Human rights group alleges widespread torture, abuse of detainees accused of IS affiliation in Syria
Amnesty International says it has documented widespread abuses, including torture and deprivation of medical care, in detention facilities holding thousands of suspected Islamic State members and their relatives in northeast Syria.
Putin says gunmen who raided Moscow concert hall tried to escape to Ukraine. Kyiv denies involvement
The suburban Moscow concert hall where gunmen opened fire on concertgoers was a blackened, smoldering ruin as the death toll in the attack surpassed 130 and Russian authorities arrested four suspects.
US warned Iran that ISIS-K was preparing attack ahead of deadly Kerman blasts, a US official says
The U.S. government privately warned Iran that the Islamic State groupโs affiliate in Afghanistan was preparing to carry out a terrorist attack before bombings in Kerman earlier this month killed 95 people.
The FBI director warns about threats to Americans from those inspired by the Hamas attack on Israel
FBI Director Christopher Wray is warning that Hamasโ rampage inside Israel could inspire violence in the U.S. He told lawmakers on Tuesday that multiple foreign extremist groups have called for attacks against Americans and the West in recent weeks.
The US is sharing hard lessons from urban combat in Iraq and Syria as Israel prepares to invade Gaza
The prospect of Israeli forces launching an assault into Gazaโs dense urban neighborhoods is bringing back searing memories of the deadly battles the U.S.-led coalition fought against the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria.
Dozens dead after blast in southwestern Pakistan at a rally celebrating birthday of Islam's prophet
Authorities in Pakistan say at least 52 people were killed and nearly 70 wounded after a suspected bomber blew himself up in a crowd of people celebrating the Prophet Muhammadโs birthday in the southwest of the country.
Iraq steps up repatriations from Islamic State camp in Syria, hoping to reduce militant threats
Iraq is stepping up repatriation of its citizens from a camp in northeastern Syria housing tens of thousands of people, mostly wives and children of Islamic State fighters but also supporters of the militant group.
Islamic State group still has thousands in Syria and Iraq and poses Afghan threat, UN experts say
U.N. experts say the Islamic State group still commands between 5,000 and 7,000 members across its former stronghold in Syria and Iraq and its fighters pose the most serious terrorist threat in Afghanistan today.
UN expert decries the practice of taking boys from their mothers at detention camps in Syria
A U.N.-backed human rights advocate says hundreds of boys held in detention camps run by U.S.-backed forces in opposition-controlled northeastern Syria have been wrongly separated from their mothers on the โunprovenโ belief that they pose a security risk.
Taliban kill mastermind of suicide bombing at Kabul airport
U.S. officials say the Taliban have killed the Islamic State group militant who spearheaded the suicide bombing at the Kabul airport that left 13 U.S. service members and about 170 Afghans dead during the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021.
Report: US military must do more to avoid civilian deaths
A new report says the U.S. military needs to adjust its planning, targeting and use of weapons in order to better avoid widespread civilian deaths and damage such as the devastating 2017 battle to liberate the Syrian city of Raqqa from Islamic State militants.
Watchdog says 100s of boys missing from Kurdish Syria prison
An international human rights group says hundreds of boys are missing from a Syrian Kurdish prison that held members of the Islamic State group and their families, after the U.S.-backed Kurdish forces fought IS militants for 10 days to retake the facility.
US strike framed to spare civilians after mounting criticism
Facing criticism for civilian deaths in U.S. airstrikes, the Biden administration targeted the leader of the Islamic State group in a way that was riskier for American forces, landing dozens of U.S. commandoes outside his Syrian hideout rather than targeting him with an airstrike.