The Latest Breaking News from Islamic State

In the episode, we examine recent US strikes in northern Nigeria and explore the experiences of the US African diaspora in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Nigeria has endured years of violence from extremist groups such as Boko Haram, but there is growing debate over whether a US intervention is the appropriate response.…

The Nigerian army says it has killed a top Boko Haram commander, Abu Khalid, and 10 insurgents in a night raid in northeastern Nigeria

When the United States launched airstrikes on northern Nigeria in late December, it said it had taken out Islamic State jihadists – at Abuja's request – to stop them killing Christians. Yet experts have criticised Washington's claims that Christians are being massacred in Nigeria, a narrative promoted by the American…

Foreign women linked to the Islamic State group in a Syrian camp are hoping for amnesty after a government offensive weakened the Kurdish-led forces guarding them

A French human rights group is calling for the repatriation of 47 French nationals held in Iraqi prisons after being transferred from Syria, where they were first detained on suspicion of belonging to the Islamic State group.

Jordan Richardson, who joked about going into a synagogue in a suicide vest, was planning an ‘atrocity’ with targets including a shopping centre.

Many Kurdish people will be feeling betrayed by the US after the Syrian army, backed by the US and armed by Turkey, launched an offensive against the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in early January. The SDF has long been hailed as the west’s most effective partner against the Islamic…

Renewed fighting in Syria in recent weeks between government-aligned forces and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) isn’t just a local issue. It has serious implications for the stability of the rest of the Middle East.

The United States military is expanding military cooperation with Nigeria as part of broader efforts to counter Islamic State-linked militants in Africa. US Africa Command says the Pentagon is also maintaining lines of communication with militaries in the West African countries of Burkina Faso, Niger and Mali.

Baghdad says it will prosecute and try militants from the Islamic State group who are being transferred from prisons and detention camps in neighboring Syria to Iraq under a U.S.-brokered deal

The transfer of senior Islamic State detainees from Syria to Iraq has reignited pressure on European governments to confront the long-deferred issue of bringing home and prosecuting their citizens.