Islamic State

Sustained gunfire, loud blasts heard near airport in Niger's capital

Sustained gunfire and blasts were reported near Niamey International Airport in Niger, as violence continues in the Sahel region, amid jihadist attacks.

Passengers arrive at the Diori Hamani International airport in Niamey on September 22, 2023; illustrative.
Former Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki reacts at a polling station inside Al-Rasheed Hotel during the parliamentary election in Baghdad, Iraq, November 11, 2025.

Trump says US won't help Iraq if it picks Maliki as prime minister

 A soldier in an ISIS uniform prepares ammunition.

ISIS numbers grow as Syrian instability continues, Iraq warns

People stand next to a destroyed tank turret, following deadly clashes between Druze fighters, Sunni Bedouin tribes and government forces, in Syria's predominantly Druze city of Sweida, Syria July 25, 2025.

Damascus acting with US backing to control Jabal al-Druze in southern Syria, official says - KAN


US conducts large-scale strikes on ISIS targets in Syria

The strikes are a continuation of Operation Hawkeye Strike, CENTCOM said, an operation that began in retaliation for an Islamic State attack that killed two US soldiers and one civilian.

A US Airman attaches a GBU-31 munitions system to an F-15E Strike Eagle in the US Central Command area of responsibility, December 19, 2025, in support of Operation Hawkeye Strike as the US military launched large-scale strikes against Islamic State targets in Syria.

Shin Bet arrests 15-year-old from northern Israel over alleged ISIS ties, planning terror attack

The Haifa District Attorney’s Office is expected to file an indictment against the minor on Thursday.

A shirt bearing ISIS insignia, found on a terrorist who attempted to carry out a terror attack in Qalandiya, the West Bank, December 7, 2024.

Three policemen, six Islamic State terrorists killed in northwest Turkey clashes

Turkish police last week detained 115 suspected Islamic State members, they said, who were planning to carry out attacks on Christmas and New Year celebrations in the country.

Turkish gendarmerie special forces team leaves the site where Turkish security forces launched an operation on a house believed to contain suspected Islamic State terrorists, in Yalova province, Turkey, December 29, 2025

US strike on ISIS in Nigeria delayed by a day as a 'Christmas present,' Trump reveals

"I said, ‘Nope, let’s give a Christmas present.’ … They didn’t think that was coming, but we hit them hard. Every camp got decimated," Trump said.

US President Donald Trump, first lady Melania Trump and Viktor Knavs, Melania Trump's father, take part in a Christmas Eve dinner in the ballroom of his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, US, December 24, 2025.

Trump orders strike on ISIS in Nigeria, wishes 'Merry Christmas to the dead terrorists'

The United States Africa Command stated that the strike in Sokoto was conducted "at the request of Nigerian authorities" and killed multiple terrorists.

US President Donald Trump makes an announcement about the Navy's "Golden Fleet", as Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth listen, at Mar-a-lago in Palm Beach, Florida, US, December 22, 2025.

Turkey detains 115 suspected Islamic State members believed planning Christmas and New Year attacks

Istanbul Police obtained information that Islamic State members had planned attacks in Turkey during Christmas and New Year celebrations, the prosecutor's office posted on X.

A member loyal to the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) waves an ISIL flag in Raqqa June 29, 2014

Blast hits mosque during evening prayers in Nigeria’s Maiduguri, witness says

The blast occurred in Maiduguri, a city that has been at the heart of an Islamist insurgency waged by Boko Haram and its offshoot, Islamic State West Africa Province, for nearly two decades.

A boy stands in the courtyard of the Sheikh Sani Yahaya Jingir Mosque on Zinariya hills, in Jos, on February 28, 2025.

Pakistan arrests ISKP propaganda chief Sultan Aziz Azzam, report says

Pakistan said it detained IS KP media figure Sultan Aziz Azzam, with a UN report citing a major blow to the group’s propaganda and regional operations.

Policemen make way for prison van afer a security raid at the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party's headquarters in Islamabad on July 22, 2024.

IDF detains suspected ISIS operative in southern Syria, confiscates weapons

IDF soldiers detained the man for suspected involvement in terror activities, as well as confiscated weaponry found along the border near the Golan Heights.

 Israeli soldiers take a position in the Golan Heights, near the Israeli border with Syria, northern Israel, December 8, 2024

Can US strikes on ISIS help bring change to Syria? - analysis

The United States is committed to Damascus at a crucial juncture in Syria’s history - showing power in the skies is a way to give assurances the US is here to stay.

US Airmen prepare to load GBU-31 munition systems onto F-15E Strike Eagles within the US Central Command area of responsibility, December 19, 2025