Islamic State Archives

January 4, 2026 11:23 AM

Britain says it and France bombed suspected Islamic State arms dump in Syria

Britain's and France's air forces conducted a joint operation on Saturday evening to bomb a suspected underground arms cache previously used by the Islamic State group in Syria, Britain's defence ministry said. Western aircraft have been conducting ...

November 9, 2025 10:42 AM

Syria carries out pre-emptive operations against Islamic State cells

Syria has carried out nationwide pre-emptive operations targeting Islamic State cells, a spokesperson for the Interior Ministry said on Saturday. Syrian security forces carried out 61 raids, with 71 people arrested and explosives and weapons seized,...

June 12, 2025 12:47 PM

Islamic State reactivating fighters, eying comeback in Syria and Iraq

Middle East leaders and their Western allies have been warning that Islamic State could exploit the fall of the Assad regime to stage a comeback in Syria and neighbouring Iraq, where the extremist group once imposed a reign of terror over ...

January 23, 2025 2:15 PM

Islamic State claims responsibility for Chinese national killed in Afghanistan

The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the killing of a Chinese national in Afghanistan's northern Takhar province, in a post on its Telegram channel late on Wednesday. Afghan police in the province had said on Wednesday that a Chinese cit...

January 3, 2025 8:44 AM

Texas man who backed Islamic State acted alone in New Orleans attack, FBI says

A U.S. Army veteran who drove a truck into a crowd of New Year's Day revelers in New Orleans had pledged allegiance to Islamic State, but acted alone in the attack that killed at least 14 people, the FBI said on Thursday. The suspect, who the FBI sa...

August 2, 2024 5:51 PM

Yazidis fear returning to their homeland, 10 years after massacre

Fahad Qassim was just 11 years old when Islamic State militants overran his Yazidi community in the Sinjar region of northern Iraq in August 2014, taking him captive. The attack was the start of what became the systematic slaughter, enslavement, and...

March 23, 2024 8:46 AM

Islamic State claims responsibility for terror attack on Moscow concert hall, killing 60 & injuring 100

The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the massive attack on concert hall in the Russian capital that left around 60 people dead and over 100 wounded, CNN reported. A group of armed men stormed into Crocus City Hall concert venue in Moscow ...

January 5, 2024 10:53 AM

Islamic State claims responsibility for deadly Iran attack, Tehran vows revenge

Islamic State claimed responsibility for two explosions in Iran that killed nearly 100 people and wounded scores at a memorial for top commander Qassem Soleimani. In a statement posted on its affiliate Telegram channels, the militant Sunni Muslim gr...