The Latest Breaking News from Islamic State

Maher al-Agal, said to be responsible for developing networks outside Iraq and Syria, was killed in a drone strike

The Pentagon says it has killed a leader of the Islamic State group in Syria in a drone strike

The country is emerging as a critical ally in a neighbourhood of failing states

Nigeria's security forces on Thursday recaptured 27 inmates who fled from a prison in the capital in Abuja following an attack claimed by Islamic State, the correctional service said.

The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for a prison attack in Nigeria’s capital which freed nearly 900 inmates including 60 of its members

France has repatriated 35 French children and 16 mothers – family members of suspected jihadists who joined the Islamic State armed group before it was ousted in 2019. This is the country's largest repatriation of children since the fall of Islamic State, with the decision to bring back the mothers…

French authorities on Tuesday repatriated 51 women and children from the former Islamic State group-controlled areas in Syria, according to a statement from the national counterterrorism prosecutor’s office.

Aine Davis - known as Jihadi Paul - is due to be deported from Istanbul next Saturday after serving seven-and-a-half years for terrorism offences and will soon be back in the UK

The French-led Takuba task force of EU special forces has officially ceased operating in Mali, France announced Friday, ending an anti-jihadist effort launched in March 2020 that soured after two military coups overthrew the civilian government.