Islamic State

Damascus, Aug 12: A total of 22 abducted Syrian Assyrians were released by the Islamic State (IS) militants, who kidnapped them along with tens of Assyrians last February, Assyrian activists said. The released Assyrians reached on…

Baghdad, Aug 3: The Islamic State radical group on Sunday executed 15 Iraqi police officers and kidnapped four journalism students accused of collaborating with the foreign press in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul. Mohammed al-Bayati,…

US President Barack Obama said that local forces should be the main forces to fight the extremist group the Islamic State (IS) and currently there was no plan for his administration to send more troops abroad. Obama on Monday told…

At least 146 civilians were killed and more than 200 others wounded over the last 24 hours by the Islamic State (IS) terrorists in Syria's predominantly-Kurdish city of Kobane, a monitor group reported on Friday. Medical sources in…

Washington, May 22 (IANS/EFE): President Barack Obama said in an interview published Thursday that the US is not losing the fight against the Islamic State radical group in Iraq and Syria, but he acknowledged that it will be necessary to…

Beirut, May 20 (IANS/EFE): At least 170 Islamic State (IS) militants have been killed since Sunday in airstrikes carried out by the US-led international coalition in addition to Kurdish attacks in the northeastern province of al-Hasakah,…

Islamabad, May 7 (IANS) Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop during his two-day visit to Pakistan announced a $19 million aid package for Pakistan that includes help for areas hit by conflict and natural disasters, media reports.…

At least 30 Syrian rebels and 12 members of the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group died during clashes on Wednesday morning in western Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said. The IS extremists managed to regain control…

Islamic State (IS) supporters are operating a minimum of 46,000 Twitter accounts, a 92-page study by global think tank Brookings Institution has revealed. The study also found that at least 1,000 accounts supportive of IS, and possibly many…

The Islamic State (IS) militants Monday kidnapped 56 Syrian Christians of Assyrian minority in Al-Hasakah province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. The Assyrians were abducted from the town of Tal Shamiram in the…