The Latest Breaking News from IS

Dozens of armed militants still hold corner of Syria prison

U.S.-backed Kurdish-led forces say dozens of armed Islamic State militants remain holed up in the last occupied section of a Syrian prison, The two sides clashed a day after the Syrian Democratic Forces announced they had regained control

The Independent UK · Jan 27, 2022

Kurdish forces retake prison from Islamic State after six-day siege

The attack on the Kurdish-run prison in Syria was the jihadists’ most high-profile stand since 2019

The Guardian - UK · Jan 26, 2022

US-backed Kurdish forces seize Syrian prison from Islamic State after week-long assault

An Australian teenager is alive and in custody after he was caught in crossfire when Kurdish-led forces wrestled back control of the last section of a Syrian prison controlled by Islamic State militants.

ABC News · Jan 26, 2022

Truth lost in translation as Pakistani suspect manipulates language gap

Following the second Covid-enforced adjournment of the year, the Paris attacks trial resumed on Tuesday with evidence from Muhammed Usman, one of the accused, on his religious background and his activities in the Syrian war zone. Nothing was terribly clear.

Radio France Internationale · Jan 26, 2022

Kurds Locked in Tense Syria Prison Standoff with ISIS

US-backed Kurdish forces tightened the noose Tuesday around ISIS fighters hunkering down inside a Syrian prison, with both sides facing a bloodbath or talks to end the five-day-old standoff. Around 100 ISIS fighters attacked Ghwayran prison in the northeastern city of Hasakeh on January 20, in their biggest military operation…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jan 25, 2022

Suspected Islamists kill at least 12 in eastern Congo attacks on villages

Suspected Islamist militants have killed at least 12 civilians and burned houses and motorbikes during raids on two villages in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, two local human rights groups said on Wednesday.

Reuters · Jan 25, 2022

Former Irish soldier was prepared to die for Islamic State, court hears

Lisa Smith ‘enveloped’ herself in the ‘black flag of IS’ in Syria, prosecutor says

The Guardian - UK · Jan 25, 2022

Syrian Kurdish forces free hostages amid IS prison attack

U.S.-backed Kurdish-led forces say they have freed nine of their troops held hostage by Islamic State militants leading an assault on one of the largest detention facilities in northeastern Syria

The Independent UK · Jan 25, 2022

Lisa Smith ‘enveloped herself in the black flag of Islamic State’, court hears

The 39-year-old, from Co Louth, has pleaded not guilty to charges of being a member of the terror group and financing terrorism.

The Independent UK · Jan 25, 2022

Kurds locked in tense five-day prison standoff with jihadists in Syria

US-backed Kurdish forces tightened the noose around armed jihadists hunkering down inside a Syrian prison Tuesday, with both sides facing a bloodbath or talks to end the five-day-old standoff.

France 24 · Jan 25, 2022