Iraqi army completely surrounds ISIL in Mosul
The Iraqi army says it has completely surrounded fighters of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group in Mosul as it continues to make gains in its final push to retake the city. According to the military, federal police units recaptured the last bridge over the Tigris River on Saturday, effectively cutting […]
Airstrike kills 57 in IS-run jail in eastern Syria, monitor says
Beirut (dpa) – An airstrike on a jail run by Islamic State militants in eastern Syria has killed at least 57 prisoners, a monitoring group said Tuesday. The attack took place at dawn on Monday and targeted a prison in the al-Mayadeen area, in the eastern province of Deir al-Zour, the Syrian Observatory for Human […]
Watch: ISIS Destruction of Famous Mosul Mosque
Jaw-dropping footage of the moment the 12th century Grand al-Nuri Mosque is destroyed in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul emerged on Thursday, appearing to confirm that the Islamic State militant group (ISIS) was responsible for its destruction. The complex, in the ISIS-controlled Old City of Mosul, is where the group’s caliph Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi […]
A Brief History of Saudi Terror
Saudi authorities announced Friday that they foiled a planned suicide attack in the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Islam’s holiest site. The suicide bomber blew himself up when police surrounded the building he was in, security forces said. The kingdom has been accused by many, including U.S. President Donald Trump, of supporting terror, with Saudi nationals […]
Muslims Give Christians Hijabs To Help Them Escape ISIS
Muslims have been helping Christians to escape ISIS-affiliated Maute Group attackers in the devastated city of Marawi in the southern Philippines. More than three weeks after the fighting started, around 1,000 residents remain trapped in the besieged cities as fighting rages between the Philippine Army and Islamist rebels. Fighters from local groups including the Maute […]
Why Are ISIS Suicide Bombers Attacking Shia Muslims?
Twin suicide blasts near the city of Karbala, Iraq, killed at least 30 and wounded 40 more in the latest in a series of Islamic State group (ISIS) bomb attacks targeting Shiite Muslims during Ramadan, the holiest month in the Muslim calendar. At least 30 individuals, all of them civilians, were killed and 35 wounded […]
Monitor: US-backed Syrian forces make gains against Islamic State
US-backed Syrian forces have made territorial gains against Islamic State as part of an ongoing operation to capture the extremist militia’s de facto capital of al-Raqqa in Syria, a monitoring group reported on Saturday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights added that the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) coalition, backed by US-led air power,…
London Attack: Anti-Muslim Hate Crimes Rise Fivefold
Saturday’s attack in London by a three-man jihadi cell that left eight people dead has sparked a wave of hate crime against Muslims in the British capital, according to new figures. London mayor Sadiq Khan released police figures on Wednesday that showed Islamophobic attacks had risen fivefold since the ramming and knife assault. They also […]
UN: Islamic State Killed 231 Civilians Trying to Flee Mosul
The United Nations Human Rights Office said Thursday it has “credible reports” indicating Islamic State fighters in Iraq killed at least 231 civilians who were trying to flee western Mosul. The reported killings happened between May 26 and June 3, all in the al-Shifa neighborhood, and involved people trying to get from Islamic State-held areas […]
We Must Target The ‘ISIS Virus’ in Muslim Communities
On his maiden foreign visit as president, Donald Trump chose to visit the three global centers of the Abrahamic religions: Saudi Arabia, Israel and the Vatican. It showcased the centrality of religion in today’s political climate and its corresponding influence on the security of our planet. In Riyadh, Trump called on all Muslim leaders to […]