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IS caliphate's end 'in sight' after Raqa fall: Trump

Trump makes no mention of removing Assad from power as part of a negotiated political solution, a goal pursued by Obama.

Published 22 Oct, 2017 12:31pm

After Raqqa

IT is, indeed, welcome news that the militant Islamic State group has been successively losing territory it once...

Updated 20 Oct, 2017 01:32pm

Wanted: violent Muslim women

With so many men leaving, the militant Islamic State group is quite predictably turning to women.

Published 11 Oct, 2017 07:42am

'How did IS emerge in Afghanistan under US watch?' asks Hamid Karzai

Former Afghan president says questions on America's involvement in Afghanistan arise from "evidence of wrongdoing".

Updated 17 Jul, 2018 08:40pm

Claims of responsibility for terror attacks by IS 'fake news'?

Experts stress that the retreating jihadists are increasingly spreading fake news.

Published 05 Oct, 2017 12:23pm

COVER: Enemy at the gates: ISIS: The State of Terror

Jessica Stern and J.M. Berger’s book provides an in-depth analysis of the emergence of the self-styled Islamic State

Published 11 Oct, 2015 06:48am

Cover story: The child of war ─ the story of IS

The struggle for hegemony between Sunni and Shia forces, Patrick Cockburn argues, threatens to transform the Middle East

Updated 01 May, 2016 02:46pm

ISIS is no Taliban

The goal of ISIS is to extend its rule over the entire Muslim world.

Updated 09 Jul, 2014 01:15pm

ISIS chief asks Muslims to obey him

A video shows a portly man addressing worshippers at weekly prayers at Al-Nur mosque in central Mosul.

Updated 06 Jul, 2014 11:38am

Sunni cleric says Iraq caliphate violates Sharia

Qaradawi, seen as a spiritual guide of the Muslim Brotherhood, says that the declaration “is void under Sharia“.

Updated 05 Jul, 2014 05:01pm

Iraqi army retakes Saddam’s birthplace

The military spokesman said Awja had been “totally cleansed” and 30 militants killed.

Updated 05 Jul, 2014 06:14am

ISIS controls all main Syrian oil fields: NGO

ISIS seized Tanak and Al-Omar oil fields after fighters from Al-Nusra Front and other groups withdrew from those areas.

Published 04 Jul, 2014 02:08pm

What ISIS and the 'caliphate' mean for Pakistan

Seeing the decline of al Qaeda in the rise of ISIS is a mistake. In fact, ISIS could play a dangerous role in Pakistan.

Updated 03 Jul, 2014 05:33pm

Iraqi forces battle to retake Tikrit from caliph-led ISIS

BAGHDAD: Iraqi troops battled to dislodge an Al Qaeda splinter group from the city of Tikrit on Monday after its...

Published 01 Jul, 2014 05:36am

ISIS declares ‘caliphate’

Islamic State of Iraq and Al Sham declares chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi “the caliph” and “leader for Muslims everywhere”.

Updated 30 Jun, 2014 10:22am

Russia not to ‘sit idly by’ as ISIS presses Iraq assault

DAMASCUS: Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said in Damascus on Saturday that his country “will not...

Published 29 Jun, 2014 06:33am

Al Qaeda’s Syria unit pledges to support ISIS

BEIRUT: The local unit of Al Qaeda’s Syrian branch in the tinderbox town of Albu Kamal on the Iraqi border pledged...

Published 26 Jun, 2014 06:14am