An ISIS leader in Syria has been captured by U.S. and coalition forces over his role in helping Islamic State terrorists following their escape from a top detention facility, defense officials said Monday as the U.S. ramps up its operations against ISIS. Forces from the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF)...
A joint operation by American and Iraqi forces killed 15 members of the Islamic State group in western Iraq, the U.S. military announced. The U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) tweeted on Friday that in the early hours of Thursday, Aug. 29, U.S. and Iraqi forces killed 15 ISIS operatives. The operatives were “armed with numerous weapons,...
Authorities identified a 26-year-old man as responsible in the deadly stabbing spree at a festival in Solingen, Germany, last week that left three people dead and wounded eight others as a Syrian national with possible links to the Islamic State. Federal prosecutors in Germany identified the suspect as Issa Al H., omitting his family name...
It’s been 10 years since American journalist James Foley was beheaded by the terrorist group ISIS, and while the pain will never disappear for his family, his mother has channeled her grief into meaningful action that honors his legacy. Diane Foley has since dedicated her life to helping innocent Americans taken captive abroad and promoting...
The 19-year-old main suspect in the alleged foiled terrorist plot to attack Taylor Swift concerts in Austria this week had grown a long beard and became a “bit unusual” in the leadup to his arrest, his neighbors are revealing. The suspect, identified in Austrian media as Beran A., hailed from Ternitz, a town about 50...
An Iraqi 18-year-old who “took an oath of allegiance” to the Islamic State terrorist group just days ago is now the third suspect to be arrested in connection to a foiled plot to attack now-canceled Taylor Swift concerts in Austria, officials say. Austrian Interior Minister Gerhard Karner said the individual “comes from the social environment”...
One of the suspects arrested in an alleged plot to attack now-canceled Taylor Swift concerts in Austria this week had chemical substances and technical devices at his home,officials have revealed. That individual, a 19-year-old Austrian with North Macedonian roots, was “clearly radicalized in the direction of the Islamic State and thinks it is right to...
The number of attacks claimed by the Islamic State (ISIS) in Iraq and Syria are on track to more than double in 2024 from last year as the group looks to bolster its capabilities, warned the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) this week. ISIS has claimed credit for 153 attacks in Iraq and Syria during the...
The wife of late Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is set to be hanged after an Iraqi court on Wednesday issued a death sentence against her for committing “crimes against humanity,” genocide against the Yazidi people and “terrorist actions.” Asma Mohammed was arrested in Turkey in 2018 before being handed over to the Iraqis...
