Phebe Marr, scholar of Iraq’s history and upheavals, dies at 93
A bus trip to Baghdad in the late 1950s began Dr. Marr’s path to become one of the leading American experts on Iraq.
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What is the Islamic State and what attacks has it inspired?
The FBI says it recovered the stark black flag of the Islamic State extremist group from the truck that an American man from ...
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Here’s a list of ISIS-inspired attacks in the US
While most ISIS-linked attacks have occurred in the Middle East and Europe, individuals connected to the militant Islamic ...
Four Islamic State members, including two leaders, killed in eastern Iraq
Four members of the Islamic State, including two senior leaders, were killed in an airstrike carried out by Iraqi aircraft in the Hamrin Mountains in eastern Iraq, security officials said on Saturday.
The quiet financier: Islamic State's elusive strongman
His orange henna-dyed beard and striking eyewear would make him easy to pick out in a crowd, but Abdul Qadir Mumin has ...
Islamic State: despite the fall of its caliphate, the group is still influencing terrorism
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) called the attack an “act of terrorism” and said that Jabbar appeared to have been ...
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Iraq and UK reach mega-infrastructure deals in reset of ties
Iraq's Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani met Tuesday with his UK counterpart Keir Starmer, securing a £12.3 billion ($15 billion) trade and investment package during a UK visit hailed as a "new ...
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Resurgence of Global Militancy: The Islamic State's Evolving Threat
The Islamic State, once a formidable force in Syria and Iraq, remains a global threat despite setbacks. Recent attacks in the ...
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Decade after IS abduction, Yazidi survivor returns to Iraq
Her family had lost hope she would ever return after Islamic State fighters took her and thousands of other Yazidi women and ...
Jordan and Syria to combat arms and drugs smuggling, Islamic State's resurgence
Jordan and Syria have agreed to form a joint security committee to secure their border, combat arms and drug smuggling and ...
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Here’s a list of ISIS-inspired attacks in the US
Nobody else was killed but one officer was injured. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attack, the first time it took credit for a U.S.-based attack.