Middle East leaders and their Western allies have been warning that Islamic State could exploit the fall of the Assad regime ...

The Islamic State is staging a resurgence in parts of Syria and Iraq, with fighters regrouping in cities and testing weakened ...

Iraq was already facing a crisis prior to the Israeli airstrikes on Iran and Iran’s retaliation. In May, the autonomous ...

Developments over this last weekend have left many Americans (and many of our allies) wondering about the progress (or lack thereof) of our fight against ISIS. First ...

The group renamed itself the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant and launched a military campaign during which it captured large parts of Syria and Iraq. In early June 2014, the group captured ...

shortening its name from Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, or ISIL — the acronym used by the Obama administration and the British Foreign Office to this day. The Levant can refer to all countries ...

By Malik Samuel With foreign expertise now reshaping battlefield dynamics in the Lake Chad Basin, and raising the stakes for regional security, the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) is ...

The Iranian drones were targeted because they entered the defensive perimeter of the anti-jihadist coalition, Iraqi military ...

The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for two attacks in southern Syria. One of them was an attack on government ...