Category: ISIS

As ISIS loses its grip in its stronghold of Mosul, the black-clad jihadist army is plumbing the depths of brutality, taking civilians off the streets of Iraq’s second-largest city and forcing them onto the front lines. (FOX)- According to sources within the high ranks of the Yazidi Brigade, which operates under the Kurdish military known […]

The Latest on developments in Iraq where Iraqi forces and their allies launched a major offensive this week to retake Mosul, the country’s second-largest city from the Islamic State group. (FOX)- The Iraqi army’s 9th Division has launched a new push to retake a town near Mosul from the Islamic State group. The Joint Military […]

An Iraqi refugee who authorities say wanted to set off bombs at two Houston malls has pleaded guilty to trying to help the Islamic State group. (FOX)- Omar Faraj Saeed Al Hardan pleaded guilty Monday to attempting to provide material support or resources to a designated foreign terrorist organization. He faces up to 20 years […]

A Wisconsin man has pleaded guilty to trying to join the Islamic State group. (FOX)- Joshua Van Haften, formerly of Madison, pleaded guilty Thursday to a federal charge of attempting to give material support to a terrorist group. The Wisconsin State Journal (http://bit.ly/2dRVpvu ) reports he faces up to 15 years in prison when he’s […]

Militants armed with assault rifles and explosives attacked targets in and around the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk early on Friday in an assault quickly claimed by the Islamic State group and likely aimed at diverting authorities’ attention for the battle to retake IS-held Mosul. (FOX)- At least 11 workers, including two Iranians, were killed […]

A U.S. service member embedded with Kurdish Peshmerga forces in Iraq was killed Thursday when his all-terrain vehicle ran over a bomb north of Mosul, two U.S. officials confirmed to Fox News. (FOX)- It marked the first death of a U.S. service member in Iraq since the start of the operation to retake Mosul from […]

U.S. Army Apache attack helicopters have entered the battle for Mosul in support of Iraqi forces fighting the Islamic State terror group, the head of the famed 101st Airborne Division running the coalition’s ground component told reporters Wednesday. (FOX)– The helicopters have been “flying at night supporting any nighttime operations that the Iraqi security forces are doing,” Maj. Gen. […]

A former California college student was sentenced Wednesday to 30 years in prison for trying to aid the Islamic State group. (FOX)- Muhanad Badawi, 25, was also sentenced to a lifetime of supervised release during a hearing in federal court in Santa Ana. He was convicted earlier this year of conspiracy to aid a foreign […]

Iraqi special forces joined the Mosul offensive on Thursday with a pre-dawn advance on a nearby town held by the Islamic State group, encountering heavy fire. (FOX)- Gen. Maan al-Saadi said the elite Counterterrorism Forces advanced on the town of Bartalla with the aid of U.S.-led coalition airstrikes and heavy artillery on the fourth day […]

U.S. officials expect Islamic State to use crude chemical weapons as it tries to defend Mosul from an assault from Iraqi and Kurdish forces, though the terror group’s ability to develop such weapons are limited. (FOX)- One official told Reuters that U.S. forces have gathered ISIS shell fragments to test for chemical weapons because the […]