Most of the territory the group once held has been seized by an array of Syrian and Iraqi forces... READ MORE›
That leaves the SDF vulnerable to potential military action by Turkey to quell its aspirations for a ministate in Syria... READ MORE›
The Syrian city of Raqqa, once de facto capital of the Islamic State's self-declared caliphate, has fallen to US-backed forces after a gruelling four-month battle... READ MORE›
Witnesses in Raqqa said that several busloads of Islamic State fighters, both Syrians and foreigners, had been allowed to board buses to Deir al-Zour... READ MORE›
Omar Alloush, a local Raqqa official, told The Associated Press on Friday that about 100 ISIS militants surrendered at once... READ MORE›
A Syrian army source had recently described Mayadeen as the military capital of ISIL in Deir Az Zor... READ MORE›
Up to 30,000 foreign fighters are thought to have crossed into Syria to fight with Isis... READ MORE›
US-led coalition air raids killed at least 35 civilians, including many women and children, in an eastern Syrian town held by ISIL, according to a war monitor... READ MORE›
But they may not be the most dangerous threat facing the European authorities as long as Islamic State ideology continues to motivate attackers... READ MORE›
The battle in Mosul is finally over, but the militants still control a sizable area, mostly in Syria but also Iraq... READ MORE›
The plan amounted to a surrender in Aleppo by forces opposing Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in the country's tragic conflict that has raged since 2011... READ MORE›
A heavy smoker himself, Abu Hamad is armed with air-freshener to spray the bus before entering ISIL-held territory... READ MORE›
A suspected US-led coalition air raid on an ISIL-run prison in eastern Syria has killed at least 57 people, according to a monitoring group... READ MORE›
They keep asking why people didn't help them in Aleppo... READ MORE›
The Syrian Democratic Forces attacking Raqqa also aim to continue southeast to the same area... READ MORE›
Areas of northern Syria west of the Euphrates were controlled by Daesh before Syrian government forces captured most of them in recent months... READ MORE›
Areas of northern Syria west of the Euphrates were controlled by Daesh before Syrian government forces captured most of them in recent months... READ MORE›
Areas of northern Syria west of the Euphrates were controlled by Daesh before Syrian government forces captured most of them in recent months... READ MORE›
Areas of northern Syria west of the Euphrates were controlled by Daesh before Syrian government forces captured most of them in recent months... READ MORE›
The Islamic State group on Thursday sold 42 Iraqi women it had abducted from the Yazidi religious minority to its fighters in eastern Syria, a monitor said... READ MORE›
Opposition activist Omar Abu Laila, who is from Deir el-Zour but currently lives in Europe, also reported the killing... READ MORE›
In Syria, U.S.-backed militias have surrounded Raqqa, the group's capital, and breached its historic walls... READ MORE›
Almost two years since Islamic State militants started taking territory to form their so-called caliphate, residents of a Syrian town are showing how peopl... READ MORE›
Other Syrian opposition news outlets, including Halab News Network and Qasioun news agency, reported Kadek's death late Wednesday... READ MORE›
Islamic State militants staged a surprise attack early Tuesday at a crossing frequently used by Iraqi and Syrian civilians seeking safety in northeastern S... READ MORE›
The assault on Raqqa is likely to be a defining moment in the U.S.-led war on Islamic State in Iraq and Syria... READ MORE›
Rayan Mashaal, also known as Baraa Kadek, was reportedly killed in coalition bombardment on the IS-held town of Mayadeen, near Syria's border with Iraq, on Monday... READ MORE›
Idriss Nassan, a local Kurdish official from Kobani, added that intense air strikes had hit members of the Islamic State group around the town... READ MORE›
Rayan Mashaal, also known as Baraa Kadek, was reportedly killed in coalition bombardment on the IS-held town of Mayadeen, near Syria's border with Iraq, on Monday... READ MORE›
2 is believed to be Ayad Abdul-Rahman al-Obeidi, also known as Abu Saleh Haifa, a former Iraqi army officer under Saddam Hussein... READ MORE›
On Wednesday, a barrage of U.S.-led airstrikes across the city left at least 29 civilians dead, the British-based Observatory said... READ MORE›
Iraqi intelligence officials have foiled an attempt by Islamic State to attack revered Shiite shrines and the sect's spiritual leader... READ MORE›
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