The Islamic State has crafted its tactics and message to best meet local considerations. "In Iraq, they portray themselves as the protectors of the Sunni community," al-Tamimi said.

According to a report published by the official news agency of the Islamic Republic (IRNA), the purpose of the recent visit ...

The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), or DAISH/DAESH in Arabic is a militant group that has called itself the Islamic State.

The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant's bloody media foray into northern Iraq adds another international dimension to Syria's thoroughly internationalized civil war. It is also a direct ...

Dilbar Ali Ravu, 10, is kissed by his aunt, Dalal Ravu, as Yazidi children are reunited with their families in Iraq after five years of captivity with the Islamic State group, March 2, 2019.

Don’t Be Fooled: America’s ISIS Crisis Is Just Beginning Developments over this last weekend have left many Americans (and many of our allies) wondering about the progress (or lack thereof) of ...

April 2013 — Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of al-Qaida's branch in Iraq, announces the merger of his group with al-Qaida's franchise in Syria, forming the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant ...

Islamic State – previously known as Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham – is the successor organization to al Qaeda in Iraq, started by Abu Musab Al Zarqawi a few years before the 2003 U.S.-led ...

The Islamic State is a group of Sunni militants with roots in al-Qaeda in Iraq. But the group's tactics are so extreme that Al Qaeda disavowed the Islamic State earlier this year.

In an interview with Norah O'Donnell, President Obama addresses the threat that the extremist group Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) poses directly to American citizens.

Kurdish officials in Northern Iraq say fighters of the Islamic militant group ISIS carried out a massacre, killing dozens of Yazidi citizens. Charlie D'Agata reports. Aug 16, 2014 01:33 ...