Apr 04 Watch 8:42 After the fall of ISIS caliphate, its capital remains a city of the dead By Jane Ferguson Although the Islamic State’s physical territory has dissolved, immense destruction from the brutal battle to eradicate the militant group remains. In the former caliphate’s capital city, Raqqa, survivors sort through the wreckage in search of bodies, recalling the atrocities they’ve… Continue watching
Mar 23 U.S.-backed Syrian force declares victory over Islamic State By Philip Assa, Andrea Rosa, Maya Arelluzzo, Associated Press U.S.-backed forces declared military victory over the Islamic State group in Syria on Saturday after liberating the last pocket of territory held by the militants, marking the end of a brutal self-styled caliphate the group carved out in large parts… Continue reading
Mar 22 Watch 5:16 Why the caliphate’s fall is ‘a milestone’ but not the end for ISIS After nearly five years of fighting in Iraq and Syria, the Trump administration signaled Friday that ISIS no longer controls any territory in Iraq or Syria. But despite a brutal bombardment, the final holdouts in Baghouz refuse to surrender. Special… Continue watching
Mar 19 Watch 2:16 As caliphate collapses, new ISIS threats emerge in Syria After nearly five years of fighting, a U.S.-led coalition has almost completely destroyed what's known as the territorial caliphate, the Islamic pseudo-state created in Iraq and Syria by ISIS--but that doesn’t mean the end of the terror group. Amna Nawaz… Continue watching
Mar 09 US-backed fighters could soon resume offensive against IS By Philip Issa, Associated Press U.S.-backed fighters could soon resume an offensive against the Islamic State group in the last area they control in Syria, an official said Saturday, adding that the battle against the extremists is expected to take three days. Continue reading
Mar 06 Angry and defiant, Islamic State families surrender in Syria By Sarah El Deeb, Associated Press Combat appeared to stop on Wednesday to allow for evacuations from the IS-held pocket in the eastern Syrian village of Baghouz. Continue reading
Mar 06 Suicide blast in eastern Afghanistan kills at least 17 By Rahim Faiez, Associated Press Militants in Afghanistan set off a suicide blast and stormed a construction company near the airport in Jalalabad. Continue reading
Mar 05 French jihadis killed in last Islamic State holdout in Syria By Sarah El Deeb, Associated Press A prominent French militant who joined the Islamic State group, Jean-Michel Clain, was killed in a mortar strike over the weekend as he struggled with wounds suffered in an earlier airstrike that killed his jihadi brother, his wife said Tuesday… Continue reading
Mar 02 US-backed Syrian fighters advance on 2 fronts against IS By Sarah El Deeb, Associated Press The ground assault into the last area held by the Islamic State group intensified Saturday as U.S.-backed Syrian fighters made “remarkable progress” amid heavy clashes, including the capture of a hill overlooking a tent encampment for the extremists, officials with… Continue reading
Feb 21 More than 150 Islamic State militants handed over to Iraq from Syria By Sarah El Deeb, Qassim Abdul-Zahra, Associated Press U.S.-backed Syrian forces fighting the Islamic State group in Syria handed over more than 150 Iraqi members of the group to Iraq, the first batch of several to come, an Iraqi security official said Thursday. Continue reading