Degeneration and advance are not fixed processes, but recur in cycles in the history of every nation”-John Buchan When the Taliban forces swept across Afghanistan and entered Kabul on August 15, 2021, ...

ISIL (Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant) is a terrorist group that aims to establish a caliphate in West Asia. It's also known as the Islamic State and Da'esh.

Islamic State, the militant group that imposed hardline Islamist rule over millions of people in Syria and Iraq for years, ...

"The decision to cut the operations of USAID … is myopic and will ultimately fuel the grievances that terrorists leverage." ...

U.S. assistance for managing and securing camps in northeastern Syria with Islamic State-linked prisoners "cannot last ...

The aftermath of the 9/11 attacks on the United States prompted numerous counterinsurgency operations across various theaters ...

A prison in Syria holds about 4,500 members of the Islamic State group who have been there for years without trial.

A court in Tajikistan has handed down prison sentences of between eight and 20 years to more than 30 people it convicted of trying to poison attendees of a festival last year, the prosecutor general's ...

For over 850 years, the leaning minaret of the Great Mosque of al-Nuri stood as an iconic landmark in the Iraqi city of Mosul ...

Puntland’s soldiers are now locked in a grinding fight, one with major international implications, but without much Western ...

Mosul’s Grand al-Nuri Mosque, known for its eight-century-old leaning minaret, destroyed by Islamic State militants in 2017, ...

Historic Landmarks in Iraq's Mosul Are Reopening as the City Heals From Islamic State Devastation MOSUL, Iraq (AP) — For over 850 years, the leaning minaret of the Great Mosque of al-Nuri stood ...