Conference in Paris aims to divide responsibility in coalition against Islamic State A historically important city in world wars, Paris will host yet another international conference Monday to divide responsibility in confronting the Islamic State.
The number of ISIL's troops range between 20,000 and 31,500, according to estimates by the CIA. These are more than double the previously thought numbers.
The Islamic State released a third execution video today showing the beheading of a British aid worker, David Haines, for the first time targeting the United Kingdom.
While the United States begins to strengthen its ties with Syrian rebels, it's been reported that one of the rebel groups agreed to a ceasefire with ISIS on Friday.
The Department of Homeland Security clarified rumors to Congress regarding the possibility of the Islamic State -- also known as ISIS and ISIL -- crossing the U.S.-Mexican border.
President Barack Obama addressed the nation about his plans to target the Islamic State, also known as ISIS and ISIL, and lawmakers from the Republican Party commented on the positives and negatives of his strategy.
The President said in a speech the U.S. would escalate its fight against ISIL alongside the Iraqi government and other allies, continuing airstrikes and sending more troops to Iraq in a support capability.
President Barack Obama told Americans on Wednesday he had authorized U.S. airstrikes for the first time in Syria and more attacks in Iraq in a broad escalation of a campaign against the Islamic State militant group.Obama's decision to launch attacks inside Syria, which is embroiled in a three-year civil war, marked a turnabout for the president, who shied away a year ago from airstrikes to punish Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for using chemical weapons against his own people.
Officials possibly identified James Foley killer A London-based extremist group may be the key to finding the Islamic State militant in the execution video of American journalist James Foley.
A new poll reveals that a growing number of Americans view the extreme Iraqi terrorist group known as the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, or ISIS, as a direct threat and are fearful that Islamic militants are hiding out on American soil.
Radical Islamic Abdu Qatada denounces ISIS killing two American Journalists as he awaits the verdict of his trail concerning his involvement in a 2000 terrorist plot.
Former Mi6 director says ex-jihadis should be allowed back into the country Jihadis in Syria and Iraq from the U. K. should be encouraged to come home because a repenting individual may be able to shed light on the Islamic State, a former global counter-terrorism director told the Guardian.
Kidnapping as a business: Ransoms and killings both benefit terrorists The recent murders of two American journalists have started a debate about the U.
U.S. college student suspected of being ISIS media propagandist An American-Syrian citizen and college student from Boston is suspected of being behind the Islamic State, formerly ISIS, militant group's social media propaganda, ABC reported, citing a n anonymous senior law enforcement official.
President Barack Obama is planning to send 350 troops to the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad and its surrounding facilities amid the growing threat of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, known as ISIL or ISIS.
U.S. expected to retaliate to second beheading of an American journalist U. S. President Barack Obama confirmed Wednesday that the video showing the decapitation of American journalist Steven Sotloff was authentic and signaled that the U.
Iraqi town liberated from Islamic State aggression Sunday Airstrikes by the U. S. , along with humanitarian aid drops by Australia, France, Britain and the U.
The United Nations announced the capture of 43 UNDOF troops in the Golan Heights. They confirmed as well that 81 UNDOF troops have been surrounded and demand the immediate release of all troops.
