Islamic State

• Nearly 25 Islamic State fighters killed or captured in Syria, US military says - The U.S. military said Tuesday that nearly 25 operatives of the Islamic State group were killed or captured in Syria this month following an ambush that killed two U.S. troops and an American civilian interpreter. U.S. Central Command, whi
• Turkish police detain 357 suspects in raids against the Islamic State group - Turkish police carried out further large-scale operations against the Islamic State group across Turkey on Tuesday, detaining 357 suspects, the interior minister said. The raids came a day after a deadly clash in the northwestern province
• Australian police find no evidence of 'broader terrorist cell' in Bondi Beach antisemitic shooting - An investigation that extended to the Philippines of two men accused of shooting dead 15 people at a Sydney Jewish festival has found no evidence that they were part of a “broader terrorist cell,” police said on Tuesday. Sydney residents S
• Trump says US struck Islamic State targets in Nigeria after group targeted Christians - President Donald Trump said Thursday night that he’d launched a “powerful and deadly strike” against Islamic State forces in Nigeria.
• Two men found guilty of UK plot to kill hundreds of Jews as IS fears grow - LONDON, Dec 23 (Reuters) - Two men were found guilty on Tuesday of plotting to kill hundreds in an Islamic State-inspired gun rampage against the Jewish community in England, a planned attack investigators say demonstrates the resurgent ris
• Attacker who killed US troops in Syria was a recent recruit to security forces, official says - A man who carried out an attack in Syria that killed three U.S. citizens had joined Syria’s internal security forces as a base security guard two months earlier and was recently reassigned amid suspicions that he might be affiliated with th