Islamic State

Finance 2023-11-22T05:28:30Z

Binance was slapped with a $4.3 billion fine because it let groups like Hamas and ISIS receive funds: Treasury Department

"Can barely buy an AK-47 with 600 bucks," a Binance compliance staffer told his boss in 2019, per regulators.
Military & Defense 2023-11-05T19:28:06Z

US troops came home feeling 'cursed' and seeing ghosts after intense artillery battles with the Islamic State

The New York Times reported Sunday that exposure to intense artillery fire may be to blame for US veterans reporting serious psychological issues.
Military & Defense 2023-10-25T16:38:08Z

Ex-SOCOM head warns an Israeli invasion of Gaza will be harder than even the toughest battle against ISIS

"I don't think ISIS got to that particular level of sophistication," retired Army Gen. Joseph Votel said of Hamas in a recent interview.
Military & Defense 2023-10-13T21:14:49Z

Israel dropped more bombs on Gaza in 6 days than the US-led coalition dropped in any month fighting ISIS

Israeli forces have been relentlessly bombarding Gaza in the days since Hamas launched a brutal series of terror attacks last weekend.
Military & Defense 2023-03-16T17:54:36Z

A top US general warns ISIS will be able to strike Western interests from Afghanistan within 6 months

The Islamic State's affiliate in Afghanistan has the "ultimate goal" to strike the US homeland, Gen. Michael Kurilla told lawmakers on Thursday.
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News 2023-02-18T13:07:21Z

Suspected Islamic State motorcycle squad kills 53 people who were searching for prized truffles in Syria

Seven soldiers and 46 civilians were killed in the attack in the countryside near Homs, the director of Syria's Palmyra hospital said.
Military & Defense 2023-02-17T19:35:03Z

A senior ISIS leader is dead, but the raid went sideways when an explosion injured several US troops and a dog

Col. Joe Buccino, a spokesperson for US Central Command, told Insider that the wounded troops and dog are in stable condition.
News 2023-02-08T11:18:42Z

Former New York stockbroker convicted of leaving the US to join ISIS as a weapons instructor and sniper

Ruslan Maratovich Asainov was convicted on Tuesday of providing material support to the Islamic State terrorist group in Syria.
Military & Defense 2023-01-27T17:16:06Z

Before a secret raid on an ISIS leader's mountain cave complex, US forces ran the mission at a special recreation of the target area

US special operations forces did something similar prior to the 2011 Neptune Spear raid that brought down 9/11 mastermind Osama bin Laden.
Military & Defense 2022-11-30T21:12:01Z

US military confirms that another ISIS leader has been killed in Syria, revealing that he was taken out in a raid by local forces

The previous two ISIS leaders before Abu al-Hassan al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi were eliminated from the battlefield in US special operations raids.
Military & Defense 2022-04-29T20:19:24Z

Constant ISIS terror attacks are challenging the Taliban's tenuous grip on power in Afghanistan

Months after the Afghan government collapsed and US forces left, the Islamic State's Afghanistan affiliate wants to sabotage the Taliban's legitimacy.
News 2022-04-13T07:23:42Z

A British man who joined Ukraine's marines is said to have surrendered to Russian forces in Mariupol after his unit ran out of supplies and ammunition

Aiden Aslin, 27, joined Ukraine's 39th Brigade of Marines in 2018, according to his Twitter account. It said his unit had run out of food and ammo.
Military & Defense 2022-02-03T15:59:44Z

Biden says ISIS leader blew himself up during US military raid in 'final act of desperate cowardice,' killing family members

Syria Civil Defence said in a statement that it had recovered the bodies of 13 people, including six children and four women.
International 2021-10-09T18:26:30Z

The Taliban says it will not cooperate with the US to weed out the Islamic State from Afghanistan

"We are able to tackle Daesh independently," a Taliban spokesperson told the AP, using an Arabic acronym for the Islamic State.
News 2021-09-16T14:44:25Z

Top Islamic State commander who led deadly attack on US soldiers killed by French troops

Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahrawi, head of the Islamic State in the Sahara, played a pivotal role in the killing of four US servicemen in Niger in 2017.
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News 2021-09-03T16:58:51Z

Islamic State 'Beatles' cell member faces life in prison after pleading guilty to executions of American journalists, aid workers

Alexanda Kotey faces a life sentence as his plea marks the first time a member of ISIS is held accountable in a US court for the 2014 killings.
Military & Defense 2021-08-28T04:33:31Z

US military carries out drone strike against the Islamic State in Afghanistan

The strike killed its intended target in the Afghanistan's eastern Nangarhar province, US military officials said Friday.
Military & Defense 2021-08-26T11:12:19Z

Military planes at Kabul airport have been performing corkscrew landings and sending out flares to avoid potential missile attacks, report says

Countries like the US and UK have stepped up their warnings over the possibility of attacks at Kabul airport.
News 2021-06-02T14:33:43Z

A 20-year-old Washington man was arrested as he tried to fly abroad to join ISIS, federal prosecutors say

Elvin Hunter Bgorn Williams, of Seattle, has been charged with attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization.
Military & Defense 2021-05-09T09:22:06Z

Girls targeted in bomb carnage at school that left 55 dead in Afghan capital, Kabul

Most of the casualties were female students aged between 11 and 15 years old, who were leaving school at the time.
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