A former ISIS member operating in Afghanistan and Pakistan recalls watching militants committing “crimes against humanity” including raping girls as young as 10 years old. The ex-militant, under the alias Lahor Shah, initially joined ISIS in early 2014 because he thought it was a movement that supported Islam.
President Barack Obama addressed how the U.S. will confront terrorism on Sunday night, but the Republican presidential candidates have criticized him for not doing enough.
Despite President Barack Obama telling U.S. states to accept refugees fleeing from the Islamic State militant groups, more U.S. governors are refusing to welcome them.
ISIS might be using chemical weapons in their mortar attacks against Kurds positioned in Iraq and Syria. Though ISIS' first alleged use of chemical substances, this is the first time it has been deployed via a projectile.
President Barack Obama published his Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) letter to Congress to help “degrade and defeat” the Islamic State militant group.
A new poll released on Tuesday reveals that recent world events have cast a spotlight on the importance of foreign policy for the current administration. A majority of Americans admit that they are living in fear of a terrorist attack on U.S. soil that they feel is imminent and have also expressed concern that Congress is incapable of keeping the country safe from such a threat.
Paris authorities said Monday that one of the Islamic State extremists involved in a video showing a beheaded U.S. aid worker and slaughtered Syrian soldiers is an Islamic convert Frenchman.
ISIS reportedly beheads Peter Kessig, new video released A former Army ranger who was a U. S. aid worker in Syria is reportedly dead, after the Islamic State released yet another video claiming to have beheaded Peter Kessig.
In an effort to dispel rumors that its leader had been killed, ISIS on Thursday released a 17-minute audio recording of a man purported to be Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
A series of airstrikes carried out by United States, Iraqi and coalition aircrafts against the Islamic State positions and troops may have wounded the group's elusive leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. Iraqi officials announced that the leader was wounded, but American officials did not confirm al-Baghdadi's status.
U.S.-led coalition airstrikes continue as Islamic State militants seize the Tel Shair hill overlooking the northern Syrian border town of Kobani on Thursday.
Turkish government previously refused to help Syrian Kurds The Turkish foreign minister said his government is helping Iraqi Kurdish forces reach the Syrian border town of Kobani to join Syrian Kurds who have been fighting Islamic State militants for more than a month.
ISIS crucifies 17-year-old boy in Raqqa, Syria The atrocities committed by ISIS are increasingly brutal, as an image of a crucified 17-year-old boy made its way around social media.
