Aug 28 US drone strike kills 2 Islamic State members in Afghanistan By Lolita C. Baldor, Robert Burns, Associated Press Acting swiftly on President Joe Biden’s promise to retaliate for the deadly suicide bombing at Kabul airport, the U.S. military said it killed two members of the Islamic State group’s Afghanistan affiliate with a drone strike in the group’s eastern… Continue reading
Aug 26 ISIS affiliate says it targeted Afghans, U.S. troops in Kabul By Associated Press Two suicide bombers and gunmen attacked crowds of Afghans flocking to Kabul’s airport on Thursday, killing at least 60 Afghans and 12 U.S. troops, Afghan and U.S. officials said. Continue reading
Aug 26 AP report: Kabul airport attack kills 60 Afghans, 12 U.S. troops By Associated Press Two suicide bombers and gunmen attacked crowds of Afghans flocking to Kabul's airport Thursday, transforming a scene of desperation into one of horror in the waning days of an airlift for those fleeing the Taliban takeover. Continue reading
Jul 17 Watch 9:10 ‘I have no future here:’ Yazidis struggle to rebuild their lives despite ISIS retreat By Leila Molana-Allen Seven years ago, a brutal attack by ISIS forced hundreds of thousands of Yazidis to flee their homes in northern Iraq. Many were eventually imprisoned, killed or sold into slavery. Now, despite ISIS’s retreat, Yazidi survivors say little has changed… Continue watching
Jun 17 Watch 10:28 Watch Iraq’s secretive counterterrorism unit track down and extract an ISIS fighter By Leila Molana-Allen Seven years ago this month the Islamic State declared its caliphate, killing thousands in its years-long reign of terror in Iraq and Syria. The group may have lost its territory, but its fighters still plague Iraq. Special Correspondent Leila Molana-Allen… Continue watching
Apr 06 Watch 8:08 Orphaned and traumatized: Mozambican families fleeing ISIS struggle to rebuild their lives By Neha Wadekar For years, Islamist militants have terrorized the Cabo Delgado province in Mozambique, killing and displacing thousands. This week, they attacked a town called Palma, which hosts international oil and gas companies, killing dozens. ISIS claimed responsibility. Special correspondent Neha Wadekar… Continue watching
Mar 07 Where IS ruled, pope calls on Christians to forgive, rebuild By Nicole Winfield, Samya Kullab, Associated Press Pope Francis urged Iraq’s Christians on Sunday to forgive the injustices against them by Muslim extremists and to rebuild as he visited the wrecked shells of churches and met ecstatic crowds in the community’s historic heartland, which was nearly erased… Continue reading
Feb 22 Watch 5:44 How a small but powerful band of women led the fight against ISIS By Amna Nawaz, Ali Rogin In the years-long battle to retake northeastern Syria from ISIS, a small but powerful band of fighters led the way. The women of the YPJ, a Syrian-Kurdish force, fought alongside their male counterparts and face-to-face against ISIS. Author and journalist… Continue watching
Dec 16 Widow of Islamic State group fighter convicted in Charlie Hebdo, kosher market attacks By Lori Hinnant, Associated Press The fugitive widow of an Islamic State gunman and a man described as his logistician on Wednesday were convicted of terrorism charges and sentenced to 30 years in prison in the trial of 14 people linked to the January 2015… Continue reading
Nov 03 Gunman who killed 4 in Vienna attack had sought to join Islamic State By Philipp Jenne, Geir Moulson, Associated Press Witnesses described dozens of screaming people fleeing the sounds of gunshots Monday night in a nightlife district crowded with revelers enjoying the last hours before a coronavirus lockdown. Continue reading