Category: Islam

Despite pledges from the Obama administration to “accelerate” the war against the Islamic State and a top envoy claiming “this perverse caliphate is shrinking,” the Pentagon admitted Monday it had retaken only 5 percent of ISIS-held territory in Iraq in the past five months. (FOX)- President Obama announced at the Pentagon in December that 40 […]

The Islamic State terror group claimed responsibility Tuesday for a back-to-back twin bombing at an outdoor market in Baghdad, part of a series of attacks that left at least 69 dead across the Iraqi capital. (FOX)- The deadliest attack unfolded in the Shiite-dominated northern Shaab neighborhood, killing 34. Police told The Associated Press the Shaab […]

The latest issue of Al Qaeda’s online magazine Inspire released Saturday calls on would-be jihadis to undermine the American economy by targeting business leaders and entrepreneurs, according to analysts who monitor web chatter from the jihadist organization. (FOX)- The newest edition obtained by the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) features a cover with the […]

The Islamic State group launched a coordinated assault on a natural gas plant north of Baghdad that killed at least 14 people, while a string of other bomb attacks in or close to the capital killed 15 others, Iraqi officials said. (FOX)- The attack on the gas plant started at dawn with a suicide car […]

A suicide bomber on Sunday detonated his explosives among policemen standing in line outside a police base in the southern Yemeni city of Mukalla, killing 25, security and health officials say. (FOX)- They said at least 17 more people were injured in the attack. The Yemeni affiliate of the extremist Islamist State group claimed responsibility […]

The Islamic State terror group declared a state of emergency in its de-facto capital of Raqqa, a U.S. military official said Friday. (FOX)- Col. Steve Warren said in a Pentagon briefing that officials were monitoring ISIS’ declaration to try and figure out what it meant. The extremist group reportedly began bolstering its supplies in its […]

 A Syrian national extradited to the U.S. made an initial court appearance Tuesday on charges he helped hack and extort American targets perceived to be enemies of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. (FOX)- Peter Romar, 36, was extradited from Germany, where he had been living in Waltershausen. A magistrate ordered him held pending a detention hearing […]

Iraqi officials say the death toll from a car bombing in a commercial area in a predominantly Shiite neighborhood of Baghdad has risen to at least 63 people killed. (FOX)- Two police officers say the explosives-laden car that went off Wednesday morning at a crowded outdoor market in Baghdad’s eastern district of Sadr City also […]

One of the Islamic State’s top leaders in Iraq’s Anbar province was killed in a U.S. airstrike last week, the Pentagon said Monday. (WashingtonPost)- Abu Wahib, the “military emir” of Anbar, and three other Islamic State members were killed May 6 while traveling in a vehicle near the town of Rutbah in western Iraq, Pentagon Press Secretary […]

Her name was “Elvira,” and her treachery cost several ISIS members their lives before the caliphate’s spy hunters tracked her down and executed her, according to the latest issue of the Islamic State’s Russian-language online magazine. (FOX)- The article in Istok, titled “Elvira Karaeva – Agent of the Russian Special Services,” focuses on a woman whom […]