War on ISIS

Iraq targets lingering ISIS pockets with airstrikes, operations in security vacuum after US pullout

"F-16 aircraft carried out two airstrikes targeting a hideout belonging to remnants of Daesh elements in the Nareen area, resulting in its complete destruction."

|BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
Shi'ite fighters launch a rocket during clashes with Islamic State militants on the outskirts of al-Alam, Iraq.
Dr Jihad, or Tareq Kamleh, calls for jihad to be waged in the West in an Islamic State propaganda video.

Australia's 'Dr. Jihad' found in Iraqi prison 10 years after declared dead in ISIS siege - report

Tareq Kamleh was presumed to have been killed in Syria over a decade ago, but was actually being held in a high-security Baghdad prison, according to a report by The Australian.

|ByTOBIAS HOLCMAN
Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shibani looks on during a meeting with Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi in Amman, Jordan August 12, 2025.

Syrian officials attend anti-ISIS coalition talks in Saudi Arabia

Syrian officials attended meetings of the International Coalition to Defeat ISIS in Riyadh on February 8 to 9, marking Syria’s growing role in the US led alliance.

|BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
Relatives mourn their kin who was killed in his farm following an attack by Islamic State-affiliated Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels, in Mbimbi location of Oicha in Beni territory, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo September 10, 2025.

Islamic State-linked rebels kill 89 civilians in east Congo attacks, UN force says

Fighters from the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) attacked several localities of Congo's North Kivu province and killed at least 20 women and an undetermined number of children.

|ByREUTERS

Senior ISIS member killed in US military operation in Syria, official says

The raid, only the second done by the US since former President Bashar al-Assad was ousted in December, killed a senior ISIS member who was seen as a candidate to be the leader of ISIS in Syria.

AUGUST 20, 2025ByREUTERS
U.S. military vehicles drive in Hasaka, Syria December 6, 2024.

ISIS-backed rebels kill 38 people in a church in Congo, several still missing

The assault in Komanda, a city in the northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, this Sunday left 15 injured and several people still missing.

JULY 27, 2025ByREUTERS
Members of the M23 rebel group ride on a pickup truck as they leave their position for patrols amid conflict between them and the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC), in Goma, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, January 29, 2025.

In the shadow of genocide: Remembering 10 years of Yazidi struggle

A decade after ISIS’s genocidal campaign, the Yazidi community remains deeply scarred, struggling with displacement, mental health issues, and ongoing sectarian conflict.

AUGUST 14, 2024ByANTHONY AVICE DU BUISSON
US SECRETARY of State Antony Blinken meets with Yazidi activists at the State Department in Washington July 2024.

Hamas massacre in 2023: Living a nightmare - opinion

What this war has shown us is that Hamas is ISIS, the author wrote.

NOVEMBER 3, 2023ByLISA SAMIN
AN IRAQI Christian who fled from his home due to ISIS’s advance walks beneath a cross erected inside an unfinished shopping mall – which had become home to hundreds of displaced people, in Erbil, Iraq, 2014

Israel attacked ISIS in 2015, killing hundreds of terrorists, former IDF chief says

During his speech, former Chief of Staff Eisenkot revealed that Israel attacked the terrorist organization ISIS in 2015 and killed hundreds of members of the group.

JUNE 12, 2023ByMAARIV ONLINE, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
GADI EISENKOT waves at the launch of the National Unity Party election campaign, in Tel Aviv, earlier this month.

ISIS attack and US raid show terror group still dangerous - analysis

ISIS continues to be a threat and the US and SDF continue to carry out raids to make sure it can’t make a comeback.

FEBRUARY 18, 2023BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
A US soldier oversees members of the Syrian Democratic Forces as they demolish a YPG fortification and raise a Tal Abyad Military Council flag over the outpost as part of the security mechanism zone agreement, in Syria September 21, 2019.

How much did the West know about smuggling of girls to ISIS? - analysis

Many teenage girls from different European countries that joined ISIS may have been aided by a man in their path to ISIS who was also giving information to Canadian "intelligence."

AUGUST 31, 2022BySETH 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

ISIS Exploiting Coronavirus Pandemic, Counter-Terror Experts Warn

Islamic State insurgency reaping successes in Iraq, Syria as global network grows

OCTOBER 2, 2020ByJOSHUA ROBBIN MARKS/THE MEDIA LINE
A boy looks out from inside a tent in al-Roj camp, Syria, January 10, 2020.

How will the ‘end’ of the global war on terror affect Israel?

SECURITY AFFAIRS: The short answer is that the war on terror gave Israel unprecedented cover to fight its own terror threats using aggressive measures, a luxury that Jerusalem will probably lose.

JUNE 11, 2020ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
AFGHAN CHILDREN in Jalalablad celebrate in February the US-Taliban agreement to allow a US troop reduction and a permanent ceasefire.

Coalition focuses on ‘enduring defeat’ of ISIS in Syria, Iraq - exclusive

The coalition is focusing on building the capacity and capability of local security forces.

APRIL 2, 2019BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
A PAK member looks out over a frontline during the war on ISIS in Iraq in 2016.