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Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the shadowy leader of the Islamic State group who presided over its global jihad and became arguably the world’s most wanted man, is believed dead after being targeted by a U.S. military raid in Syria. CBC | World News
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ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi killed in US raid according to unconfirmed reports
UNCONFIRMED reports from insider sources claim ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is dead. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Turkey’s pledge to ‘take custody’ of ISIS prisoner camps called precarious by experts
Turkey says it will take custody of Islamic State prisoners in the territory it captures, but there are fears among human rights — and even defence — observers that a humanitarian catastrophe could follow. CBC | World News
Read More »ISIS alert: US demands the UK return former Jihadi warriors back to Britain in bold demand
THE US has issued a demand for the UK to repatriate 600 ISIS warriors and their families. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Egypt massacre in Sinai may point to an even more bloody ISIS
The massacre of more than 300 worshippers at a mosque in Egypt’s Sinai crossed a new line — even by militants’ brutal standards — and could be a sign the group Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is trying to make up for the loss of its “caliphate” in Iraq and Syria or that an even more ultra-extremist faction ...
Read More »Mass grave uncovered at former ISIS stronghold may hold up to 400 dead
Iraqi security forces have found mass graves in an area recently retaken from the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria that could contain up to 400 bodies, an Iraqi official says. CBC | World News
Read More »Assaults in Syria and Iraq oust ISIS from border bastions
Syrian troops ousted Islamic State extremists Friday from Deir el-Zour, a major city in eastern Syria, while Iraqi forces retook Qaim, the group’s last big town across the border in Iraq, in simultaneous assaults that dealt further territorial losses to the retreating militants. CBC | World News
Read More »ISIS claims New York truck attacker is ‘caliphate soldier’
The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility, without providing proof, for a truck attack earlier this week that killed eight people in the deadliest assault on New York City since Sept. 11, 2001. CBC | World News
Read More »PUTIN REACTS: Russian submarine and bombers destroy ISIS militant targets
RUSSIAN bombers have destroyed a series of Islamic State targets in a “massive airstrike” against terrorists’ facilities near the town of Abu Kamal in Syria, Moscow’s defence ministry have claimed. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Truck driver planned deadly NYC attack for weeks ‘in the name of ISIS,’ police say
The driver behind the deadly truck attack Tuesday on a bike path in Manhattan had been planning it for weeks and did so “in the name of ISIS,” a New York City police department official said Wednesday. CBC | World News
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