ISIL
Extremist who burned passport in ISIS video grew up in small French village
One of three Kalashnikov-wielding Islamists seen burning their French passports on an Islamic State-made propaganda video this week grew up in a small...
ISIL pushes into Syrian town despite US raids
Fighters from the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) have continued to advance into the Syrian Kurdish dominated town of Kobane, despite the US-led...
Intel report: Three Malaysians join Mid East jihadists as comfort women
Malaysian women are believed to have joined the ISIL forces to offer Jihad Al-Nikah or sexual jihad, senior intelligence officials told The Malaysian Insider.
Obama’s angered statement raises questions about second journalist’s fate
U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday declared himself “heartbroken” by the beheading of American journalist Jim Foley by ISIL extremists, but he...
ISIL could pose threat to U.S., Europe, officials say
U.S. counterterrorism officials have dramatically ramped up their warnings about the threat posed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), concluding...
U.S. airstrikes in Iraq destroy ISIL arms and equipment
President Barack Obama said Saturday that airstrikes he ordered in northern Iraq have destroyed arms and equipment held by Islamic State of Iraq and the...
Red-bearded Chechen in Syria emerges as public face of ISIL
A young, red-bearded ethnic Chechen has emerged as one of the most prominent commanders in the extremist group that has overrun swaths of Iraq and Syria,...
Spreading cancer: Southeast Asia fears militant fallout as Mideast conflict widens
As Sunni Islamist rebels surge from Syria into Iraq, security officials in Southeast Asia and Australia worry the conflict is radicalising a new generation...
Group’s lightning advance on Iraq’s capital likely a ‘Sunni war of liberation’
The success of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL or ISIS), a terrorist juggernaut that overran four Iraqi army divisions, put much of northern...
Iraq insurgent advance slows, U.S. sends carrier to Gulf
An offensive by insurgents that threatens to dismember Iraq seemed to slow on Saturday after days of lightning advances as government forces regained some...
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