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The US is pivoting away from focusing on groups like al-Qaeda and ISIS — at least until the next attack. by Joshua Keating. Jun 1, 2024, 4:00 AM PDT. A US soldier patrols the area near the town ...
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.
The United Nations Security Council has voted unanimously to end the U.N. political mission in Iraq established in 2003 after the United States-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein to coordinate post-conflict humanitarian and reconstruction efforts, and to help restore a representative governmen
ISIS was militarily defeated and lost territorial control in Iraq over six years ago. Since then, the group has struggled to mobilise support and restore its influence. This Policy Brief examines the contextual shifts in Iraq since 2017 that have hindered ISIS’s ability to radicalise and recruit, addressing the critical question: why is a resurgence of ISIS in Iraq unlikely?
Ten years after Yazidi genocide, survivors struggle to rebuild lives. NGOs report that 200,000 are displaced in Iraq’s Kurdistan region, while thousands trapped in legal limbo in Europe.
A decade after ISIS atrocities, Yazidis struggle to rebuild in Sinjar, Iraq, facing political, economic, and bureaucratic challenges. When Bassem Eido steps outside his modest village house in ...
The following is a list of conflicts involving the jihadist militant group known as the Islamic State (IS/ISIL/ISIS/Daesh), throughout its various incarnations. The group controlled portions of territory in Iraq and Syria in the mid-2010s and has taken part in many attacks, battles and wars.
