The Islamic State has crafted its tactics and message to best meet local considerations. "In Iraq, they portray themselves as the protectors of the Sunni community," al-Tamimi said.

U.N. counterterrorism experts warn that Islamic State extremists are exploiting instability in Africa and Syria and remain a ...

US forces carried out a raid in northern Syria on August 19 that killed “a senior member and key financier who planned ...

While Syrian officials report one senior leader was captured alive and another killed, uncertainty surrounds the outcome of ...

This undated image posted on a militant website on Jan. 4, 2014, shows Shakir Waheib, a senior member of the al Qaeda-linked Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), left, next to a burning ...

Iraqi officials have begun excavating a mass grave, which is believed to contain the remains of thousands of victims of the ...

U.S. military forces conducted a rare ground raid in northern Syria this week, killing a senior Islamic State financier, the ...

Dilbar Ali Ravu, 10, is kissed by his aunt, Dalal Ravu, as Yazidi children are reunited with their families in Iraq after five years of captivity with the Islamic State group, March 2, 2019.

Iraqi officials have begun the excavation of what they believe to be mass graves left behind by Islamic State extremists when ...

UN counterterrorism experts highlight the persistent threat of Islamic State extremists exploiting instability across Africa, ...

Secretary of State John Kerry and Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tennessee, spar over the administration's plan to combat extremists in Iraq and Syria.

Pentagon sources tell CBS News that reports are "credible" that the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) likely used mustard gas against Kurdish fighters in Iraq.