VOA News – Heather Murdock MOSUL, IRAQ — For the first time in the more than three years since Islamic State militants took over vast swaths of Iraq and Syria, Iraqi [...]
The Islamic State militant group has claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing at a police checkpoint near Saudi Arabia’s capital. Saudi officials say a 19-year-old [...]
by Carla Babb, VOA PENTAGON—Afghan security officials say a U.S. drone strike in eastern Afghanistan killed two senior Pakistani militants who had pledged allegiance to the [...]
A car exploded near a military hospital in the Yemeni capital, Sana’a, Monday, killing at least 20 people. The Islamic State’s Yemeni branch claimed [...]
Kurdish fighters and Syrian rebels were in full control of the key border town of Tal Abyad on Tuesday, activists said, after pushing out Islamic State fighters. The Syrian [...]
Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant have captured the northern city of Tal Afar. The latest capture has resulted in international condemnation and calls for unity in Iraq. [...]
Al-Qaida militants in Iraq have seized control of the embattled western city of Fallujah on Friday, raising their flag over government buildings and declaring an independent [...]