The United States launched a rare ground operation in northern Somalia that apprehended Abdiweli Mohamed Yusuf, the finance emir for the Islamic State’s so-called Somali Province. The raid was the first confirmed US ground operation in northern Somalia since January 2023.

As Western countries curtail support, the fate of one the world’s oldest state-building projects hangs in the balance. Three years ago, that did not look inevitable. Mr Mohamud made early strides against al-Shabab and chalked up diplomatic victories,

Barrack has repeatedly stressed that the US was not dictating Syria’s form of government. He has cast his diplomacy as a test case for Trump’s pledge in May to stop western “nation builders” and “interventionists” from working in the Middle East and instead empower locals allies such as the Gulf states and Turkey.

The anti-Islamic State coalition of Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve received its new commander at a ceremony in Iraq on July 21, 2025. Brigadier General Kevin Lambert took over for Major General Kevin Leahy,

The Islamic State group lso is known as both IS and ISIS, or the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. It began as a breakaway group from al-Qaida. Under leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, ...

The Islamic State’s ruthless credo and military successes helped spur affiliated groups in Africa, Asia and Europe. It’s a greatly decentralized alliance. Advertisement.

With the support of international partners and $115 million in funding, the U.N. cultural agency UNESCO recently helped rebuild the Iraqi city of Mosul after it was devastated by the Islamic State group.

A Superintendent of Immigration, simply identified as Suleiman, has been killed and his body set ablaze by suspected terrorists belonging to the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) during a deadly attack on a service outpost in Lumma Sanke,