The Latest Breaking News from Islamic State

Two suspected British Islamic State recruits seized by Taliban at border

Exclusive: first reported case of attempted international recruitment to IS since US left Afghanistan

The Guardian - UK · Feb 8, 2022

US and Russia clash over use and impact of UN sanctions

The United States and its allies clashed with Russia and China in the U.N. Security Council  over the usefulness and impact of U.N. sanctions, currently imposed on countries from North Korea to Yemen and Congo as well the al-Qaida and Islamic State extremist groups and their affiliates and supporters

The Independent UK · Feb 8, 2022

IS women in Syria camp clash with police, 1 child killed

An opposition war monitor says women held in a camp housing families of Islamic State group militants in northeast Syria tried to kidnap their Kurdish guards

The Independent UK · Feb 7, 2022

Islamic State claims responsibility for eastern Congo jail break

Islamic State has claimed responsibility for freeing about 20 prisoners during an attack in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's North Kivu province this week, according to a statement published on Friday by the SITE Intelligence Group.

Reuters · Feb 4, 2022

Single bomber carried out Kabul airport attack, U.S. military says

The U.S. military said on Friday that a single Islamic State bomber killed 13 U.S. troops and at least 170 Afghans at Kabul airport last August, not the complex attack originally suspected, and that it could not have been prevented with the resources on hand.

Reuters · Feb 4, 2022

‘We are still shocked’: the Syrians who discovered Islamic State’s leader was their neighbour

Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi had been an unseen phantom in a safehouse in the town of Atme until his violent end on Thursday

The Guardian - UK · Feb 4, 2022

Stung by prison battle, Kurds say they need help against IS

The battle with Islamic State group militants over a prison in Syria is finished, but the impact continues to reverberate

The Independent UK · Feb 4, 2022

Factbox: Pushed into the shadows, Islamic State still has global reach

(This February 4 story deletes incorrect description of Boko Haram as an affiliate of Al Qaeda in paragraph 14; corrects number of Islamic State affiliates in West and Central Africa in paragraph 15; relationship between Islamic State West Africa Province and Islamic State in the Greater Sahara in paragraph 17;…

Reuters · Feb 4, 2022

Islamic State leader and family blended in among Syrians uprooted by war

In a corner of Syria crammed with people uprooted by 11 years of civil war, the leader of Islamic State and his family hid in plain sight: they kept to themselves, neighbours did not pry into each other's past, the rent was paid on time.

Reuters · Feb 4, 2022

Who was Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi? Islamic State leader killed in raid

The leader of the ISIS group has been killed during an overnight raid of north-western Syria by US special forces. Here’s what we know about Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi

Daily Mirror · Feb 4, 2022