Dec 17, 2025 · A decade ago, the self-proclaimed Islamic State group held vast swaths of territory across Iraq and Syria, but President Trump declared it destroyed in 2019.

3 days ago · Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is a transnational jihad movement that originated among Sunni Iraqis and until 2014 was affiliated with al-Qaeda. ISIS declared the establishment of a …

3 days ago · What is Islamic State and what are its aims? Emerging in Iraq and Syria IS, also known as Isis or Isil and colloquially by its opponents as Daesh, was originally an offshoot of al-Qaida in Iraq ...

Dec 17, 2025 · This linkage signals that the threat from ISIS, and the lethal ideology that both it and al-Qaeda embraces, continues even as we approach the twenty-fifth anniversary of the September 11, …

4 days ago · Terror attack in Australia exposes growing jihadist networks as security experts warn ISIS remains far from defeated despite recent government claims.

ISIS grew out of an insurgency in Iraq and Syria, where the group still operates clandestinely. In 2004, a network led by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi merged with al-Qa‘ida to form ISIS’s predecessor group, al …

Dec 16, 2025 · The terrorist group has been linked to the Bondi Beach mass shooting and an attack in Syria that killed three Americans.