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As ISIS burst onto the world stage and seized cities and towns in Iraq and Syria, filmmakers Michael Kirk, Jim Gilmore and Mike Wiser traced how the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, its aftermath ...
Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), transnational insurgent group based in western Iraq and eastern Syria. Originally an affiliate of al-Qaeda, ISIL declared the establishment of a caliphate amid significant territorial gains in 2014.
An Isis assault on a Moscow concert hall in March killed 143 people. This month six inmates linked with the group took hostages at a prison in southern Russia and were shot dead. France said the ...
The war on ISIS, between around 2013 and 2017, cost Iraq about 60,000 lives, according to Iraq Body Count, a war monitor. It also caused about $100 billion in damage, World Bank figures show.
As the UN team charged with investigating crimes committed by the Da’esh terrorist group in Iraq prepares to conclude its mandate in September, significant strides have been made in transferring...
Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant - Expansion, Terror, Insurgency: By late 2014, cells of militants claiming to be affiliates or direct extensions of ISIL had emerged in a number of conflict zones in Africa, the Middle East, and Central Asia.
Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant - Expansion, Caliphate, Terror: From its stronghold in Al-Raqqah, ISIL expanded outward, launching successful offensives in both Syria and Iraq. After Iraqi government forces attempted to suppress protests in the predominantly Sunni cities of Fallujah and Al-Ramādī, ISIL joined local militias in fighting ...
