At 10-year mark, US and allies weigh future of Islamic State mission
Brussels, Belgium Reuters Ten years to the day after the formal launch of the US-led operation against the Islamic State, the United States and its NATO allies gathered in Brussels on Thursday to discuss the future of a mission facing increasing headwinds. Niger kicked out the US military from its counter-terrorism base in West Africa […]
Islamic State: A decade after the group declared a caliphate, it’s defeated but remains lethal
QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and BASSEM MROUE, of Associated Press, report on the ongoing threat posed by the Islamic State militant group…
US wants to bolster fight against Islamic State after its leader’s death
Washington, US/Moscow, RussiaReuters The United States wants to bolster a coalition fighting Islamic State in north-eastern Syria, a senior State Department official said on Monday, after the leader of the jihadi movement, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was killed in a weekend operation. World leaders welcomed his death, but they and security experts warned that the group, […]
Essay: Baghdadi’s death is a huge blow to Islamic State, but history suggests it won’t guarantee a safer world
In an article first published on The Conversation, Australian academic GREG BARTON, chair in global Islamic politics at Deakin University’s Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, looks at the ramifications of death of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi…
Trump hails death of “depraved” Islamic State leader Baghdadi in US raid
Washington DC, US Reuters Fugitive Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi died “whimpering and crying” in a raid by US special forces in north-west Syria, President Donald Trump announced on Sunday, fulfilling what he called his top national security goal. Baghdadi, who had led the jihadist group since 2010, killed himself by detonating a suicide […]
Islamic State leader Baghdadi reportedly killed in Syria by US forces
Baghdad, Iraq/Washington DC, US Reuters Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is believed to have been killed in a US military operation in Syria, sources in Syria, Iraq and Iran said on Sunday, as US President Donald Trump prepared to make a “major statement” at the White House. The United States had put up a […]