Omar Mateen mentioned his allegiance to Abu Bakr al Baghdadi at least twice during a 911 call the night of his attack on a LGBT nightclub in Orlando, Florida. He also discussed his allegiance to ...

Deir Ezzor, in eastern Syria, remains largely under IS control even as the group is losing territory elsewhere in the country. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor said Tuesday it had ...

His death represents a significant blow to ISIS's operations in the region. ISIS has faced numerous leadership losses in ...

The then-fledgling Islamic State laid out its strategy for protecting self-declared caliph Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in an early e-book, saying their goal was basically to disguise him in plain sight.

The world's most wanted man who has so far eluded capture, Islamic State group chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has seen his "caliphate" crumble and its last shred of territory in Syria evaporate on ...

Documents circulating on social media over the last day appear to provide new details about the background of Syria’s new President Ahmed al-Sharaa. They claim to provide details about his role when ...

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s prime minister presided over the official reopening of the historic al-Nuri Grand Mosque and its leaning minaret in the heart of Mosul’s Old City Monday, eight years after the ...