How Islamic Is The Islamic State? Not Very, Experts Say
Three British schoolgirls believed to have gone to Syria to become “jihadi” brides. Three young men charged in New York with plotting to join the Islamic State group and carry…
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Syria: 19 Christians Have Been Released by the Islamic State, Local Leaders Say
Nineteen of the Assyrian Christians seized by Islamic State militants last week in northeastern Syria have been freed, and they met with church officials in a cathedral in the city…
Activists Say ISIS Releases 19 Syrian Christians
The Islamic State group released at least 19 Christians on Sunday who were among the more than 220 people the militants took captive in northeastern Syria last week, activists and…
Exclusive: King Abdullah calls ISIS ‘outlaws’ of Islam
Last December, ISIS captured Royal Jordanian Air Force pilot Moath al-Kasasbeh after his plane went down during airstrikes that were part of the United States-led coalition to defeat the group….
Fertile Ground for Militancy in Hometown of Jihadi John
LONDON — When Mohammed Emwazi went to the mosque, a short walk north from Notting Hill and its millionaire mansions, he would sometimes run into another young Muslim from the…
Brooklyn Arrests Highlight Challenges in Fighting of ISIS and ‘Known Wolves’
In Canada and Australia, young men inspired by the bloody, apocalyptic vision of the Islamic State were thwarted in their efforts to join the battle in Syria, so they took…
Brooklyn Arrests Highlight Challenges in Fighting of ISIS and ‘Known Wolves’
In Canada and Australia, young men inspired by the bloody, apocalyptic vision of the Islamic State were thwarted in their efforts to join the battle in Syria, so they took…
Kurdish Fighters Capture Tel Hamees, ISIS Stronghold In Syria
Backed by U.S.-led coalition airstrikes, Kurdish fighters fought their way Friday into a northeastern Syrian town that was a key stronghold of Islamic State militants, only days after the group…
5 things to know for your New Day – Friday, February 27
ISIS JIHADI JOHN Man behind the mask: You’ve seen him in all those grizzly ISIS beheading videos. He was the masked man with a British accent. We called him “Jihadi…
All It Takes To Cross From Turkey To ISIS-Held Syria Is $25
KARKEMISH, Turkey — If the three Brooklyn men arrested Wednesday on charges of aiding and plotting to join the Islamic State had boarded flights to Turkey, they likely would have…
California family fears relatives are ISIS hostages
David said his brother-in-law, who emigrated to the United States about four years ago with his wife and daughters, has been abducted by ISIS in Syria along with several other…
Scott Walker Says He Can Take On ISIS Because He Took On Labor Unions
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) on Thursday said his experience undermining labor unions in Wisconsin has prepared him to take on the threat of the Islamic…
More Assyrian Christians Captured as ISIS Attacks Villages in Syria
ISTANBUL — Continuing its assaults on a string of Assyrian Christian villages in northeastern Syria, the Islamic State militant group has seized scores more residents over the past two days,…
Activist: ISIS now holds 262 Assyrian hostages in Syria
The Sunni extremist group now holds 262 Assyrians captive, said Osama Edward, founder of the Assyrian Human Rights Network. “ISIS is taking over more and more Assyrian towns,” he said….
Islamic State in Syria Has Abducted 220 From Christian Villages This Week: Monitor
BEIRUT — Islamic State militants have abducted at least 220 people from Assyrian Christian villages in northeastern Syria during a three day offensive, a monitor that tracks violence in Syria…
Numbers Of Christians Abducted In Syria By Islamic State Rises To 220, Monitor Says
BEIRUT, Feb 26 (Reuters) – Islamic State militants have abducted at least 220 people from Assyrian Christian villages in northeastern Syria during a three day offensive, a monitor that tracks…
How Many Americans Have Traveled To Syria To Join ISIS?
U.S. officials said on Wednesday they have thwarted the plans of three New Yorkers to join the Islamic State militant group in Syria, once again highlighting the risks posed by…
Eye on ISIS: 150 held in Syria; 3 arrested in U.S. in alleged plot
Here are some of the latest headlines: Activist: Lives of 150 Christian hostages in danger ISIS is holding 150 Assyrian Christians as hostages in Syria, and will threaten to kill…
FBI: Three men in New York attempted to join ISIS
[Previous story, posted at 1:09 p.m. ET] The FBI has arrested three men who allegedly attempted to fly from New York to Turkey in hopes of eventually joining ISIS in…
Activist: ISIS holds 150 Assyrian hostages in Syria, will threaten to kill them
The Assyrians were kidnapped from villages near Tal Tamer in northeastern Syria early Tuesday. Initial estimates put the number seized at between 70 and 100 people. Edward said the latest…
From Studious Teenager to ISIS Recruiter
LONDON — Aqsa Mahmood’s family saw her as an intelligent and popular teenager who helped care for her three younger siblings and her grandparents at her home in Scotland. She…
From Studious Teenager to ISIS Recruiter
LONDON — To her family, Aqsa Mahmood was an intelligent and popular teenager who helped care for her three younger siblings and her grandparents at her home in Scotland. She…
Monitoring Group Says ISIS Has Abducted 90 Christians in Syria
Islamic State militants have abducted at least 90 people from Assyrian Christian villages in northeastern Syria, a monitoring group that tracks violence in Syria said on Tuesday. The British-based Syrian…
Islamic State Kidnaps At Least 90 In Northeastern Syria, Human Rights Group says
AMMAN, Feb 24 (Reuters) – Islamic State militants have abducted at least 90 people from Assyrian Christian villages in northeastern Syria, a monitor that tracks violence in Syria said on…
Why Turkey Finally Made A Move Against ISIS
WASHINGTON — Turkey made its boldest move yet against the Islamic State over the weekend. It wasn’t to help the U.S.-led air campaign against the group, something Turkey could do…
France Confiscates Passports to Stem Flow of Fighters to Syria
PARIS — The French authorities began to use new, sweeping counterterrorism powers on Monday to halt the stream of young people going to Syria, confiscating the passports of six people…
Turkish soldiers evacuate Tomb of Suleyman Shah in Syria
While the tomb is in Syria, it is considered a Turkish enclave. – One Turkish soldier was killed in an accident, a Turkish government official said.
Turkish Military Enters Syria To Evacuate Soldiers Guarding Tomb: Report
Turkey’s prime minister says his country has evacuated troops guarding an Ottoman tomb in Syria. On Twitter, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu says the tomb of Suleyman Shah, the grandfather of…
Turkish Military Enters Syria to Evacuate Soldiers Guarding Tomb, Reports Say
ISTANBUL — The Turkish Army launched a military operation into Syria late Saturday to evacuate the Tomb of Suleyman Shah, which has been besieged by Islamic State militants since last…
A Test of Faith in Brutal Captivity
VATICAN CITY — The Islamic State’s beheading in August of the journalist James Foley stirred global outrage, fury and despair. But for many of his fellow Roman Catholics, Mr. Foley’s…