Tag: Islamic Jihad

This image made from video posted on a militant website on Monday, April 29, 2019, purports to show the leader of the Islamic State group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, being interviewed by his group's Al-Furqan media outlet. Al-Baghdadi acknowledged in his first video since June 2014 that IS lost the war in the eastern Syrian village of Baghouz that was captured last month by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces.

ISIS leader appears in video for the first time in 5 years

Zach Halaschak · April 29, 2019 9:25 pm

Sri Lankans living near St. Anthony's shrine run for safety after police found explosive devices in parked vehicle, which later exploded in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, April 22, 2019. Easter Sunday bombings that ripped through churches and luxury hotels killed more than 200 people.

Beltway Confidential

Sri Lanka, and the nice words problem of Bernie Sanders and Jeremy Corbyn

Tom Rogan · April 22, 2019 5:51 pm

Masked Palestinian Hamas gunmen take part in the funeral of Hamas militant Mahmoud al-Nabahin, 24, in Buriej refugee camp, central Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2019. Israeli shelling of the Gaza Strip on Tuesday killed al-Nabahin and wounded four others shortly after an Israeli soldier was shot on the border of the coastal enclave, authorities said. Following the incident, Israel said it would halt a key transfer of Qatari funds to the Gaza Strip.

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Expect escalating violence between Hamas and Israel

Tom Rogan · March 25, 2019 6:51 pm

In this Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2018 photo, an Iraqi soldier watches smoke rising after an airstrike by US-led International coalition warplanes against ISIS, on the border between Syria and Iraq in Qaim, Anbar province, Iraq. More than a year after this Iraqi town was freed from the Islamic State group, booms from airstrikes still echo and columns of smoke are visible, rising beyond the earthen berms and concrete walls marking the border with Syria. On the other side, the fight is raging to capture one of the militant groupâs last enclaves.

ISIS caliphate in Syria eliminated, White House says

Melissa Quinn · March 22, 2019 4:46 pm

Sajid Javid, Britain's Home Secretary looks towards the media following a cabinet meeting in London, Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2019. He opposes Shamima Begum returning to the U.K. after leaving the country to join ISIS and previously refusing to return.

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Shamima Begum is solely responsible for the death of her baby

Tiana Lowe Doescher · March 11, 2019 3:58 pm

Libyan hindsight

Jamie Dettmer · March 1, 2019 5:00 am

Pakistani protesters burn a poster showing Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during an anti-Indian rally in Peshawar, Pakistan, Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2019. Pakistan said India launched an airstrike on its territory early Tuesday that caused no casualties, while India said it targeted a terrorist training camp in a preemptive strike that killed a "very large number" of militants.

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Why India and Pakistan are edging closer to war

Tom Rogan · February 26, 2019 4:55 pm

Magazine - Life & Arts

Calamitous caliphate

Jamie Dettmer · February 22, 2019 5:00 am

This undated photo issued by the Metropolitan Police shows Shamima Begum.

Pregnant teenager who joined ISIS wants to ‘come home’ to UK for fear of unborn child’s safety

Katelyn Caralle · February 14, 2019 9:26 pm

Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Sergei Kislyak.

Beltway Confidential

Letter from the editor: Feb. 12, 2019

Hugo Gurdon · February 8, 2019 5:00 am

Magazine - Features

The self-muzzling of the free world

James Kirchick · February 8, 2019 5:00 am

Security forces help civilians flee the scene as cars burn at a hotel complex in Nairobi, Kenya, Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019.

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Kenya’s reminder of the Salafi jihadis’ war with the world

Tom Rogan · January 16, 2019 1:00 pm