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Yemeni anti-Houthi coalition kills Islamic State's chief spokesperson, state security service says

Islamic State's official media has not confirmed or denied the raid or Abu Hudhayfa al-Ansari's death at the time of writing.

Syrian authorities arrest nine-member ISIS cell in town adjacent to Israel's demilitarized zone

US CENTCOM kills senior ISIS leader Ali Husayn al-'Ulaywi in northwest Syria airstrike

ISIS claims responsibility for new attack in Syria targeting official near Damascus

A rebel fighter takes away a flag that belonged to Islamic State militants in Akhtarin village, after rebel fighters advanced in the area, in northern Aleppo Governorate, Syria, October 7, 2016

Islamic State prison break repelled by Kurdish-led forces in Syria

The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces said its forces thwarted an escape attempt by prisoners that coincided with a car bomb that was detonated near the prison by militants.

JANUARY 20, 2022ByREUTERS

A fighter of the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) fires an anti-aircraft weapon from Tel Tawil village in the direction of Islamic State fighters positioned in the countryside of the town of Tel Tamr, February 25, 2015.

What can the Holocaust teach about German woman convicted of ISIS crimes?

The crimes between ISIS and the Nazis have many parallels, including the difficulty in bringing them to justice – Europeans who joined ISIS replayed the Nazi genocide

OCTOBER 26, 2021BySETH J. FRANTZMAN

A member loyal to the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) waves an ISIL flag in Raqqa June 29, 2014. The offshoot of al Qaeda which has captured swathes of territory in Iraq and Syria has declared itself an Islamic "Caliphate" and called on factions worldwide to pledge their allegiance, a st

Is the surrender of a senior ISIS Sinai official a game changer?

After ISIS lost most of its “caliphate” territory in Iraq and Syria, the group has managed to spawn a variety of new chapters and has morphed into new forms in weak and unstable states.

SEPTEMBER 25, 2021ByYONAH JEREMY BOB

An Egyptian army soldier looks on from his postion at a checkpoint in Al Arish city, the troubled northern part of the Sinai peninsula

Six years since Kurds stopped ISIS at Kobani

Yesterday, January 26, marked the six-year anniversary of “Kobani Liberation Day, when the Kurdish fighters stopped ISIS and pushed it back.

JANUARY 27, 2021BySETH J. FRANTZMAN

A Memorial in Kobani, Syria marks the site where an ISIS tank was destroyed in 2015

‘Mosul’ movie finally brings Iraq’s war on ISIS to the screen

How does the movie compare to a real life war experience?

DECEMBER 2, 2020BySETH J. FRANTZMAN

A view of a part of western Mosul, Iraq, May 29, 2017

Simon Wiesenthal Center asks EU to focus on ISIS, not Israel

The letter, sent by The Simon Wiesenthal Center, asks the EU to stop focusing on Israel and instead focus on ISIS jihadists.

JULY 3, 2020ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

A MEMBER of ISIS waves the group’s flag in Raqqa

Afghanistan arrests regional ISIS leader

The ongoing violence underscored the challenges to securing lasting peace in Afghanistan even after the United States signed a troop withdrawal agreement with the militant Taliban in February.

MAY 11, 2020ByREUTERS