Islamic State’s New Leader Identified
Intelligence services have identified the new leader of the Islamic State group as Amir Mohammed Abdul Rahman al-Mawli al-Salbi, British newspaper The Guardian reported Monday.
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UN Says Children of ISIS Must Be Repatriated
United Nations investigators on Thursday called for thousands of children of jihadists who fought for the Islamic State group to be repatriated from Syria.
Read moreKing of Jordan Warns of Islamic State’s Return
King Abdullah of Jordan on Monday warned that the Islamic State group was regrouping and is on the rise again in the Middle East.
Read moreCourt Chucks ‘Shockingly Low’ 17-Year Term for FBI Stabbing
Balking at the 80% discrepancy with federal guidelines, the Second Circuit threw out what it called a “shockingly low” 17-year sentence for a Staten Island man who stabbed an FBI agent in the name of the Islamic State group.
Read moreISIS Executes 11 Christians in Nigeria
Jihadists aligned with the Islamic State group have released a video claiming to show the execution of 11 Christians in restive northeast Nigeria.
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Court Rules Turkey Violated Freedoms by Banning Wikipedia
Turkey’s highest court on Thursday ruled in favor of Wikipedia, saying the Turkish government’s two-year ban on the online encyclopedia constitutes a violation of freedom of expression, the state-run news agency reported.
Read moreTaliban Claim Monday Attack That Killed US Soldier
The Taliban claimed responsibility for a Monday attack on American troops that killed one U.S. soldier and according to the insurgents, wounded several more.
Read moreDoes the Islamic State’s New Leader Really Exist?
Just days after Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was killed in a raid by U.S. special forces in October, the Islamic State group announced the name of the man who has replaced him as leader.
Read moreDefense Secretary Says Trump Demanded Navy SEAL Keep Status
One day after firing the Navy’s top official, Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Monday that President Donald Trump ordered him to let a SEAL accused of war crimes retire without being stripped of his status.
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EU Agencies, Service Providers Take Down IS Propaganda
A concerted crackdown on the Islamic State’s online propaganda machine has dealt a serious blow to the extremist group’s official news agency and communications channels, European law enforcement officials said Monday.
Read morePentagon Chief Fires Navy Secretary Over SEAL Controversy
Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Sunday fired the Navy’s top official over his handling of a disciplinary case involving a Navy SEAL.
Read moreSecretary of Navy Does Not Consider Trump’s Tweet a Formal Order
The secretary of the U.S. Navy said Saturday he doesn’t consider a tweet by President Donald Trump an order and would need a formal order to stop a review of a sailor who could lose his status as a Navy Seal.
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SEALs Face Review Board for Death of Iraqi
Navy officials on Wednesday notified a SEAL convicted of posing with a dead Islamic State militant and three of his superior officers during a 2017 deployment to Iraq that all four will face a review to determine if they should remain on the elite force.
Read moreTrump Restores Navy SEAL’s Rank, Pardons Army Servicemen From Murder
President Donald Trump Friday restored Navy SEAL Chief Special Warfare Operator Edward R. Gallagher’s rank after he was demoted following a lengthy court-martial this past summer on claims he stabbed and killed a teenage Islamic State solider.
Read moreTurkey to Deport ISIS Suspect to US
A U.S. citizen and suspected Islamic State group member who has spent three days in a no man’s land between Turkey and Greece after Ankara tried to deport him will be repatriated to the United States, Turkey’s Interior Ministry said Thursday.
Read moreJudge Says Netherlands Must Accept Children of ISIS Fighters, but Not Mothers
A Dutch judge ruled Monday that the Dutch government must make all possible efforts to repatriate Dutch children from detention camps holding relatives of Islamic State fighters in Syria, but it does not have the same obligation to their mothers.
Read moreTurkey Returning ISIS Fighters, Deports US Citizen
Turkey on Monday deported a U.S. citizen who fought for the Islamic State as the government began sending back captured foreign fighters to their home countries, a Turkish official said.
Read moreTurkey Says It Captured Slain IS Leader’s Sister in Syria
A senior Turkish official says Turkey has captured the older sister of the slain leader of the Islamic State group in northwestern Syria, calling the arrest an intelligence “gold mine.”
Read moreTurkey to Europe: Take Back Your Islamic State Fighters
European countries are coming under more pressure to take back and prosecute their citizens who left Europe to fight for the Islamic State and who are now held in captivity in Syria and Turkey.
Read moreIslamic State Women Ask Netherlands to Repatriate Them
Lawyers representing Dutch women who joined the Islamic State group and are now detained in Syrian refugee camps demanded Friday that the Netherlands allow the women and their children to return to their home country.
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