICTS IN THE SYRIAN WAR
The United States is focused on defeating the Islamic State... READ MORE›
REFUGEE CRISIS: EIGHT LIFE STORIES FROM BUDAPEST'S KELETI STATION
He is travelling with his brother Walid who operated a concrete-mixer truck in Idlib Walid's wife and two young children and several other friends and relatives... READ MORE›
INSIDE THE SURREAL WORLD OF THE ISLAMIC STATES PROPAGANDA MACHINE
A sympathetic colleague gave Abu Hajer the paperwork he needed to pass Islamic State checkpoints on the way out of Syria, he said... READ MORE›
WITH STRIKES US AIMS TO PUT PRESSURE ON ISIS IN SYRIA
As recently as Friday, Mr. Obama said he would take all steps necessary to combat the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq... READ MORE›
HOW THE UNITED STATES HELPED CREATE THE ISLAMIC STATE
The Bush administration's patent favoritism toward Shiite religious parties and marginalization of the Sunni Arabs had created a powerful constituency for the Islamic State in Iraq... READ MORE›
OBAMA WEIGHS MOVING U.S. TROOPS CLOSER TO FRONT LINES IN SYRIA, IRAQ
The Islamic State depends on the sale of oil and electricity inside Syria to pay for its military operations... READ MORE›
US GOVERNMENT ASKS TOYOTA: WHY DOES ISIL HAVE SO MANY OF THE COMPANY'S VEHICLES?
The us treasury department has asked toyota for help in understanding why isil has so many of their vehicles... READ MORE›
SHIITES IN IRAQ CHEER PUTINS INTERVENTION IN SYRIAN WAR
But the war with the Islamic State does not seem very far away... READ MORE›
EXPLAINER WHO IS FIGHTING WHOM IN SYRIA
HOW IT IS FIGHTING The United States leads a coalition conducting airstrikes in Iraq and Syria against the Islamic State and other extremist groups... READ MORE›
TURKEY CALLS DEADLY BLAST NEAR SYRIA BORDER TERRORISM
When Turkish authorities blocked access to several Islamic news websites last week, Islamic State sympathizers in Turkey threatened to carry out an unspecified retaliation... READ MORE›
PENTAGON PLANS SHARP SCALEDOWN IN EFFORTS TO TRAIN SYRIAN REBELS
The Kurdish homeland includes parts of Syria, Iraq, Turkey and Iran... READ MORE›
SYRIAN KURDS SAY HIT AS TURKISH ARMY BATTLES ISLAMIC STATE
Some 500 police swept through the Haci Bayram district of Ankara on Monday and detained 15 Islamic State suspects, 11 of them foreign, the pro-government Yeni Safak daily said... READ MORE›
ISLAMIC STATE DEFECTIONS MOUNT AS DEATH TOLL RISES, U.S. OFFICIAL SAYS
Top military officials estimate that the campaign has killed 23,000 Islamic State fighters, raising their death toll by 3,000 since mid-October... READ MORE›
U.S. PLANS TO CAPTURE THE ISLAMIC STATES CAPITAL ALREADY GO AWRY
Members of a Syrian armed group hold positions in the frontline against the Islamic State group outside Ain Issa, in the countryside of Raqqa province... READ MORE›
RUSSIA-BACKED SYRIAN TROOPS MOUNT MAJOR OFFENSIVE
The Islamic State group has strongholds in Raqqa and Aleppo, while the Nusra Front has a strong presence in Idlib... READ MORE›
FIRST AMERICAN SOLDIER KILLED IN IRAQ SINCE OFFICIAL END OF COMBAT IN 2011
Five Islamic State militants were captured, officials said, and at least 10 were killed... READ MORE›
ISLAMIC STATE FIGURES KILLED IN AIR STRIKE; BAGHDADI NOT BELIEVED AMONG THEM
Islamic State supporters said on Twitter that even if Baghdadi had been killed, his self-proclaimed caliphate straddling large areas of Iraq and Syria would survive... READ MORE›
BRITAIN'S BLAIR SAYS 2003 IRAQ INVASION PLAYED ROLE IN ISLAMIC STATE RISE
Decision to disband Saddam Hussein's army after the invasion created a huge security vacuum exploited by al Qaeda, which was eventually replaced by Islamic State... READ MORE›
ISIS DETAINEE TELLS US ABOUT PLAN TO USE MUSTARD GAS
He was described by three officials as a significant operative in the Islamic State's chemical weapons program... READ MORE›
TURKISH JETS HIT ISLAMIC STATE POSITIONS IN SYRIA
Turkish jets hit Islamic State positions in Syria PM's office... READ MORE›
WALKING WITH MIGRANTS: THE DIARY OF A JOURNEY FROM GREECE TO BERLIN
3pm, Piraeus I have met an Iraqi family who are pretending to be Syrian... READ MORE›
IRAQI KURDS IN OFFENSIVE TO RETAKE ISIL-HELD TOWN
Kurdish Iraqi fighters, backed by the U.S.-led air campaign, launched an assault Thursday aiming to retake the strategic town of Sinjar... READ MORE›
IS ERDOGAN TURNING TURKEY INTO THE NEW PAKISTAN?
But as elections in June showed the bulk of Turkey's Kurds now support opponents of Erdogan's AK Party... READ MORE›
U.S. WEIGHS SPECIAL FORCES IN SYRIA, HELICOPTERS IN IRAQ
Forces with Iraqi troops to support the Islamic State fight if it improved chances of defeating the militants... READ MORE›
NUSRA FRONT WITHDRAWS FROM FRONT LINE IN SYRIA
But on Monday a Defense Department official said the United States did not believe the statement... READ MORE›
KURDISH FORCES SEIZE IRAQ'S SINJAR TOWN FROM ISLAMIC STATE
Campaigns to contain Islamic State have moved slowly in Iraq, where sectarian divisions and corruption have hindered military progress... READ MORE›
NEGLECT MAY DO WHAT ISIS DIDNT BREACH IRAQI DAM
The Iraqis also lost their usual source of grouting material, which was produced by a factory in Mosul, now under the control of the Islamic State... READ MORE›
IRAQI FORCES AND SHIITE MILITIAS RETAKE OIL REFINERY
Islamic State militants and Iraqi forces have been fighting for more than a year over Baiji, which has changed hands repeatedly... READ MORE›