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."

OCTOBER 12, 2026|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.

JULY 22, 2026|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.

FEBRUARY 9, 2026|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.

NOVEMBER 21, 2025|ByREUTERS

Islamic State down but not out, says Tillerson

"The end of major combat operations does not mean we have achieved the enduring defeat of ISIS," said the US Secretary of state.

FEBRUARY 13, 2018ByREUTERS

United States Secretary of State Rex Tillerson

Coalition: 150 ISIS members killed in strike

The airstrike took place on January 20th in As-Shafah, Syria and details about it emerged on Tuesday night.

JANUARY 25, 2018BySETH J. FRANTZMAN

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

ISIS in Sinai: Battered, weakened but still dangerous

The members of the Sinai Province of the Islamic State are fueled by a never-ending sense of divine mission.

JANUARY 15, 2018ByZVI MAZEL

EGYPTIAN MILITARY forces look on in the northern Sinai.

Judge rules ACLU to visit ISIS fighter detained in Iraq

The man surrendered in mid-September to US-backed Syrian Kurdish fighters pursuing an offensive against Islamic State’s former stronghold of Raqqa.

DECEMBER 24, 2017ByREUTERS

An Islamic State fighter carries the group’s flag in Raqqa, north-central Syria.

The ‘ISIS widows’ and the myth of the innocent women jihadists

Today the ISIS 'widows' are the center of sympathy.

DECEMBER 17, 2017BySETH J. FRANTZMAN

A displaced woman from the minority Yazidi sect, who was kidnapped by Islamic State militants of Tal Afar but managed to flee, reacts in Duhok province, northern Iraq, November 24, 2016.

Why Israel ignores Iraq

Israeli decision-makers’ as well as commentators’ lack of interest in the political developments in Iraq, leads them to exaggerate in Iranian influence in Iraq and lose track of alternative trends.

DECEMBER 1, 2017ByIDAN BARIR, RONEN ZEIDEL