War on ISIS

Australia's 'Dr. Jihad' found in Iraqi prison 10 years after declared dead in ISIS siege - report

Tareq Kamleh was presumed to have been killed in Syria over a decade ago, but was actually being held in a high-security Baghdad prison, according to a report by The Australian.

Dr Jihad, or Tareq Kamleh, calls for jihad to be waged in the West in an Islamic State propaganda video.
Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shibani looks on during a meeting with Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi in Amman, Jordan August 12, 2025.

Syrian officials attend anti-ISIS coalition talks in Saudi Arabia

Relatives mourn their kin who was killed in his farm following an attack by Islamic State-affiliated Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels, in Mbimbi location of Oicha in Beni territory, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo September 10, 2025.

Islamic State-linked rebels kill 89 civilians in east Congo attacks, UN force says

U.S. military vehicles drive in Hasaka, Syria December 6, 2024.

Senior ISIS member killed in US military operation in Syria, official says


Coalition: 150 ISIS members killed in strike

The airstrike took place on January 20th in As-Shafah, Syria and details about it emerged on Tuesday night.

A MEMBER of ISIS waves the group’s flag in Raqqa

ISIS in Sinai: Battered, weakened but still dangerous

The members of the Sinai Province of the Islamic State are fueled by a never-ending sense of divine mission.

EGYPTIAN MILITARY forces look on in the northern Sinai.

Judge rules ACLU to visit ISIS fighter detained in Iraq

The man surrendered in mid-September to US-backed Syrian Kurdish fighters pursuing an offensive against Islamic State’s former stronghold of Raqqa.

An Islamic State fighter carries the group’s flag in Raqqa, north-central Syria.

The ‘ISIS widows’ and the myth of the innocent women jihadists

Today the ISIS 'widows' are the center of sympathy.

A displaced woman from the minority Yazidi sect, who was kidnapped by Islamic State militants of Tal Afar but managed to flee, reacts in Duhok province, northern Iraq, November 24, 2016.

Why Israel ignores Iraq

Israeli decision-makers’ as well as commentators’ lack of interest in the political developments in Iraq, leads them to exaggerate in Iranian influence in Iraq and lose track of alternative trends.

Shi'ite Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) advance towards the city of Al-Qaim, Iraq November 3, 2017

Anti-ISIS coalition looks to stabilize Iraq and eastern Syria as war winds down

The coalition has estimated that there are around 3,000 or fewer ISIS fighters left to hunt down.

Fighters from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) stand together in Raqqa, Syria, October 16, 2017.

The Robin Hood complex: Why do people from the West fight in other’s wars?

The war against ISIS isn’t the first time in history that we have seen hordes of men volunteer to fight for something they believe in.

THE AUTHOR with Kurdish Peshmerga during the offensive near Bashiqa in October 2016.

Iranian president declares end of ISIS

Rouhani echos statement issued by senior commander in Revolutionary Guards.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani delivers a television address in Tehran, Iran, October 13, 2017.

Syrian army, allies take back Albu Kamal from Islamic State

IS members withdrew from the town, with fighting continuing in the perimeter of Albu Kamal.

Fighters from the Syrian army units and Hezbollah are seen on the western mountains of Qalamoun, near Damascus, in this handout picture provided by SANA

Iraqi forces recapture last Islamic State-held town

The capture of the town marks the end of Islamic State's era of territorial rule over a so-called caliphate that it proclaimed in 2014 across vast swathes of Iraq and Syria.

Artillery belonging to Iraqi army are seen southwest of Kirkuk, Iraq