| 单词 | caliphate |
| 例句 | This sort of bait and switch is one of many Digital Age tactics the militant group has deployed in its otherwise bloody campaign to create an Islamic caliphate across the Mideast. Islamic State's soft weapon of choice: social media 2014-09-22T04:00:00Z It is a ceremonial title: The caliphate was abolished within months of the formation of the Turkish Republic in 1923. Ottoman prince visits former realm to spread laughter 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z The Islamic State’s caliphate is on the verge of oblivion; terrorism thrives anyway. Perspective | Was 2017 the end of something or just the beginning? 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z They emphasize the return of the caliphate as the fulfillment of prophecy rather than the appearance of a messiah. “The Islamic State would not be with us today if the United States hadn’t invaded Iraq”: Islam, religion, and the interview Donald Trump and Ted Cruz must read now 2016-03-19T04:00:00Z Babylon survived because it lies farther south and east than its less fortunate ancient neighbors of Nimrud, Hatra and Palmyra, which are within the jihadists’ self-proclaimed Islamic caliphate. Using Laser Scanners to Preserve Antiquities in ISIS’s Cross Hairs 2015-12-27T05:00:00Z Mosul was long celebrated as a center of Iraqi culture but that life was suppressed even before Islamic State declared its caliphate in 2014. Artists emerge from ruins of Mosul to reclaim Iraqi city's cultural... 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z Warring among Muslim factions led to a weakened Cordoba caliphate and a key victory in the Christian reconquest. In Andalusia’s three key cities, one of history’s great architectural mash-ups 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z The listener is introduced early on to the titular character, “the monster” – otherwise known as Sam Sally – an American woman who ended up in the heart of the Isis ‘caliphate’ in Syria with her children. Good, clean fun with Mrs Hinch – podcasts of the week 2021-03-26T04:00:00Z How did Mr Baghdadi’s caliphate burst forth so suddenly and brutally? Rolling into town 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z They’re there for one reason and one reason only: to die for the caliphate and usher in a world without infidels. How “Homeland” Helps Justify the War on Terror 2015-12-20T05:00:00Z In 2014, a terrorist group calling itself the Islamic State began seizing territory in western and northern Iraq as part of its efforts to establish a caliphate. Recalling when Baghdad fell to U.S. and U.K. forces 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z Neither book says much about the reasons for declaring a caliphate. Rolling into town 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z IS’s caliphate is odd, too: an act of modern state-building that also serves the eschatological purpose of hastening the End of Days. Men of war 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, in Syria, the chaos of civil war created perfect conditions for the Islamic State’s explosive growth and a home base for its self-proclaimed caliphate. Review: ‘Black Flags,’ Tracing the Birth of ISIS 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z “In fact, the greater part of its output is a kind of utopian view of what the caliphate is doing for people now and will do for them in the future.” Reinventing the International Center of Photography for the Selfie Age 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z Reading the magazine, one can see that, in a general way, ISIS wants land and resources, a recognized state, a caliphate that dominates the Middle East. The Perfect Children of ISIS: Lessons from Dabiq 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z Despite this setback, the Abbasids defined the sumptuous and extravagant potlatch style of the high-court feasts that resumed with the Ayyubid caliphate, which occurred after Saladin’s armies took back Jerusalem from the Europeans. A Feast for “Jerusalem” at the Met 2016-12-04T05:00:00Z Her speech to a fervent group of supporters insists that a nameless “they” will “never turn France into a caliphate.” Review: In ‘This Is Our Land,’ Nationalism in a Small French Town 2018-04-17T04:00:00Z But what he really wants to do is establish a caliphate. Review: John Krasinski Brings His Man-Boyish Charm to “Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan” 2018-08-29T04:00:00Z One man told him that the world should be run under an Islamic caliphate. Film: The Gang That Couldn?t Bomb Straight 2010-10-23T16:08:00Z Fourteen years later, the Islamic State’s destruction at Palmyra did much the same work of branding, defining the cruel so-called caliphate as an organization beyond all bounds. Perspective | The president didn’t threaten just Iran’s culture sites. He threatened culture. 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z Trees are on fire, the devil is doing a deal with Robert Johnson, a caliphate is being forced on the Jews. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds: Push the Sky Away – review 2013-02-17T00:07:20Z He calls this project “the art crime,” since in the caliphate photography was a transgression and would almost certainly result in his torture and execution. Comics of Violence and Nostalgia From War-Torn Syria 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z IS wants to do away with “false idols”, promising instead an Islamic caliphate that threatens to be as extreme as it is thuggish. Stones that speak 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z Third, IS’s proclamation in 2014 of the restoration of the caliphate—in Islamic prophecy, one of the portents of the apocalypse—proved to be a masterstroke. Inside account 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z A recent survey showed that nearly a fifth of high school and university students support the establishment of a caliphate over the current secular government. Indonesian Islamic university bans burqas on campus 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z A recent survey showed that nearly a fifth of high school and university students support the establishment of a caliphate over the current secular government. Indonesian Islamic university bans burqas on campus 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z Rosary is, if one can say such a thing, a kind of evangelical caliphate where the school textbooks teach that “dinosaurs and man lived together at the same time.” A Coming-of-Age as American as Apple Pie 2019-08-13T04:00:00Z Turns out, the video is pretty budget: “If you never establish a caliphate,” Stewart says, “you can always get a job doing graphics for CNN.” Jon Stewart mocks ISIS for being a lesser threat than Ebola 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z On Wednesday, Thursday and again on Friday, Chris Matthews, the host of “Hardball” on MSNBC, ridiculed Glenn Beck of Fox News for predicting a conspiracy for world domination by a leftist-Islamic “caliphate.” The TV Watch: As Crisis Plays Out Live on TV, Commentators Hurl Brickbats at One Another 2011-02-05T03:29:25Z And in the Middle East, rampaging Islamists are committing mass murder to impose a caliphate run according to the rules of the Koran. A bit of a mess 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z And the list of destroyed, damaged or looted works has only grown longer as the Islamic State, also known as ISIS, which seeks to create a caliphate, has pushed into northern Iraq. In Syria and Iraq, Trying to Protect a Heritage at Risk 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z The Islamic State used American equipment intended for Iraq’s security forces to build its vicious caliphate in the middle of the last decade. Biden’s pitch for war spending: U.S. defense industry needs customers 2023-11-05T04:00:00Z He abolished the caliphate, replaced the Arabic script with the Latin alphabet and gave women the right to vote. Turkey celebrates 100th anniversary of republic with fireworks and navy procession 2023-10-29T04:00:00Z After receiving training as a sniper, he participated in pivotal battles that allowed the militant group to seize territory and establish its self-proclaimed caliphate based on a fundamentalist interpretation of Islamic law. Former Brooklyn resident sentenced to life in prison for aiding Islamic State group as sniper 2023-10-17T04:00:00Z He converted to Islam but was soon embracing violent extremism, and by the time the Islamic State group declared its caliphate in Syria 2014, Davis was there. Alleged 'IS Beatle' Aine Davis pleads guilty to terrorism charges 2023-10-16T04:00:00Z The Islamic State last decade established a religious caliphate across swaths of Iraq and Syria. Hamas fighters had ISIS flags amid massacre, Israel says 2023-10-12T04:00:00Z He likened Hamas to the Islamic State, the radical jihadist movement which established a so-called caliphate across swaths of Iraq and Syria nearly a decade ago. Netanyahu vows strike against Hamas will ‘reverberate’ for generations: ‘We have only started’ 2023-10-09T04:00:00Z At the height of its rise in Iraq and Syria after it declared a caliphate in 2014, IS claimed responsibility for deadly attacks in different parts of Lebanon that left scores of people dead. Lebanese military court sentences an Islamic State group official to 160 years in prison 2023-09-27T04:00:00Z The Islamic State group seized about a third of Iraq in 2014, along with a large swath of territory in Syria, and declared a self-styled caliphate across the area. At the request of Baghdad, UN will end in 1 year its probe of Islamic State extremists in Iraq 2023-09-15T04:00:00Z Earlier in September, 92 families consisting of 355 people returned to the northern city of Raqqa, once the capital of the IS caliphate. Iraq steps up repatriations from Islamic State camp in Syria, hoping to reduce militant threats 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z The extremists once controlled wide areas and declared a caliphate in the two countries. US-backed Kurdish fighters say battles with tribesmen in eastern Syria that killed dozens have ended 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z Mr. Trump ran on defeating the Islamic State caliphate, and as president, he decimated their stronghold. Why Trump is winning the GOP primary - handily 2023-08-29T04:00:00Z He ran as a Republican for attorney general in 2012 and spread false conspiracy theories that then-President Barack Obama was a secret Muslim who planned to impose an Islamic caliphate on the United States. Attorney for 2020 gubernatorial candidate Loren Culp suspended for ‘frivolous’ vote-fraud claims 2023-08-22T04:00:00Z The Islamic State group declared a self-styled caliphate in a large swath of territory in Syria and Iraq that it seized in 2014. Islamic State group still has thousands in Syria and Iraq and poses Afghan threat, UN experts say 2023-08-14T04:00:00Z The group once controlled large parts of Syria and Iraq where they declared a caliphate in 2014. IS claims responsibility for an attack that killed 20 Syrian soldiers, and vows to keep fighting 2023-08-12T04:00:00Z IS controlled large parts of Syria and Iraq where they declared a caliphate in June 2014. Gunmen ambush carrying Syrian soldiers killing 20 in country’s east 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z In June 2014, the Islamic State group declared the establishment of a self-styled “caliphate,” a traditional model of Islamic rule, in wide areas under its control in Iraq and Syria. Iraqi premier in Syria for first visit in over a decade to discuss boosting cooperation 2023-07-16T04:00:00Z The U.S. and France are part of an international coalition fighting IS that once controlled largest parts of Syria and Iraq where the extremists declared a caliphate. Russian fighter jets harass American drones over Syria, US military says 2023-07-08T04:00:00Z Islamic State’s so-called “caliphate” once stretched across large areas of Syria and Iraq, but the extremists lost their last hold on the land in 2019. Families of tens of thousands missing in Syria draw some hope from new U.N. push to find loved ones 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z After the Islamic State’s self-styled caliphate was defeated in Iraq in 2017, many of its foreign fighters fled to the North African nation. Counter-terrorism experts say Africa is the world’s terrorism hot spot with half of 2022’s victims 2023-06-20T04:00:00Z The troops work with Kurdish fighters to prevent a resurgence of the Islamic State, which was defeated as a self-declared caliphate in 2019, after five years of wreaking havoc across Iraq and Syria. U.S. Soldiers Injured in Syria Were Part of Commando Unit 2023-06-13T04:00:00Z Ventura also pledged his allegiance to the Islamic State caliphate and offered to disclose information about future terror attacks to the FBI in exchange for $10 million, according to the affidavit. Teen accused of providing gift cards that he wanted used to support terrorist group 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z "Failure to repatriate foreign terrorist fighters risks the possibility that they could again take up arms and attempt to restore ISIS’s so-called caliphate," Blinken said. US, Saudi top diplomats urge repatriation of detained IS recruits 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z In 2014, lslamic State fighters seized Iraqi cities and declared a self-styled caliphate in a large swath of territory in Syria and Iraq. UN urges Iraq to deliver on reforms and combat corruption — and backs it fight against terrorism 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z Under successive caliphates and Muslim dynasties, the dead of Cairo have been buried in this part of the city, beneath the low range of the Muqattam Hills. Cairo masterplan threatens ancient City of the Dead 2023-05-26T04:00:00Z Likewise, even from this early period, the caliphate supported maritime trade net-works. The Birth of Europe 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z The greatest period of contrast between the eastern lands of Byzantium and the caliphates, on the one hand, and most of Europe, on the other, was between the eighth and eleventh centuries. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z But although no single powerful caliphate held all these areas together, the religion of Islam allowed for a degree of cohesiveness and unity, despite theological disagreements. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z The Umayyad dynasty extended the reach of the caliphate through military conquest until it encompassed all of North Africa's Mediterranean coast. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z The Islamic State group, also known as ISIS, waged a brutal campaign to establish a self-declared caliphate - an Islamic nation - across Syria and Iraq, killing and enslaving thousands across a five-year period. Islamic State: Hundreds of women on hunger strike at Iraqi prison 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z In 2014, the extremists declared their so-called caliphate, attracting supporters from around the world. Erdogan says Turkish forces killed IS chief in Syria 2023-04-30T04:00:00Z Jews became vitally important merchants, scholars, bankers, and traders all across the caliphate. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z The Umayyads in Spain refused to recognize the new Abbasid rulers and eventually established their own rival caliphate. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z By the eighth century, however, parts of Sogdiana including Samarkand were ruled by the expanding Islamic caliphate, which saw the potential in monopolizing the central Asian corridor of the Silk Roads. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z The Islamic State group, a Sunni extremist group born out of al-Qaida’s offshoot in Iraq, declared itself a caliphate across the vast territory it held in Iraq and Syria in 2014. Iran court issues $312.9M judgement against US amid tensions 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z After the group’s self-declared caliphate crumbled and lost its last territorial foothold in Syria in 2019, sleeper cells have hidden out in Syria’s vast desert, using it as a base to carry out attacks. Truffle Hunting in Syria, Once a Beloved Pastime, Is Now a Danger 2023-04-10T04:00:00Z Perhaps the most important phenomenon within the Abbasid caliphate was the great emphasis and respect the caliphs placed on learning. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z A new wave of abductions accompanied Islamic State's proclamation of a caliphate over part of Iraq's territory. Up to 1 mln people 'disappeared' in Iraq in last half century - UN 2023-04-04T04:00:00Z Jewish and Christian scholars also found the caliphate a place of learning, and a flowering of Jewish religious thought and poetry developed. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Monday’s strike was the latest by the U.S. military to kill a top official with the extremist group that once controlled large parts of Iraq and Syria, where it declared a “caliphate.” U.S. military says senior IS commander killed in Syria 2023-04-04T04:00:00Z Despite their defeat in Syria in March 2019, the militant group’s sleeper cells still carry out deadly attacks in both Syria and Iraq where they once declared a “caliphate.” Maine 19-year-old will plead guilty in mosque attack plot 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z By the time the last Abbasid caliph was murdered by the Mongols in 1258 the caliphate itself had long degenerated into a legal fiction. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Thursday’s drone attack occurred outside the northeastern city of Hasakah, where thousands of Islamic State fighters have been detained following the collapse of their self-declared caliphate over the past decade. Biden warns Iran after U.S. forces clash with proxy groups in Syria 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z The Abbasid rulers also faced religious divisions and criticism, even as the cosmopolitan nature of the caliphate sparked the growth of speculative philosophy and rationalizing thought. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z They said he was very influential, using online lectures to encourage violent acts and advocating for an Islamic caliphate. Jamaican cleric sentenced to 18 years in NY terrorism case 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z Two months later Shamima and two other friends followed their ex-schoolmate to the so-called caliphate that had been set up by IS. Shamima Begum: Friend who inspired IS defection mocks her as non-believer 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z The caliphs themselves had become honored prisoners of more powerful invading forces starting in 945, and the territories of the former caliphate were divided between numerous sultans, an Arabic word that simply means “ruler.” Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria breaks Sunni militants out of prisons and mounts a battle to establish a worldwide Islamic State caliphate based in Syria. Timeline of events: 20 years since U.S.-led invasion of Iraq 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z Thus, while the Mamluk sultans never claimed the caliphate for themselves, they sought legitimacy for their rule through their role as protectors of the caliph. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z When the Islamic State group overran Fallujah, his mosque was seized, and he was ordered to preach in favor of the “caliphate” or be killed. 20 years after U.S. invasion, young Iraqis see signs of hope 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z Haidari signed up for a fight that eventually saw the militant group and its caliphate collapse. 'Every victim of Saddam Hussein was waiting for this moment' 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z Mosques were both figuratively and literally central to the cities of the Umayyad caliphate. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Despite their defeat in Syria, IS sleeper cells still conduct attacks around Syria and Iraq where they once declared a “caliphate.” House votes down bill directing removal of troops from Syria 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z The caliphate stretched from the territory in North Africa held by the Aghlabids in the west to the region of Transoxiana in the east. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z In 2014, IS overran large swaths of Syria and Iraq and declared the entire territory a “caliphate,” where it imposed a radically brutal rule. IS attacks on Syria truffle hunters are deadliest in a year 2023-02-22T05:00:00Z "Asio is... busier than any time in our 74-year history. Busier than the Cold War; busier than 9/11; busier than the height of the caliphate." Australia has taken out 'hive' of spies, security chief says 2023-02-21T05:00:00Z In waters controlled by the caliphate, piracy was contained, so trade prospered even more. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z IS lost all territorial control in Iraq and Syria in 2019, following a years-long U.S.-backed campaign that defeated the so-called caliphate, where Raqqa was once the IS de facto capital. House votes down bill directing removal of troops from Syria 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z Power often rested in the hands of local governors, who exploited regional tensions or weaknesses to establish their own dynasties and even their own rival caliphates, as in Al- Andalus. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z At the height of its powers in 2014, the Islamic State ruled a self-proclaimed caliphate in large parts of Syria and Iraq. Killing of top ISIS militant casts spotlight on group’s broad reach in Africa 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z The repatriation of the four men, as well as the women and children, would be the largest so far for Canada after the so-called Islamic State caliphate was destroyed in 2019. Canada appeals ruling to repatriate citizens in Syria 2023-02-10T05:00:00Z Likewise, even from this early period, the caliphate supported maritime trade networks. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z IS fighters seized portions of Iraq and Syria in 2014 and declared the establishment of a so-called Islamic caliphate there, at a time when Syria was already convulsed by civil war. Job: ‘Sniper’: Accused Islamic State fighter on trial in US 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z It was a major factor in spreading Buddhism from India and Islam beyond the borders of the caliphate. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Prosecutors said el-Faisal, whom they described as highly influential, had supported the Islamic State organization for several years, encouraging violent acts in online lectures and calling for the creation of an Islamic caliphate. Jamaican cleric convicted in NY state terrorism trial 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z The repatriation would be the largest so far for Canada after the so-called Islamic State caliphate was destroyed in 2019. Syria camps: Canada to repatriate 23 citizens 2023-01-21T05:00:00Z The Abbasids moved the capital of the caliphate from Damascus to Baghdad, which they founded in part to be nearer to the heart of Persian governmental traditions. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Fighting laid waste to multiple cities before Iraq’s prime minister declared the caliphate vanquished in 2017; the extremists lost the last of their territory two years later, though sporadic attacks persist even now. Job: ‘Sniper’: Accused Islamic State fighter on trial in US 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z This map shows the extent the new Islamic caliphate had achieved by the end of its first dynasty, the Umayyads. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Ms Begum is the best-known case among thousands of men, women and children who have been held in Syrian detention camps and prisons since the IS "caliphate" was defeated in 2019. Shamima Begum acknowledges she joined a terror group 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z IS then ruled a self-declared Islamic caliphate stretching across roughly a third of both Syria and Iraq. Alabama woman who joined IS hopes to return from Syria camp 2023-01-08T05:00:00Z The most significant tradition of scholarship surrounding Aristotle’s works, in particular, took place in the Abbasid caliphate. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z “There’s a very ideological hard line that wants to make a modern caliphate, that wants at any costs to prove that that kind of society has a place in the modern world,” Kazem said. As Taliban erases women’s rights, Biden encounters limits of U.S. sway 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z The battle ended the extremists’ caliphate in Iraq in July that year. Building collapse in northern Iraqi city kills 3, injures 9 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z It would be a remarkable resurgence for a terror group whose “caliphate” once controlled a broad swath of land in Iraq and Syria only to be routed by a U.S.-led counterterrorism campaign. Pentagon warns of ‘next generation’ of extremist fighters as terror group ISIS plots 2023 comeback 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z Islamic State lost the last territory in its self-proclaimed caliphate in parts of Syria and Iraq three years ago, but has managed to maintain sleeper cells in Syria. Attack on Oil Workers in Eastern Syria Kills at Least 10 2022-12-30T05:00:00Z After IS overran Raqqa, large parts of northern and eastern Syria and western Iraq in 2014, the group declared a so-called Islamic caliphate over the territory. Former IS families face neighbors’ hatred returning home 2022-12-29T05:00:00Z “If we want to keep the caliphate defeated and keep a lid on terrorist organizations, we need people on the ground, and that’s the SDF,” he said. U.S. troops to expand patrols in Syria despite tension with Turkey 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z Islamic State fighters seized Iraqi cities and declared a self-styled caliphate in a large swath of territory in Syria and Iraq in 2014. UN: Iraq Christians were victims of Islamic State war crimes 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z Two were killed by the U.S. military in Syria’s rebel-held northwestern province of Idlib while the third was killed in southern Syria far from the former domains of the so-called caliphate. Syrian rebels did not know Iraqi militant killed was IS head 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z At its height, the Islamic State ruled a self-proclaimed caliphate the size of Britain that spanned the border between Syria and Iraq and boasted tens of thousands of fighters from around the globe. Islamic State Chief Is Dead and New One Is Picked. Both Are Unknown. 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z The announcement by IS spokesman Abu Omar al-Muhajer came at a time when IS has been trying to carry out deadly attacks in parts of Syria and Iraq the extremists once declared a caliphate. IS says leader Abu al-Hassan al-Qurayshi killed in battle 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z Jemaah Islamiyah emerged in the 1990s seeking to establish a Muslim caliphate across Southeast Asia and came to worldwide attention with the Bali bombings. Man behind Bali bombings tries to stop terrorists — and wants freedom 2022-11-19T05:00:00Z Eadie said Begum left IS territory "only as the caliphate collapsed", adding: "Even at that stage, the evidence demonstrates that she left only for safety and not because of a genuine disengagement from the group." British schoolgirl who joined IS likely trafficking victim, court told 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z Trump made the United States an energy superpower and drove the Islamic State from its caliphate. Opinion | Dear President Trump: Please don’t run again 2022-11-14T05:00:00Z And jihadists who belonged to or were inspired by the Islamic State, which ruled a so-called caliphate in Syria and Iraq until early 2019, often attacked public places in Turkey, killing civilians. Deadly Bombing in Istanbul Is Being Investigated as a Terrorist Attack 2022-11-13T05:00:00Z The Islamic State group declared its caliphate in Syria and Iraq on his second day in the job. Sir Mark Rowley: Met's new commissioner 'tougher than he looks' 2022-09-11T04:00:00Z The Islamic State radicalized plenty of people online, recruiting them to its so-called caliphate even if they had no material beef with the Iraqi or Syrian regimes. American lies, fear and violence through a war correspondent’s eyes 2022-09-11T04:00:00Z Her citizenship was taken away in 2019 after was was discovered at a refugee camp following the collapse of the so-called IS caliphate. Shamima Begum: Canada will investigate spy smuggling allegations 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z Security Council on the scale of the threat, pointing to how the Islamic State was active in more than 20 African countries already, and warned that the continent may represent “the future of the caliphate.” Analysis | Al-Qaeda and Islamic State are on the rise in Africa 2022-08-16T04:00:00Z “Mali isn’t a caliphate, and the probability that it could have become one in 2013 was quite strong,” Général Castres said. French Soldiers Quit Mali After 9 Years, Billions Spent and Many Lives Lost 2022-08-15T04:00:00Z ISIS’ loss of territorial control in Iraq and Syria was a crippling blow for a group whose brand centered on creating a genuine caliphate ruled by Islamic law. Op-Ed: Al Qaeda lost its leader, but are Americans any safer? 2022-08-05T04:00:00Z IS’s “caliphate” was brought down by a U.S.-led campaign after years of fighting, but the jihadist movement was irrevocably splintered and al-Qaida lost much of its luster in radicals’ eyes. Al-Qaida mastermind Ayman al-Zawahri, 71, reportedly killed 2022-08-01T04:00:00Z In a sentencing memorandum, prosecutors said Khalifa played a key role in the group’s successful efforts to recruit tens of thousands of foreign fighters to defend its self-proclaimed caliphate in Iraq and Syria. US judge gives life term to Canadian ISIS propagandist 2022-07-30T04:00:00Z The Islamic State’s first supposed “caliphate” took root in Iraq and Syria amid the chaos of the latter’s civil war. Analysis | Al-Qaeda and Islamic State are on the rise in Africa 2022-08-16T04:00:00Z Ramla was founded in the early eighth century during the Umayyad caliphate, and in the Middle Ages, it was briefly a Christian stronghold. Below an Israeli City, a Musical Harmony Belies the Tensions Above Ground 2022-07-23T04:00:00Z Most of the inhabitants are family members of Islamic State fighters who were killed or captured as their so-called caliphate collapsed. Opinion | This Syrian refugee camp is incubating the next-generation ISIS 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z Both are seeking to revive their fortunes on the continent after the fall of the latter’s self-declared caliphate in Iraq and Syria and the weakening of al-Qaeda in Yemen and Afghanistan. An attack on a military base in Somalia shows al-Shabab’s deadly power 2022-07-17T04:00:00Z The two-hour assault by helicopter-borne commandos came days after the end of the largest U.S. combat involvement with the Islamic State since the end of its caliphate. U.S. Military Says Senior ISIS Leader in Syria Killed in Drone Strike 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z If you liked Crusader states and Muslim caliphates, you’ll love the Confederate Theocracy of Texas. Opinion | Texas Republicans want to secede? Good riddance. 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z Abdeslam, the only member of the commando who did not join the self-proclaimed IS caliphate in Syria, has told the court that he was a last-minute add-on to the commando. Prosecutors in 2015 Paris attacks trial take center stage 2022-06-10T04:00:00Z “You can see how their roles were getting more and more active as the group itself started losing territory, the territory of the caliphate.” Kansas woman who joined ISIS pleads guilty to terrorism charge 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z Even as it remains a national insurgency, al-Shabab is searching for opportunities to push beyond Somalia’s borders and create a regional caliphate enforcing a strict interpretation of Islamic law. An attack on a military base in Somalia shows al-Shabab’s deadly power 2022-07-17T04:00:00Z The Baghuz strike occurred in the last days of the offensive to clear Islamic State fighters from their self-proclaimed caliphate, which had once sprawled across areas of Syria and Iraq. Pentagon Faults Review of Deadly Airstrike but Finds No Wrongdoing 2022-05-17T04:00:00Z AL-HOL, Syria — The Islamic State, which seemed to be extinguished three years ago when its caliphate was crushed, is still smoldering red hot at a refugee camp here and a prison nearby. Opinion | The battle against ISIS, yesterday’s war, still smolders — and could erupt 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z IS, unlike the Taliban, see their battle as one to establish a unified Muslim world under a caliphate. Islamic State morphs and grows in Pakistan, Afghanistan 2022-04-10T04:00:00Z Through their support for a pan-Arab caliphate, Ms. Fahoum-Jayoussi said, three attackers set themselves apart not only from the Palestinian cause, but also from the grievances of Israel’s Arab minority. Wave of Terrorism in Israel Defies a Simple Narrative 2022-04-09T04:00:00Z The Islamic State seized parts of Syria and Iraq in 2014 and declared that territory its “caliphate,” further destabilizing the region. Mass Graves Identified in Syria Could Hold Evidence of War Crimes 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z Vigorous religious and political opposition to the Umayyad caliphate led to its downfall. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Some of them have been held since even before the Islamic State group lost the last sliver of land in its self-declared caliphate in March 2019. Canada responds to claims it’s not helping citizens in Syria 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z Raqqa, the former de facto capital of the self-proclaimed IS caliphate and home to about 300,000 people, is now free, but many of its residents try to leave. Poverty, fear drive exodus from Syria’s one-time IS capital 2022-02-21T05:00:00Z The foreigners had come to Syria from around the world, some with their children in tow, to join Islamic State’s so-called “caliphate.” Crisis looms in Syria camps, jails holding foreign nationals 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z “They always say, ‘It is our duty to raise our children in the ideology of the caliphate,’” she said. Violence Erupts at Syrian Camp for ISIS Families, Leaving a Child Dead 2022-02-09T05:00:00Z The caliphate began in North Africa and spread across the Red Sea to western Arabia and Syria. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z At the peak of the militants’ self-proclaimed “caliphate,” they lived in the city of Raqqa, the IS capital. Adrift after enslavement, Yazidi teen says she can’t go home 2022-02-09T05:00:00Z Officials and analysts in various countries agree Islamic State is under more pressure than it's ever been and will never restore its self-styled caliphate. Islamic State likely to pick battle-hardened Iraqi as next leader - officials, analysts 2022-02-09T05:00:00Z Now, it is a caliphate in name only. Leader’s Death Is Another Blow for ISIS, but It’s Hardly the End 2022-02-05T05:00:00Z Khalifa said the SDF has done a “remarkable job” in fighting IS and in stabilizing the areas it captured from the group during the long campaign that brought down the “caliphate.” Stung by prison battle, Kurds say they need help against IS 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z However, the Fatimids and other smaller states were still connected to the Abbasid caliphate through religion, language, trade, and the economy. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Last month's attack on the jail in Hasaka holding hundreds of jihadist detainees was its largest operation since the collapse of the caliphate, showing Islamic State can still carry out large-scale and lethal operations. Factbox: Pushed into the shadows, Islamic State still has global reach 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z Some were brought from their own countries by their jihadi parents who joined the so-called “caliphate” declared in 2014 over parts of Syria and Iraq, while others were born there. Watchdog says 100s of boys missing from Kurdish Syria prison 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z The two-hour raid in the town of Atmeh came days after the end of the largest U.S. combat involvement with the Islamic State since the end of the jihadists’ so-called caliphate three years ago. Raid Targeting ISIS Leader Came After Months of Planning 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z Like Baghdadi, Qurayshi held the title of “caliph,” or leader, of the Islamic State, even though the physical caliphate had been destroyed months before he took the helm. Islamic State’s ‘ghost’ of a leader was plotting comeback when U.S. commandos cornered him 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z Cities, which symbolized the strength of the caliphate, were very impressive. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Its self-declared caliphate in Iraq and Syria folded under a sustained military campaign by a U.S.-led coalition, and it has suffered other setbacks in the Middle East. Factbox: Pushed into the shadows, Islamic State still has global reach 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z Islamic State lost the last of its self-styled caliphate in 2017 to a U.S.-led coalition working with Kurdish militiamen. Leader of Islamic State dies in raid by U.S. forces in Syria, Biden says 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z The battle for the prison killed hundreds of people and offered a stark reminder that even after the collapse of the caliphate, the group’s ability to sow chaotic violence persists, counterterrorism specialists said. Raid Targeting ISIS Leader Came After Months of Planning 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z Yet, Qurayshi was — as terrorism experts often observed — a “caliph without a caliphate.” Islamic State’s ‘ghost’ of a leader was plotting comeback when U.S. commandos cornered him 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z During the age of the Abbasid caliphate, literary tastes expanded to include poems about nature and the pleasures of life and love. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Baghdadi had declared a medieval-style Islamic caliphate from a mosque in the Iraqi city of Mosul after his militants overran the city and then seized vast swathes of Iraq and Syria in 2014. Abu Ibrahim al-Quraishi, Islamic State's slain leader 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z When IS overran much of northern and eastern Syria and northern Iraq and declared its caliphate in 2014, al-Qurayshi became a senior official in the leadership. IS leader killed in US raid in Syria remains murky figure 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z Islamic State fighters attacked a jail holding militants in the northeastern Syrian city of Hasaka nearly two weeks ago, their biggest operation since the defeat of their caliphate. Factbox: After the fall, Islamic State strikes from Iraq and Syria hinterlands 2022-02-02T05:00:00Z “This would enhance the group’s legitimacy in the eyes of its followers. It would also strengthen their claim to be the true caliphate and descendants of the early Islamic states.” Islamic State’s ‘ghost’ of a leader was plotting comeback when U.S. commandos cornered him 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z The Islamic State group’s Jan. 20 attack on the prison was the biggest military operation by the extremist group since the fall of their self-declared caliphate in 2019. Syrian fighters search for IS sleeper cells near prison 2022-01-28T05:00:00Z The detention crisis in northeastern Syria has its roots in the collapse of the Islamic State’s so-called caliphate, which at its height was about the size of Britain and stretched into Syria and Iraq. The ISIS Hostages: ‘These Children Should Not Have Been There’ 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z As the group’s caliphate crumbled in the years-long war with a U.S.-led coalition in both Iraq and Syria, he went into hiding. IS leader killed in US raid in Syria remains murky figure 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z The Hasaka prison, a converted training institute, was the largest of those run by the S.D.F. and held thousands of men who had been captured as the caliphate fell. Kurdish-Led Forces End Prison Siege, Defeating ISIS Fighters 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z There are no indications that the Islamic State is strong enough to take territory, as it did in 2014 when it established a “caliphate” the size of Britain. U.S.-backed Syrian forces announce defeat of Islamic State in prison standoff 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z The attack is the biggest by IS militants since the fall of the group’s “caliphate” in 2019. EXPLAINER: Who are the kids trapped in Syria prison attack? 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z The attack was the biggest by IS militants since the fall of the group’s “caliphate” in 2019. US-backed Syrian forces capture prison from IS after a week 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z It was up to him to lead the group’s remnants as they regrouped following the downfall of their caliphate and shifted underground to wage an insurgency in Iraq and Syria. IS leader killed in US raid in Syria remains murky figure 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z The Islamic State now controls about a quarter of the prison and is holding hundreds of hostages, many of them children detained when the caliphate that their families had joined fell in 2019. As Islamic State Resurges, U.S. Is Drawn Back Into the Fray 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z An estimated 40,000 foreigners, including children, made their way to Syria to fight or work for the caliphate. U.S. Troops Join Assault on Prison Where ISIS Holds Hostage Hundreds of Boys 2022-01-24T05:00:00Z Some of the kids were children when their parents plucked them from their own countries after they decided to join the so-called Islamic caliphate declared in 2014 over parts of Syria and Iraq. EXPLAINER: Who are the kids trapped in Syria prison attack? 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z But it also bore echoes of the past: Before they seized territory and declared their own caliphate, many members of what became the Islamic State group were freed from prison through jailbreaks. U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces battles to regain control of prison for Islamic State suspects 2022-01-23T05:00:00Z Many of the children were brought to Syria by their parents to live in the caliphate the militants declared in Iraq and Syria in 2014. As U.S. Strikes Syria Prison Held by ISIS, Young Detainees Are Caught in Crossfire 2022-01-23T05:00:00Z An estimated 40,000 foreigners made their way to Syria to fight or work for the caliphate. As Islamic State Resurges, U.S. Is Drawn Back Into the Fray 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z The PMF played a major role in the U.S.-led effort to defeat the Islamic State and crush the so-called “caliphate” the terror group had established in Iraq and Syria last decade. Risk of U.S.-Iran shadow conflict in Iraq grows as Tehran-backed militias lash out, lose allies 2022-01-15T05:00:00Z While she was living in the self-declared caliphate in Syria, Muthana helped spread Islamic State propaganda on social media and called for the death of Americans. Alabama woman who became ‘ISIS bride’ will continue legal fight to return to U.S., lawyers say 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z Muthana surrendered to U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces as Islamic State fighters were losing the last of their self-declared caliphate in Iraq and Syria and going to refugee camps. Supreme Court denies appeal of regretful Islamic State bride 2022-01-11T05:00:00Z The siege of the Ghweran prison in Hasaka, where thousands of jihadists and their family members were detained after the collapse of the Islamic State’s so-called caliphate, was well planned. As U.S. Strikes Syria Prison Held by ISIS, Young Detainees Are Caught in Crossfire 2022-01-23T05:00:00Z Islamic State, the hardline Islamist group that declared a caliphate straddling parts of Syria and Iraq in 2014, has lost all territory that was under its control in 2019. Five Syrian soldiers killed, 20 injured by Islamic State -state media 2022-01-03T05:00:00Z Trump should remind Americans that he secured the southern border and destroyed the Islamic State caliphate, among other achievements, Graham said. Trump will get GOP's 2024 nomination if he wants it, top Republican says 2021-12-30T05:00:00Z When the Islamic State took over parts of Iraq in 2014 and declared the city of Mosul the capital of its caliphate, life as Iraqis knew it in the country’s second-biggest city essentially stopped. Reveling in the Joys of Books, and Reading, at a Baghdad Book Fair 2021-12-18T05:00:00Z Within a few years, the self-declared caliphate was attacking allies in the Middle East and launching terrorist attacks in Europe. Civilian Deaths Mounted as Secret Unit Pounded ISIS 2021-12-12T05:00:00Z The jihadist group at the time controlled a vast swath of territory for its “caliphate” straddling the border between Iraq and Syria. Months after Afghanistan, another U.S. combat mission signs off in Iraq 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z He has had random people ask him what his opinions on the caliphate are; what he thinks about Israel. After decades of surveillance, Muslims struggle with how much to share online 2021-12-07T05:00:00Z Islamic State fighters seized Iraqi cities and declared a self-styled caliphate in a large swathe of territory in Syria and Iraq in 2014. UN says Islamic State committed war crimes at Iraqi prison 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z He had come to prominence in 2014, announcing the creation of a "caliphate" in areas of Iraq and Syria - and led the group until 2019 when he killed himself during a US military operation. Ugandan militant escapee: IS forced me to fight 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z Despite living in the "caliphate" many claim to be unaware of the beheadings, massacres and genocide committed by the group. The children of IS: 'It's a disaster we cannot deal with' 2021-10-13T04:00:00Z His capture could yield significant intelligence about the remnants of the Islamic State group which was driven from its cross-border "caliphate" in Syria and Iraq years ago but still carries out attacks in both countries. EXCLUSIVE Turkish intelligence helped Iraq capture Islamic State leader, sources say 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z IS says it is THE Islamic State, a global caliphate that it insists all Muslims must support. EXPLAINER: Can the Taliban suppress the potent IS threat? 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z The Islamic State group's self-declared caliphate has come and gone, the deal to contain Iran's nuclear ambitions has all but collapsed and China is making noises about "taking back" Taiwan. James Bond and MI6: Is there fact in fiction? 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z While the Taliban have fought to gain ground in Afghanistan, the IS chapter seeks to incorporate swaths of the country into a broader self-styled caliphate, or Islamic empire, across the Middle East. IS bomb attacks on Taliban raise specter of wider conflict 2021-09-20T04:00:00Z But as the final battle raged between the U.S.-backed forces and defenders of the Islamic State’s caliphate in early 2019, and captured militants were carted off to prison, their families were brought here. Syrian detention camp rocked by dozens of killings blamed on Islamic State women 2021-09-20T04:00:00Z Islamic State's cross-border "caliphate" once spanned a third of Syria and Iraq, inspiring affiliates including one in Afghanistan. EXCLUSIVE Turkish intelligence helped Iraq capture Islamic State leader, sources say 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z Our reporter asked whether she had changed her opinion on IS because it had not created a caliphate. Former IS teenage bride Shamima Begum offers to help fight terror in UK 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z IS rose to prominence by seizing large swaths of Iraq and Syria in 2014, declaring a “caliphate” and extending affiliates to multiple countries across the region. Al-Qaida chief appears in new video marking 9/11 anniversary 2021-09-12T04:00:00Z The goal was to sweep out dictators, which would then bring Islamist movements to power that would rule the Muslim world like the caliphate of old. Opinion | The Islamic world has changed over the past 20 years. The Taliban is about to feel it. 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z The self-declared Isis caliphate that terrorised much of Syria and Iraq has been dismantled. Afghanistan crisis: Five lessons learned (or not) since 9/11 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z This was renewed in 2014 after IS declared its caliphate in areas of Iraq and Syria. Afghanistan: The pledge binding al-Qaeda to the Taliban 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z "They consider Turkey as a country with a manifest destiny - an exceptional position within the Muslim world. It is based on Turkey's past and its Ottoman heritage as the seat of the caliphate." Afghanistan: Qatar and Turkey become Taliban's lifeline to the outside world 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z IS’s physical “caliphate” was crushed in Iraq and Syria, though its militants are still active and carrying out attacks. Al-Qaida chief appears in new video marking 9/11 anniversary 2021-09-12T04:00:00Z It is still uncertain what this second iteration of the caliphate will look like, but with foreigners finally gone, the shape of the new Afghanistan will come into sharper focus. Afghanistan live news: US embassy warns of ‘specific, credible threat’ at Kabul airport as Biden says terror attack ‘highly likely in next 24-36 hours’ 2021-08-29T04:00:00Z Islamic State has been driven out of it once enormous “caliphate” in Syria and Iraq. Long before the airport bombings, ISIS-K was terrorizing Afghanistan 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z The Islamic State’s Central Asia affiliate sprang up in the months after the group’s core fighters swept across Syria and Iraq, carving out a self-styled caliphate, or Islamic empire, in the summer of 2014. Explainer: How dangerous is Afghanistan’s Islamic State? 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z The group is one of many affiliates that the Islamic State group established after it swept into northern Iraq from Syria in 2014, and created a religious state or caliphate the size of Britain. ISIS branch poses biggest immediate terror threat to evacuation in Kabul 2021-08-25T04:00:00Z “We will not pay one cent to Afghanistan anymore when the Taliban take over the country, when they introduce sharia law and Afghanistan becomes a caliphate,” he told ZDF television. U.S. allies and adversaries are holding off on recognizing, aiding the Taliban 2021-08-20T04:00:00Z Islamic State blitzed through wide swaths of Syria and Iraq, commandeering a full third of each country for what it claimed was its caliphate. U.S. troops returning to Afghanistan to rescue Americans in face of Taliban onslaught 2021-08-13T04:00:00Z Two years later, after taking advantage of the chaos of Syria’s civil war to establish a foothold there, Islamic State jihadists roared back into Iraq, seizing cities and establishing a so-called caliphate. As U.S. Leaves Afghanistan, History Suggests It May Struggle to Stay Out 2021-08-10T04:00:00Z In Syria and Iraq, it took local and international forces five years of subsequent fighting to roll back the caliphate. Explainer: How dangerous is Afghanistan’s Islamic State? 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z The militant Islamists want to create a global caliphate. Terrorism expert Sara Kamali on Jan. 6, white nationalism and the rise of "Vanilla ISIS" 2021-08-02T04:00:00Z But a major American ground combat force returned in 2014 as the Islamic State built its so-called “caliphate” across a huge swath of Iraq and Syria. Biden, Iraqi leader to discuss U.S. troops, Iran-linked drone strikes 2021-07-25T04:00:00Z In Iraq, eventually 6,000 U.S. troops were redeployed to dismantle the Islamic State’s so-called caliphate. U.S. troops returning to Afghanistan to rescue Americans in face of Taliban onslaught 2021-08-13T04:00:00Z But a major American ground combat force returned in 2014 as the Islamic State rose to prominence and built its so-called “caliphate” across a huge swath of Iraq and Syria. Iraqi leader to push Biden on withdrawal of U.S. forces 2021-07-25T04:00:00Z Many were attracted to the Islamic State’s violent and extreme ideology, including promises of a caliphate to unite the Islamic world, a goal never espoused by the Taliban. Explainer: How dangerous is Afghanistan’s Islamic State? 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z Today, the United States views its patrols of a wide swath of Syria’s eastern quadrant as a stabilizing presence in the former heart of the Islamic State caliphate. In launching airstrikes in Syria and Iraq, Biden lowers bar for use of military force 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z While the caliphate in Syria was declared dead in 2019, “there is still more work to be done,” U.S. Blinken says the number of ISIS fighters and family members being held at detention camps in Syria is ‘untenable’ 2021-06-28T04:00:00Z Others were never ideologically committed but were brought into the “caliphate” by husbands or family. In Syria camp, forgotten children are molded by IS ideology 2021-06-02T04:00:00Z They fled the Islamic State caliphate in droves. Opinion | Ten years later, Islamist terrorism isn’t the threat it used to be 2021-04-29T04:00:00Z “With the rise of ISIS, and the desire to form a caliphate with thousands of foreign fighters, that’s problematic” for Mawla. Before becoming a terrorist leader, ISIS chief was a prison informer in Iraq for U.S., records show 2021-04-07T04:00:00Z A U.S.-led coalition captured the last of the territory held by the Islamic State group about two years ago, ending its self-declared caliphate that covered large parts of Iraq and Syria. Feds: Couple wanted freighter ride to Islamic State fight 2021-04-02T04:00:00Z It took five years and a horrendous toll in lives for a coalition of 83 nations to finally defeat the last of the IS "caliphate" in Syria. Mozambique: Why IS is so hard to defeat in Mozambique 2021-03-31T04:00:00Z It has been more than two years since the Islamic State group’s self-declared “caliphate” was brought down. In Syria camp, forgotten children are molded by IS ideology 2021-06-02T04:00:00Z For the women, the nightmare began when the forces of the Islamic State swept across northern Iraq in 2014, declaring the territory an Islamic caliphate. ISIS Forced Them Into Sexual Slavery. Finally, They’ve Reunited With Their Children. 2021-03-12T05:00:00Z When Islamic State emerged in 2014, seizing a third of Syria and Iraq for its so-called caliphate, Obama rushed troops back to Iraq and approved airstrikes in Syria. Inside U.S. troops' stronghold in Syria, a question of how long Biden will keep them there 2021-03-12T05:00:00Z Fighters of Islamic State, a Sunni militant group that tried to establish a caliphate across the region, ravaged northern Iraq from 2014-2017, killing Christians as well as Muslims who opposed them. 'Peace more powerful than war', Pope Francis tells residents of Iraq's ruined city of Mosul 2021-03-07T05:00:00Z When it was over, world leaders said IS must never again be allowed to build such a caliphate. Mozambique: Why IS is so hard to defeat in Mozambique 2021-03-31T04:00:00Z During its nearly 5-year rule over much of Syria and Iraq, IS made a priority out of indoctrinating children in its brutal interpretation of Islamic law, aiming to entrench its “caliphate.” In Syria camp, forgotten children are molded by IS ideology 2021-06-02T04:00:00Z IS overran Mosul in June 2014 and declared a caliphate stretching from territory in northern Syria deep into Iraq’s north and west. Pope visits Iraq’s war-ravaged north on last day of tour 2021-03-06T05:00:00Z Then, after the Islamic State arose in Iraq and Syria, its “caliphate” became a magnet for jihadists during Mr. Obama’s final years and much of Mr. Trump’s presidency. Biden Secretly Limits Counterterrorism Drone Strikes Away From War Zones 2021-03-03T05:00:00Z After travelling to Syria, she lived in Raqqa, the capital of the self-declared caliphate, where she remained for four years until she was discovered in a detention camp. Runaway schoolgirl who joined IS cannot return to Britain, top court says 2021-02-26T05:00:00Z I’m not equating the Jan. 6 rioters with those fighting to unite the world under a caliphate via a global campaign of terrorism. Perspective | The Capitol rioters speak just like the Islamist terrorists I reported on 2021-02-19T05:00:00Z The Islamic State extremist group seized Iraqi cities and declared a self-styled Islamic caliphate in a large swathe of territory it took control of in Iraq and neighboring Syria in 2014. US vows to help Iraq promote stability in face of `enemies’ 2021-02-16T05:00:00Z The massacre happened three months after the Islamic State seized the northern Iraqi city of Mosul in 2014 and declared it the capital of its self-declared caliphate. Years After a Massacre, Yazidis Finally Bury Their Loved Ones 2021-02-07T05:00:00Z At the height of its success, the self-proclaimed IS "caliphate" stretched across vast areas of Syria and Iraq, and was the about the size of the UK. IS brutality returning to Syrian towns 2021-02-06T05:00:00Z He described for me the day the so-called caliphate was declared. Isis: From Cardiff to the Caliphate 2021-01-25T05:00:00Z For nearly five years, when it governed its self-declared "caliphate", it controlled the region's economy, extorting money from businesses, harvesting crops, pumping oil and selling it on the black market. Islamic State tries to shore up relevance with Iraq carnage 2021-01-22T05:00:00Z Many of them would later terrorize Indonesia with bombings and attacks that aimed to bring about an Islamic caliphate and battered the country’s reputation for tolerance. Indonesian cleric who inspired extremists freed from prison 2021-01-07T05:00:00Z Children who were born inside the Islamic State’s so-called caliphate do not exist in the eyes of the government. Iraq wants thousands displaced by the ISIS war to go home. They may be killed if they do. 2020-12-21T05:00:00Z From there it overran a swath of Syria and Iraq and declare the creation of an Islamic “caliphate” - opening up yet another war that wreaked destruction in Iraq. After Arab Spring, a decade of upheaval and lost hopes 2020-12-15T05:00:00Z They boast about their children, calling them "cubs of the caliphate". Isis: From Cardiff to the Caliphate 2021-01-25T05:00:00Z So complete was the destruction of the IS physical caliphate that it is unlikely to re-emerge in a similar form, wary of presenting itself as a target. Islamic State tries to shore up relevance with Iraq carnage 2021-01-22T05:00:00Z From there it overran a swath of Syria and Iraq and declare the creation of an Islamic “caliphate” — opening up yet another war that wreaked destruction in Iraq. After Arab Spring, a decade of upheaval and lost hopes 2020-12-14T05:00:00Z Cities, towns and villages - including Mosul, the capital of Islamic States’s self-proclaimed caliphate - were left in ruins. Years after ISIS, Iraqis forced out of camps into uncertain future 2020-12-11T05:00:00Z A conflict monitor revealed the engine in a new report about how IS obtained and made weapons under its "caliphate". Islamic State tried to build pulse jet-powered drones - report 2020-12-08T05:00:00Z When Iraqi forces captured Mosul in the dying days of the three-year-old IS caliphate in 2017, Abdullah’s father and older sons were killed. Islamic State shadow follows families as Iraq closes camps 2020-12-04T05:00:00Z In Syria, she married an Islamic State fighter and lived in Raqqa, the capital of the self-declared caliphate, where she remained for four years until she was discovered in a detention camp. Teen who left UK to join Islamic State should not be allowed back, Supreme Court told 2020-11-23T05:00:00Z As for Trump, he claimed credit last year for “defeating 100% of the Isis caliphate”. US poll chaos is a boon for the enemies of democracy the whole world over 2020-11-15T05:00:00Z The Islamic State described Fejzulai as a "soldier of the caliphate" in a statement released by the group's Amaq News Agency on Tuesday evening. Vienna gun attack by Islamic State sympathizer shatters an evening of revelry 2020-11-03T05:00:00Z Under Trump, the dismantling of the Islamic State caliphate in Iraq and Syria, begun by the Obama administration, was completed. Trump critics hail accords between Israel and Arab countries even as original goal of Palestinian peace remains unmet 2020-10-31T04:00:00Z The fallout from the chaos that Isis caused continues to preoccupy several Yazidi smugglers who are trying to rescue community members who slipped through the cracks as the caliphate collapsed. After Isis, Yazidi women forced to leave their children behind 2020-10-16T04:00:00Z The United States did overthrow the caliphate of the Islamic State — a process begun under Obama. Opinion | ‘I Keep My Promises,’ Trump Said. Let’s Check. 2020-09-05T04:00:00Z Pompeo praised Trump’s success in destroying the Islamic State group caliphate, and bringing home U.S. hostages. Republican convention features a pardon, top U.S. envoy and plenty of Trumps 2020-08-26T04:00:00Z Countries across Europe saw citizens leave to fight alongside the Islamic State at the height of its self-declared caliphate. Vienna gun attack by Islamic State sympathizer shatters an evening of revelry 2020-11-03T05:00:00Z The so-called caliphate built by the Islamic State has been dismantled, but President Trump cannot take all of the credit for its demise. Trump uses powers of government in service of reelection, with pardoning and naturalization ceremonies 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z He spoke of the defeat of the Islamic State’s physical caliphate, Trump’s pro-Israel agenda and the president’s determined vigilance to guard against the “predatory aggression” of the Chinese Communist Party. Defying precedent and possibly law, Pompeo dives into race 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z He spoke of the defeat of the Islamic State’s physical caliphate, Trump’s pro-Israel agenda and the president’s determined vigilance to guard against the “predatory aggression” of the Chinese Communist Party. Defying precedent and possibly law, Pompeo dives into race 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z There are more than 10,000 Islamic State militants who are still active in Iraq and Syria, the United Nations’ top counter-terrorism expert said, two years after the group’s caliphate was declared destroyed. UN: More than 10,000 active ISIS fighters in Iraq and Syria 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z Most of the money dates back to the early Islamic period, when the region was part of the Abbasid caliphate. Israeli youths unearth 1,100-year-old gold coins 2020-08-24T04:00:00Z Thus while the caliphate has been eliminated, the Islamic State remains a threat. Trump uses powers of government in service of reelection, with pardoning and naturalization ceremonies 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z As the Islamic State’s so-called caliphate collapsed, the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, an American ally, took a large number of its members from around the world into wartime custody. Barr Disavows Death Penalty for Two ISIS ‘Beatles’ if Britain Shares Evidence 2020-08-19T04:00:00Z Many managed to escape as U.S.-backed Iraqi forces gradually drove the militants from their self-declared “caliphate” that once spanned a third of both Iraq and Syria in a grueling 3-year campaign. Murad, Amal Clooney accuse leaders and UN of failing Yazidis 2020-08-03T04:00:00Z The multicultural cities in western Germany are “the caliphate.” Body Bags and Enemy Lists: How Far-Right Police Officers and Ex-Soldiers Planned for ‘Day X’ 2020-08-01T04:00:00Z In Syria, she married an Islamic State fighter and lived in the capital of the violent jihadist group’s self-declared caliphate. Case of Islamic State recruit's UK citizenship goes to Supreme Court 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z In August 2019, the Defense Department inspector general warned: “Despite losing its territorial ‘caliphate,’ the Islamic State … solidified its insurgent capabilities in Iraq and was re-surging in Syria. Trump uses powers of government in service of reelection, with pardoning and naturalization ceremonies 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z Under the so-called caliphate those enforcers belonged to the Hisbah, the female morality police, who meted out harsh punishments. IS prisoner issue a ticking timebomb for the West 2020-07-23T04:00:00Z Many more followed of life in the "caliphate", though Abood says he avoided public executions, even staying indoors on days they were held. 'A picture can kill you or save your life' 2020-07-22T04:00:00Z Rather, Zaharan and his associates set themselves up as a satellite operation, committing their acts in the caliphate’s name. Two Wealthy Sri Lankan Brothers Became Suicide Bombers. But Why? 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z In interviews with Washington Post reporters visiting al-Hol last year, dozens of women described a hardcore contingent who were seeking to replicate the caliphate’s brutal rule. In Syrian camp for women and children who left ISIS caliphate, a struggle even to register names 2020-06-28T04:00:00Z In Syria, the Islamic State rejected any form of democracy in the name of Islam, but its caliphate ended in ruins. Review | For the Middle East, the Arab Spring was a rare chance to control its own fate 2020-06-25T04:00:00Z A restored caliphate — or the emergence of a charismatic new leader — could again inspire global followers just as the Islamic State did, including some who previously renounced violence, officials and terrorism experts say. The appeal of ISIS fades among Europeans who returned home from Syria 2020-06-14T04:00:00Z And officials and experts had always anticipated that the campaign, started in 2014, long before Mr. Trump took office, would result in pushing the extremist group out of its self-declared caliphate. Hey @jack, Here Are More Questionable Tweets From @realdonaldtrump 2020-06-03T04:00:00Z In recent weeks, the extremists have taken advantage of the pandemic to launch deadly attacks in their former self-declared caliphate in parts of Iraq and Syria. IS blasts Iraq PM as American agent, calls for more attacks 2020-05-29T04:00:00Z But the question of what will happen to tens of thousands of foreigners who left for the caliphate and never returned home still lingers, with no clear answers. In Syrian camp for women and children who left ISIS caliphate, a struggle even to register names 2020-06-28T04:00:00Z The Islamic State group’s narrative is that slavery is a justifiable consequence of battle during its brutal capture of Sinjar, a region west of Mosul, as part of its attempt to establish a so-called caliphate. Investigators build a case for IS crimes against Yazidis 2020-05-21T04:00:00Z “We are not naive,” said a Middle Eastern counterterrorism official whose government monitors hundreds of citizens who joined the caliphate and are now home again. The appeal of ISIS fades among Europeans who returned home from Syria 2020-06-14T04:00:00Z The virus is compounding longtime concerns among security and U.N. experts that the group would stage a comeback after its “caliphate,” which once encompassed a third of Iraq and Syria, was brought down last year. IS extremists step up as Iraq, Syria, grapple with virus 2020-05-03T04:00:00Z The daring attack put the southern Philippines on the map for militants seeking a new caliphate after the Islamic State lost its foothold in the Middle East. 11 Filipino Soldiers Are Killed Trying to Track an ISIS Leader 2020-04-17T04:00:00Z Qayyara air base, south of the city of Mosul where Islamic State declared its caliphate in 2014, is the second base to be handed over to the Iraqis this month. U.S.-led forces depart Iraqi military base near Mosul in drawdown 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z Even as their caliphate collapsed around them, the militants made keeping their grip on slaves a priority. Investigators build a case for IS crimes against Yazidis 2020-05-21T04:00:00Z The group’s 2014 declaration of a new Islamic caliphate in the Middle East was the event that initially drew thousands of European and North American Muslims to Iraq and Syria. The appeal of ISIS fades among Europeans who returned home from Syria 2020-06-14T04:00:00Z At its height, the Islamic State’s self-declared caliphate was the size of Britain and controlled the lives of up to 12 million people. U.S. Military Reviewing Iraq Operations After 2 Troops Die Fighting ISIS 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z Islamic State, whose militants once controlled a full third of both Syria and Iraq, lost the last of its putative caliphate last year. Two U.S. service members killed by enemy forces in Iraq, Pentagon says 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z Kurdish forces bear the brunt of looking after those captured as Islamic State collapsed, including hundreds of foreigners who fought alongside local militants to create a self-declared caliphate in the Middle East. Widowed, imprisoned, detained: remnants of Islamic State in limbo in Syria 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z Many analysts predicted Isis would return to a low-level insurgency after losing the vast territory of its so-called caliphate in 2017, and would frame its heavy defeat as a temporary setback. Isis starting to reassert itself in Middle East heartlands, UN warns 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z Islamic State leaders laid the groundwork for a terrorism campaign long before the caliphate’s fall by dispersing fighters and pre-positioning weapons, explosives and supplies, Knights said in presenting his findings in late May. The appeal of ISIS fades among Europeans who returned home from Syria 2020-06-14T04:00:00Z The extremists also lost in March last year the last sliver of land they controlled as part of their so-called caliphate declared in 2014 over wide parts of Iraq and Syria. IS vows to attack Israel and blasts US Mideast plan 2020-01-27T05:00:00Z The U.S. declared an end to ISIS’ physical caliphate last March. US general on Syria: ‘We’re going to be here for a while’ 2020-01-27T05:00:00Z The U.S. declared an end to the Islamic State’s physical caliphate last March. General: US committed to Syria fight; Missions up against IS 2020-01-25T05:00:00Z The issue of foreign fighters remains acute, the UN notes, with between one half and two-thirds of the more than 40,000 who joined the “caliphate” from overseas still alive. Isis starting to reassert itself in Middle East heartlands, UN warns 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z As the idea of a physical caliphate faded, enthusiasm for the project also ebbed among some of the early supporters. The appeal of ISIS fades among Europeans who returned home from Syria 2020-06-14T04:00:00Z The message exhorted the “soldiers of the caliphate” especially in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula and across the Levant to attack Jewish targets as they are near to Israel. IS vows to attack Israel and blasts US Mideast plan 2020-01-27T05:00:00Z M.B.Z. makes little distinction among Islamist groups, insisting that they all share the same goal: some version of a caliphate with the Quran in place of a constitution. Mohammed bin Zayed’s Dark Vision of the Middle East’s Future 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z “The problem with his message is that he is telling the Iranians he is worried about the caliphate as well,” the official said. Is ISIS defeated or a danger? Trump delivered mixed message with Iran speech. 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z Despite losing their self-declared caliphate, Islamic State fighters are regrouping and digging in for the long haul. Trump administration refuses to heed Iraq’s call for troop withdrawal 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z Despite the loss of the caliphate, the Islamic State has not been defeated, but remains active in Iraq and Syria and across a network of regional affiliates from North Africa to Southeast Asia. The appeal of ISIS fades among Europeans who returned home from Syria 2020-06-14T04:00:00Z The terror group’s fighters swept back across the border in 2014, captured wide swaths of western and northern Iraq and imposed brutal rule over a self-declared “caliphate.” ‘We knew there would be consequences’: U.S.-Iran clash threatens war on terror 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z IS controlled large swaths of northern and eastern Syria, where it declared a caliphate in 2014, along with large parts of neighboring Iraq. AP FACT CHECK: Trump minimizes IS risk, distorts Iran payout 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z The hiatus is a boon to ISIS, which has carried out dozens of bombings and targeted assassinations since the fall of its caliphate, last March. The Breathtaking Unravelling of the Middle East After Suleimani’s Death 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z At its peak in late 2014, the self-proclaimed caliphate controlled an area the size of Britain and used it as a base to call for attacks, including on both U.S. and Iranian interests. Why Iraq is at the center of the dispute between Iran and the United States 2019-12-31T05:00:00Z So far, this is less a resurgence than a struggle to survive in the wake of the massive defeat inflicted on the last vestige of their territorial caliphate, according to U.S. military officials. ISIS at a crossroads 2019-12-24T05:00:00Z IS created what no other extremist group had before: a so-called Islamic caliphate, with the Syrian city of Raqqa as its capital. Looking down on a decade 2019-12-23T05:00:00Z He sought to establish an Islamic “caliphate” across Syria and Iraq, but he might be remembered more as the ruthless leader of the Islamic State group who brought terror to the heart of Europe. Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2019 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z Hundreds of Islamist fighters from Southeast Asia and the Middle East took over Marawi in May 2017, with the goal of turning that city of 200,000 people into the center of an Islamic caliphate. Duterte Says Martial Law in Southern Philippines Will End This Month 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z One of the group’s goals, officials say, is to hold territory in Afghanistan and elsewhere in south and Central Asia, trying to establish a caliphate much like the group’s earlier iteration in the Middle East. ISIS Is Losing Afghan Territory. That Means Little for Its Victims. 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z The U.S. and an international coalition eventually crushed Islamic State on the battlefield, eliminating the would-be caliphate, though not its full membership or identity. Editorials from around New England 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z The narrator continues: “Their caliphate destroyed. Their terrorist leader dead. But the Democrats would rather focus on impeachment and phony investigations, ignoring the real issues. But that’s not stopping Donald Trump.” Trump campaign boasts president is ‘no Mr Nice Guy’ in new ad 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z Trump’s advertisement boasts the country’s job growth, touts his immigration policies and revels in the defeat of the Islamic State’s caliphate. Washington Nationals fans boo Trump campaign ad during World Series watch party 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z Among the Islamic State’s hard-line adherents, those qualifications gave him standing to claim to be the true “caliph” who could lead the Islamic State’s self- proclaimed caliphate. Islamic State group names new leader to replace Baghdadi 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z The death of Baghdadi was a milestone in the fight against ISIS, which brutalized swaths of Syria and Iraq and sought to direct a global campaign from a self-declared “caliphate.” Pentagon releases video of raid that killed ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z “Their caliphate destroyed. Their terrorist leader dead,” a narrator intones. Early and pricey: Trump’s World Series ad an expensive pitch 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z “If they had gotten to Damascus and they almost did, there would be a possible caliphate throughout this whole region.” Oliver Stone lauds Putin as ‘stabilizing force’ in Syria, Middle East 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z As the caliphate collapsed, the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces took over running the fields. Trump’s Baffling Plan to Pillage Syria’s Oil 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z He said Russia and Iran’s “interference” in the war stopped “a possible caliphate throughout this whole region.” US filmmaker Oliver Stone praises Putin for role in Syria 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z These people, mainly women and children, were mostly caught after the fall of the caliphate – fleeing from the final bastion in the town of Baghouz. Inside the ISIS prison camp 'little caliphate' breeding the next generation of jihadis 2019-10-29T04:00:00Z "The day after we obliterated al-Baghdadi, we got their spokesman. So they literally eliminated the top of the caliphate. So President Trump dealt with ISIS, which grew under Obama's presidency, of course." Tammy Bruce: Media upset al-Baghdadi death may overshadow impeachment 2019-10-29T04:00:00Z Mass graves discovered since the fall of the so-called caliphate bluntly testify to the mass executions that took place there. What Survivors of ISIS Carnage Say About al-Baghdadi’s Death 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z He claimed direct descent from the Prophet Muhammad's Quraishi tribe and delivered his announcement of a "caliphate" from inside Mosul's Great Mosque, which he later ordered to be blown up. What to expect from IS after Baghdadi's death 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z In Syria and Iraq, among the main victims of Baghdadi’s organization, residents expressed relief at the demise of the man who presided over the self-styled caliphate. Islamic State victims see satisfaction but no closure in Baghdadi's death 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z The death of al-Baghdadi was a milestone in the fight against ISIS, which brutalized swaths of Syria and Iraq and sought to direct a global campaign from a self-declared "caliphate." Pentagon says military dog injured in al-Baghdadi raid 'fully recovering' 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z Although the US declared the "caliphate" defeated earlier this year, IS militants remain active in the region and elsewhere. Trump defends not informing Congress of IS raid 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z It was a milestone in the fight against IS, which brutalized thousands of people in Syria and Iraq and sought to direct a global campaign from a self-declared “caliphate.” Security increased at ISIS prisons after Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s death 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z At its zenith, his caliphate extended across a third of both Iraq and Syria, with tens of thousands of fighters from dozens of countries. Would the demise of Abu Bakr Baghdadi also be the end of Islamic State? 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z He claimed unique religious credentials as a Muslim caliph, and his declaration of an Islamic State “caliphate” galvanized tens of thousands of foreign fighters to flood into Syria. Opinion | Baghdadi’s death underscores what we’ve lost by abandoning Syria’s Kurds 2019-10-27T04:00:00Z It was this combination of extremist ideology and practical military experience that enabled the group to seize and hold territory that would form the basis of a declared Islamic caliphate. Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, extremist leader of Islamic State, dies at 48 2019-10-27T04:00:00Z In a voice message released last month, he praised the “soldiers of the caliphate” for fighting despite the group’s losses. Leader’s Death Will Damage ISIS, but Not Destroy It 2019-10-27T04:00:00Z The militants harnessed the internet to connect with thousands of followers around the globe, making them feel as if they were virtual citizens of the caliphate. Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, ISIS Leader Known for His Brutality, Is Dead at 48 2019-10-27T04:00:00Z Over time, more of his fighters and possibly al-Baghdadi himself relocated to Syria, pursuing plans to restore a medieval Islamic state, or caliphate, spanning both Iraq and greater Syria. Islamic State leader leaves a legacy of terror 2019-10-27T04:00:00Z The United States helped develop the SDF — a force that grew to 60,000 fighters, including Arabs, Kurds and Christians — as the infantry to defeat the Islamic State caliphate because there were no available alternatives. Opinion | Baghdadi’s death underscores what we’ve lost by abandoning Syria’s Kurds 2019-10-27T04:00:00Z After the caliphate’s collapse, he appeared twice in video messages, insisting that the Islamic State was rebuilding itself as an underground insurgency and vowing to fight on. Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, extremist leader of Islamic State, dies at 48 2019-10-27T04:00:00Z But despite the demise of its physical caliphate and its leader, IS remains a battle-hardened and well-disciplined force whose enduring defeat is not assured. Who was Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi? 2019-10-27T04:00:00Z Although Osama bin Laden, the Qaeda leader, had dreamed of restoring the caliphate, he was reluctant to declare one, perhaps fearing the overwhelming military response that eventually cost al-Baghdadi his territory. Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, ISIS Leader Known for His Brutality, Is Dead at 48 2019-10-27T04:00:00Z His caliphate thrived financially by selling oil from northeastern Syria, stealing hundreds of millions of dollars from banks, extorting businesses, and taxes. ISIS’s Leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi—the World’s Most Wanted Man—Is Dead 2019-10-27T04:00:00Z Despite the military defeat of IS in Syria and Iraq, its supporters still saw in the presence of Baghdadi hope of restoring the caliphate one day. What Baghdadi's death means for IS in Syria 2019-10-27T04:00:00Z “The prisons, the prisons, oh soldiers of the caliphate,” he said. Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, extremist leader of Islamic State, dies at 48 2019-10-27T04:00:00Z Mosul was the first to fall, its capture used by Baghdadi to proclaim the formation of a new caliphate on the lands of northern Iraq. Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's death comes as new order takes shape in Middle East 2019-10-27T04:00:00Z And in the interim, the promise of a physical caliphate electrified tens of thousands of followers who flocked to Syria to serve his imagined state. Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, ISIS Leader Known for His Brutality, Is Dead at 48 2019-10-27T04:00:00Z In the summer of 2014, his fighters swept across eastern Syria and northern and western Iraq, eventually carving out a self-styled “caliphate” in a third of both countries. Al-Baghdadi’s death a blow, but IS has survived other losses 2019-10-27T04:00:00Z Over time, more of his fighters and possibly al-Baghdadi himself relocated to Syria, pursuing their plans to restore a medieval Islamic state, or caliphate, spanning both Iraq and greater Syria, also known as the Levant. Islamic State leader leaves a legacy of terror 2019-10-27T04:00:00Z That assertion later proved vital to Mr. Baghdadi’s efforts to anoint himself as “caliph,” or leader of the Islamic caliphate. Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, extremist leader of Islamic State, dies at 48 2019-10-27T04:00:00Z His declaration was roundly rejected by almost all Islamic religious authorities but his caliphate became a magnet for thousands of foreign fighters and women. Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's death comes as new order takes shape in Middle East 2019-10-27T04:00:00Z The US declared the "caliphate" defeated earlier this year. IS leader killed by US forces in Syria, Trump says 2019-10-27T04:00:00Z Al-Baghdadi’s fighters captured a contiguous stretch of territory across Iraq and Syria, including key cities, and in June 2014, it announced its own state — or caliphate. US official says IS leader believed dead in US raid in Syria 2019-10-27T04:00:00Z He urged Muslims around the world to swear allegiance to the caliphate and obey him as its leader. ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi believed dead in U.S. military raid 2019-10-27T04:00:00Z A triumphant Mr. Baghdadi marched into one of Mosul’s oldest mosques to declare the start of a new Islamic caliphate, with himself as leader. Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, extremist leader of Islamic State, dies at 48 2019-10-27T04:00:00Z It was not until July 4, 2014, that he seized the world’s attention, climbing the pulpit of Mosul’s medieval al-Nuri mosque in black clerical garb during Friday prayers to announce the restoration of the caliphate. Islamic State's Baghdadi: a trail of horror and death 2019-10-27T04:00:00Z He was always thought to be hiding in the borderlands between Iraq and Syria in the heart of the Islamic State’s former caliphate, or religious state. Special Operations Raid Said to Kill Senior Terrorist Leader in Syria 2019-10-27T04:00:00Z No one disputes that IS has lost its caliphate — the large swath of territory it once controlled in parts of Syria and Iraq. AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s takes on impeachment, Syria, climate 2019-10-26T04:00:00Z Al-Baghdadi’s fighters captured a contiguous stretch of territory across Iraq and Syria, including key cities, and in June 2014, it announced its own state – or caliphate. ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi believed dead in U.S. military raid 2019-10-27T04:00:00Z The rest is history: it took another five years to dismantle their self-proclaimed caliphate. The threat of IS resurgence amid northern Syria's chaos 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z With the defeat of Islamic State in its stronghold Mosul, which he declared as the capital of his caliphate, in 2017 the movement lost all the territory it once controlled in Iraq. Islamic State's Baghdadi: a trail of horror and death 2019-10-27T04:00:00Z In 2014, when he ascended the marbled pulpit of a mosque in Mosul to declare the caliphate, it was the first time a video appeared that showed his face uncovered. Special Operations Raid Said to Kill Senior Terrorist Leader in Syria 2019-10-27T04:00:00Z Because of the church’s size and rich trappings, researchers from the Israel Antiquities Authority believe it was a popular pilgrimage site until it was abandoned during the Muslim Abbasid caliphate in the 9th century AD. Byzantine church to mystery martyr unearthed near Jerusalem 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z Because of the church’s size and rich trappings, researchers from the Israel Antiquities Authority believe it was a popular pilgrimage site until it was abandoned during the Muslim Abbasid caliphate in the 9th century AD. Byzantine church to mystery martyr unearthed near Jerusalem 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z “ISIS is just waiting to move back and resurrect its caliphate,” Crocker said. The 1983 Beirut Barracks Bombing, and the Current U.S. Retreat from Syria 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z In December 2018, before the Islamic State’s self-proclaimed caliphate collapsed, Trump issued his first of several orders to pull all U.S. troops from the country. Despite vow to end ‘endless wars,’ here’s where about 200,000 troops remain 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z “The Prophet didn’t say there will be a caliphate that is defeated.” The Shattered Afghan Dream of Peace 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z The main goal would be to prevent the Islamic State from re-establishing all or parts of its religious state, or caliphate, in Syria and neighboring Iraq. Trump Said to Favor Leaving a Few Hundred Troops in Eastern Syria 2019-10-20T04:00:00Z His government allowed thousands of jihadis to cross the Turkish border and join the caliphate. Turkey, Syria, the Kurds, and Trump’s Abandonment of Foreign Policy 2019-10-20T04:00:00Z Obviously, in the beginning, there wasn’t much territory; most of it was the caliphate. The Former U.S. ISIS Envoy on Trump and the Crisis in Syria 2019-10-19T04:00:00Z “They were taught to hate the Indonesian state because it is against the caliphate.” At a School for Suicide Bombers’ Children, Dancing, Drawing and Deradicalization 2019-10-18T04:00:00Z But Erdogan, reminding Trump that he had declared the militant “caliphate” nearly defeated, quickly jumped in. In Turkey’s president, Trump seems to have found a soul mate 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z "And guess what? He bombed the living daylights and beat back the entire caliphate in Syria of ISIS. That's a promise he made and a promise he kept." Hannity blasts Democrats and Republicans siding with them over Trump's Syria withdrawal 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z IS once held large parts of Iraq and Syria, where the extremists declared a so-called caliphate in 2014. Iraqi leaders discuss situation in Syria with US official 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z So we needed a ground force if we wanted to cleave back the caliphate and these territories. The Former U.S. ISIS Envoy on Trump and the Crisis in Syria 2019-10-19T04:00:00Z The United States did not destroy the Islamic State’s physical caliphate; the Kurds did, with U.S. support. Opinion | Trump’s Syria debacle 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z Its extremists blitzed through in January 2014, ousting the rebels and setting Manbij as one of the main hubs of their sprawling caliphate. A race for control of Syria's Manbij, with the U.S. nowhere in sight 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z The Kurdish-led SDF was the main force on the ground in the U.S.-backed offensive that recaptured the Syrian lands of Islamic State’s self-proclaimed caliphate, including the group’s de facto capital Raqqa. Power shift: Who gains in the battle for Syria's northeast? 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z In the past two years, courageous U.S. troops cooperated with our Kurdish allies to defeat the deadly Islamic State caliphate. Opinion | Trump’s blunder in Syria is irreparable 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z Mr. Trump declared the Islamic State’s self-proclaimed caliphate destroyed in February. Neocons complain, but Trump’s pro-military supporters back withdrawal from Syria 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z The destruction of the caliphate is not the same as destroying the Islamic State. Opinion | Trump’s Syria debacle 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z The women and children formerly part of the “caliphate” were held in a secure annexe at the Ain Issa camp. Kurds reach deal with Damascus in face of Turkish offensive 2019-10-13T04:00:00Z Loyalists and adversaries alike have accused the administration of abandoning an ally and opening the way for Islamic State’s resurrection, less than a year after Kurdish forces had destroyed the last of their territorial caliphate. Trump orders U.S. troops out of northern Syria; hundreds flee from Islamic State camps 2019-10-13T04:00:00Z The first was when Turkey opened its borders to foreign jihadists entering Syria, which ultimately enabled Isis to build a caliphate the size of Britain in 2014. Trump and Erdoğan risk a resurgent Isis thanks to their recklessness in Syria | Hassan Hassan 2019-10-13T04:00:00Z The “caliphate” is destroyed, but the jihadists still pose a threat, as a new International Crisis Group study shows. The Observer view on Syria: Syria’s new horror was foretold. It shames us all | Observer editorial 2019-10-13T04:00:00Z IS was defeated in Iraq in 2017, then lost the last of its land holdings in Syria in March, marking the end of the extremists’ self-declared caliphate. AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s shoddy info on Syria, impeachment 2019-10-12T04:00:00Z The militant group lost territorial control of its self-proclaimed caliphate earlier this year but is making strenuous efforts to resuscitate its organizational structures across Syria and Iraq. Turkey’s invasion of Syria puts Islamic State fight on hold at a critical time 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z They were swept up in the long and grueling military campaign that eventually dismantled the extremists’ self-styled caliphate, which at its height in 2014 stretched across a third of Syria and Iraq. Turkish invasion raises fears of Islamic State prison break 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z Kurdish forces were the staunchest U.S. allies and the major reason the Islamic State caliphate was destroyed; the reward for their alliance is betrayal to their longtime enemies. Opinion | The consequences of leaving Syria 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z The ragged band of Western hostages, enduring captivity in the heart of Islamic State’s self-proclaimed caliphate, somehow summoned the grim humor to nickname the four guards with distinctive English accents who tormented them daily. Notorious Islamic State 'Beatles' in U.S. custody, but can 11,000 other detainees be held securely? 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z IS controlled large swathes of northern and eastern Syria, where they declared a caliphate in 2014 along with large parts of neighboring Iraq. AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s shoddy info on Syria, impeachment 2019-10-12T04:00:00Z It was the final days of the Islamic State caliphate deep in the country’s southeast, and optimism was high. Reporter's Notebook: In Syria, Fox News was embedded with Kurdish forces battling ISIS 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z But the Islamic State group swept in starting in 2013 and eventually conquered most of the area, establishing the capital of its self-styled caliphate in the northeastern city of Raqqa. Turkish offensive sparks yet another Syrian exodus 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z The United States accomplished its objective in Syria by destroying the Islamic State’s physical caliphate. Opinion | The consequences of leaving Syria 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z The jihadists of IS lost the last remaining square miles of their self-declared caliphate following the battle for Baghuz in Syria in March this year. Could Turkish offensive unleash Islamic State threat? 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z An even greater worry was the thousands of Islamic State prisoners and their families held by the Syrian Kurdish forces after the fall of the militant group’s self-declared caliphate. Turkey launches offensive against U.S.-allied Kurdish forces in northern Syria 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z The Islamic State “caliphate,” eradicated in large part through the efforts of SDF fighters backed by U.S. and allied military support, practiced an extreme and intolerant form of Islam in the areas it controlled. Trump’s Syria pullout endangers Christians, other minorities, Evangelicals warn 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z In March, Kurdish and U.S. forces cleared the last members of the Islamic State group from what was left of their self-declared caliphate, which once sprawled across a large part of Iraq and Syria. US moves Islamic State prisoners as Turkey attacks Syria 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z “Thousands of fighters instantly joined like that, and while we’ve been successful in liberating the caliphate, the physical part of it, we certainly haven’t eliminated the ideologies that drive them.” Kurds resort to human shield ‘sit-ins’ as Turkey amasses forces on border 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z Between 2014-2019 the US-led coalition of around 70 nations conducted a hard-fought and successful military campaign to degrade and eventually destroy the IS caliphate that was terrorising an area roughly the size of Belgium. Could Turkish offensive unleash Islamic State threat? 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z The American presence began in 2014 when President Obama dispatched U.S. forces as part of a mission to defeat the “caliphate” established by the Islamic State, also known as ISIS. World Leaders ready for war as Turkey set to clear ‘terrorists’ from border 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z Earlier this year, the Kurdish-led forces, with backing from a coalition made up of the U.S. and dozens of other countries, took Islamic State’s last territory in Syria and eliminated its caliphate. Why are Syria's Kurds accusing the U.S. of betrayal? 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z After Islamic State emerged in 2014, seizing a third of both Syria and Iraq for its so-called caliphate, Kurdish militias became the most dependable U.S. partners in Syria under both the Obama and Trump administrations. Trump's plan to pull troops back in Syria threatens chaos in the region, sparks GOP revolt 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z “Abandon our allies? That’s a campaign promise? Abandon the people that got the caliphate destroyed?” As impeachment looms, GOP revolts against Trump on Syria 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z There is no internationally accepted mechanism for prosecuting the remnants of the IS caliphate, captured on the battlefield. Could Turkish offensive unleash Islamic State threat? 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z In Syria it lost its last territory in March, marking the end of the extremists’ self-declared caliphate. Trump defends Syria decision as GOP leaders push back 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z So if the caliphate is gone, why is the U.S. still supporting the Kurds? Why are Syria's Kurds accusing the U.S. of betrayal? 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z But the women who poured into the caliphate from over 50 countries responded to a very different call. From ‘our girls’ to ‘brides of Isis’ 2019-10-06T04:00:00Z Today, with the Islamic State’s “caliphate” straddling the Iraq-Syria border defeated and the Kurdish region’s economy steadily improving, things are changing for the Christian minority as well. ‘Chance to thrive’: Iraqi Christians return after decades of hardship 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z US air power, Western special forces and even Iranian-backed Shia Muslim militias all played a part too in dismantling the five-year caliphate that stretched across northern Syria and Iraq. Could Turkish offensive unleash Islamic State threat? 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z The development is troubling after the grinding struggle and sacrifice involved in rolling back the Islamic State group and its self-proclaimed “caliphate” in Iraq and Syria over the past three years. ISIS fighters find refuge, rebuild networks in northern Iraq, Kurdish peshmerga warn 2019-10-02T04:00:00Z Isis was defeated in Iraq in 2017, while in Syria, it lost its last territory in March, marking the end of the extremists’ self-declared caliphate. Isis leader urges members to free detainees from camps 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z Their families had stayed when the Islamic State made their Syrian hometown the capital of its caliphate. From ‘our girls’ to ‘brides of Isis’ 2019-10-06T04:00:00Z In Syria, it lost its last territory in March, marking the end of the extremists self-declared caliphate. IS leader calls on fighters to free detained comrades 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z The US declared it a terror organisation in 2013, a year before it proclaimed a caliphate in areas it controlled. Nigeria denies detaining thousands of children 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z IS controlled large swathes of Syria and Iraq where they declared a caliphate in 2014. US drops 40 tons of bombs on IS-‘infested’ island in Iraq 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z Even before the first responders felt the soft ground of the courtyard, they knew what was underneath: the latest mass grave in Raqqa, the former capital of the Islamic State group’s self-declared “caliphate.” Syria’s Raqqa still finding the dead, 2 years after IS fall 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z The photo was taken near the ruins of the Great Mosque of al-Nuri, where Isis first proclaimed the caliphate in 2014. Carol Guzy’s best photograph: a little girl in the war-ravaged ruins of Mosul 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z The families who arrived between December and March were among the most committed of the group’s followers, Ms. Tsurkov said, choosing to leave only as the last shreds of the caliphate were being bombarded. Guns, Filth and ISIS: Syrian Camp Is ‘Disaster in the Making’ 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z Many women have yet to learn what happened to their husbands or teenage sons when they were carted off by the SDF forces that defeated the caliphate and now man various camps and prisons. At a sprawling tent camp in Syria, ISIS women impose a brutal rule 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z Deep inside the section reserved for foreigners and beyond the control of the camp’s overwhelmed guards, Jabal Baghuz is now the only place where the militant group’s so-called caliphate lives on. Inside al-Hawl camp, the incubator for Islamic State's resurgence 2019-08-31T04:00:00Z That left the Islamic State free to establish a caliphate that was the size of Britain and control the lives of up to 12 million people. Opinion | The fight against terrorism is far from over 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z After he was released from Guantánamo, Mr. Muslimdost wrote a book that was critical of Pakistan, in which he also described a dream about the formation of a global caliphate. As Taliban Talk Peace, ISIS Is Ready to Play the Spoiler in Afghanistan 2019-08-20T04:00:00Z The Islamic State is a Middle East-based guerrilla force that seeks to establish a geographic caliphate. The U.S. is nearing a deal with the Taliban. But another major threat looms in Afghanistan: The Islamic State. 2019-08-20T04:00:00Z About 20,000 women and 50,000 children who had lived under the caliphate are held in dire conditions at the camp, which is operated and guarded by 400 U.S.-supported Kurdish troops. At a sprawling tent camp in Syria, ISIS women impose a brutal rule 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z Many women said they would rather they and their families had died in the remains of the caliphate. Inside al-Hawl camp, the incubator for Islamic State's resurgence 2019-08-31T04:00:00Z We were forced to send troops back into Iraq and Syria to destroy the caliphate. Opinion | The fight against terrorism is far from over 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z In the Islamic State’s 2014 declaration of a caliphate from Iraq, Mr. Muslimdost said he saw the opportunity for the fulfillment of a lifelong dream: that the Muslim world would unite under one government. As Taliban Talk Peace, ISIS Is Ready to Play the Spoiler in Afghanistan 2019-08-20T04:00:00Z Asked Tuesday if the militants were gaining strength, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo noted that the Islamic State’s self-declared caliphate, centered in Iraq and Syria, was gone. The U.S. is nearing a deal with the Taliban. But another major threat looms in Afghanistan: The Islamic State. 2019-08-20T04:00:00Z In some places, children, including an estimated 20,000 born in the caliphate, are literally a captive audience. At a sprawling tent camp in Syria, ISIS women impose a brutal rule 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z Yet every day the former cubs of the caliphate spend in al-Hawl is another day of their childhood gone, making it harder to break the twin cycles of radicalisation and deprivation. Inside al-Hawl camp, the incubator for Islamic State's resurgence 2019-08-31T04:00:00Z The militant group lost its self-proclaimed caliphate in Iraq and Syria earlier this year. The Islamic State is far from defeated. Here’s what you need to know about its affiliate in Afghanistan. - The Washington Post 2019-08-19T04:00:00Z The report credits improved intelligence sharing and the destruction of the so-called caliphate for disrupting the group's ability to consistently export terror to Europe. Islamist terror plots in Europe declining, but schemes getting more 'creative,' analysis says 2019-08-19T04:00:00Z The extremist group, which appeared in Afghanistan shortly after IS swept across Syria and Iraq in 2014, is committed to overthrowing the Afghan government on its path to establishing a global caliphate. Major players shaping troubled Afghanistan’s future 2019-08-18T04:00:00Z But they were the exceptions, not the rule; estimates vary, but 1,300 or more children of European fighters and followers of the self-professed caliphate remain trapped in Syria and Iraq. For ISIS Children, Returning Home to Europe Meets Resistance 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z The United States and Europe must immediately address this urgent national security and humanitarian crisis, before a new caliphate is established while we watch. Opinion | The Islamic State is building Caliphate 2.0 in a Syrian camp 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z This was no longer a call for an independent Kashmir or even for merger with Pakistan; it was a call for a caliphate. Viewpoint: Why Modi's Kashmir move is widely supported 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z The other group believes it must kill “infidels” and create an Islamic “caliphate.” White supremacists and Islamic State recruits have more in common than you might think 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z They are remnants of five millennia of Gaza’s history, from the Bronze Age to the Islamic caliphates and on down to the years of Ottoman and British rule in the 20th century. Gazans struggle to protect antiquities from neglect, looting 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z President Trump confidently predicted the group’s elimination when United States and allied forces took Baghuz, Syria, the last stronghold of the Islamic State’s caliphate, in late March. ISIS, Eyeing Europe, Could Launch Attacks This Year, U.N. Warns 2019-08-03T04:00:00Z According to the United Nations, 65 percent of al-Hol residents are under the age of 12 and 20,000 are under the age of 5, meaning they were born in the first caliphate. Opinion | The Islamic State is building Caliphate 2.0 in a Syrian camp 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z The authors raise concerns about up to 30,000 foreigners who travelled to the “caliphate” to fight and who may still be alive. New wave of terrorist attacks possible before end of year, UN says 2019-08-03T04:00:00Z The so-called “caliphate” was eventually crushed by allied forces but violent remnants remain. ISIS shares shocking video of beheading as children cheer 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z The issue of what to do with the human remnants of the "caliphate" is emerging as a thorny one for UK-US relations. UK 'has responsibility' to prosecute IS fighters 2019-07-30T04:00:00Z Mazloum is coping with a final potential nightmare, which is detention of the 12,000 Islamic State fighters who were captured when the caliphate was crushed. Opinion | Instead of thanks, a critical U.S. ally faces only more threats 2019-07-25T04:00:00Z The Iraqi government announced its victory over the Islamic State’s caliphate in late 2017, a month after security forces ran the militants out of Qaim, located on the east bank of the Euphrates River. Hundreds of Islamic State militants are slipping back into Iraq. Their fight isn’t over. 2019-07-21T04:00:00Z Krekar founded the now-defunct Ansar al-Islam insurgent group of Sunni Kurds, which aimed to install an Islamic caliphate in Iraqi Kurdistan. Norway holds Muslim cleric for 4 weeks after Italy trial 2019-07-18T04:00:00Z Krekar, who earlier refused to travel to Italy, fearing extradition to Iraq, was Monday found guilty in Bolzano of attempting to overthrow the Kurdish government in northern Iraq and create an Islamic caliphate. Norway holds Muslim cleric for 4 weeks after Italy trial 2019-07-18T04:00:00Z The agency tweeted hours after an Italian court found Krekar guilty of attempting to overthrow the Kurdish government in northern Iraq and create an Islamic caliphate, and sentenced him to 12 years. Norway arrests Muslim cleric after Italian terror trial 2019-07-16T04:00:00Z The city was the de facto capital of the Islamic State group’s so-called Islamic caliphate, which spanned territories in Syria and Iraq. Workers recover hundreds of bodies from Syrian mass grave 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z Iraq declared victory against IS in July 2017, after its military regained control of the country’s second-largest city, Mosul, three years after it was seized by extremists bent on building a global caliphate. Iraq says it deserves more global support in rebuilding 2019-06-29T04:00:00Z About 8,000 of the children now living in the camp are foreigners — from dozens of countries around the world — who were either born in the caliphate or relocated there by their parents. New suffering for the children of the ISIS caliphate as hunger and sickness spread 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z “Managing the aftermath of the fall of ISIS’s so-called caliphate is a historic challenge,” a State Department official told me last week. America’s ISIS Members Are Coming Home 2019-06-11T04:00:00Z He was acquitted, claiming he indeed wanted to work with Islamic State, but stopped when he realized the Islamist militant group was more concerned with establishing a caliphate than vanquishing the government. Syrian rebel leader’s death spurs debate about his legacy 2019-06-11T04:00:00Z In so doing, it has followed the same path as other deeply conservative groups in Indonesia, including Hizbut Tahrir, which seeks a caliphate and was banned last year. When disaster hits, Indonesia’s Islamists are first to help 2019-06-10T04:00:00Z A book on the administration of a caliphate published by Isis was retrieved from the body of one ADF fighter. Isis claims sub-Saharan attacks in a sign of African ambitions 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z The suspects, in turn, tried to paint a benign picture of their role in the so-called caliphate. Inside the Iraqi courts sentencing foreign Isis fighters to death 2019-06-02T04:00:00Z Yet simply figuring out what each individual did in the caliphate—a “state” that no longer physically exists—is a time-consuming challenge. America’s ISIS Members Are Coming Home 2019-06-11T04:00:00Z The two developments point to the enormous legacy of the Islamic State and its “caliphate,” which once spanned a third of both Iraq and Syria. World Digest: May 29, 2019 2019-05-29T04:00:00Z Walking a fine line, the front doesn’t propose that Indonesia become a caliphate, which would put it in direct confrontation with Indonesia’s civil law-based constitution. When disaster hits, Indonesia’s Islamists are first to help 2019-06-10T04:00:00Z The PMF’s key role in helping roll back Islamic State’s once-massive “caliphate” in Iraq and Syria is a key to its enduring influence in Iraqi military and political circle. Iraq Shia militias main threat as U.S.-Iran tension soars 2019-05-29T04:00:00Z Since the defeat of the Islamic State’s territorial “caliphate,” these militants had been itching to turn their sights on the 5,000 U.S. troops who remain in Iraq, with the goal of driving them out. Perspective | This is how easily the U.S. and Iran could blunder into war 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z So far, however, the United States has taken back only about a third of the known Americans who survived the caliphate. America’s ISIS Members Are Coming Home 2019-06-11T04:00:00Z “He appeared as a commander of hardened mujahideen, of an insurgency group, not the pampered leader of a well-off caliphate,” said Katz. Instructions from headquarters: Islamic State's new guerrilla manual 2019-05-24T04:00:00Z As with Williams, Smith’s wholly Americanized Genie is just one indicator that Agrabah is closer in spirit to a California theme park than a real caliphate. Review | The best things about the new ‘Aladdin’? A super-feminist Jasmine, and Will Smith’s street-smart Genie. 2019-05-22T04:00:00Z "They believe in the caliphate here and then they believe in paradise. And that's where they're all going," he said of terrorists' beliefs. 'American Taliban' John Walker Lindh will 'get back into Jihad' after his release, Rob O'Neill says 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z IS, known in the Arab world as Daesh, was driven from its last stronghold at Baghuz in Syria in March after a massive multinational military campaign, effectively spelling the end of its self-declared "caliphate". Iraq's Christians 'close to extinction' 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z But it is struggling to decide what to do with them - and how to identify those with genuine IS links and those simply caught up in its caliphate. Iraq weighs captives' rights against fear of new Islamic State 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z In Syria, after the Islamic State lost its self-declared caliphate, Bolton said U.S. troops would stay in the country until the last Iranian went home. Trump’s plaintive but welcome message to Iran: Can we talk? 2019-05-19T04:00:00Z The caliphate has fallen, but the P.M.F. remains a powerful and divisive militia in Iraq. Is Trump Yet Another U.S. President Provoking a War? 2019-05-13T04:00:00Z Authorities say dozens were drawn towards IS after the extremist group declared a caliphate in Syria and Iraq in 2014. The family networks behind the Sri Lanka bombings 2019-05-10T04:00:00Z BEIRUT, Lebanon — Many of them were barely school age when their parents took them to the Islamic State’s so-called caliphate in Iraq and Syria. Is a Child of ISIS Just a Child? Or a Time Bomb? 2019-05-08T04:00:00Z But the U.S.-led coalition ultimately defeated the Islamic State and reclaimed virtually 100% of its “caliphate,” which once encompassed much of Iraq and Syria, including a number of major cities. al-Shabab Somalia stronghold intact despite effort to defeat terror group 2019-05-08T04:00:00Z The terrorist threat to Britain is radically different today from what it was at the outset of the Islamic State group's caliphate five years ago, according to senior Whitehall officials. UK terror threat: How has it changed? 2019-05-07T04:00:00Z With the fall of the caliphate, the west clearly won a battle. The caliphate is gone, but Islamic State has a new plan | Nicolas Hénin 2019-05-07T04:00:00Z The senior government official said the group - now physically decimated in Syria and Iraq - sees the island as "part of their caliphate". The family networks behind the Sri Lanka bombings 2019-05-10T04:00:00Z Several countries require children born in the caliphate to undergo DNA testing to prove their parentage, and therefore their citizenship, before repatriation. Is a Child of ISIS Just a Child? Or a Time Bomb? 2019-05-08T04:00:00Z The Brotherhood was founded in Egypt in 1928 by Hassan al-Banna, a school teacher and preacher who called for a religious revival and the establishment of a caliphate under sharia law. Explainer: Who is targeting the Muslim Brotherhood? 2019-05-03T04:00:00Z Moreover, babies born in the time of the caliphate lack official Iraqi birth certificates, meaning the children have no government recognition and could be shut out of Iraq’s education system forever. Iraq is pushing to build an isolation camp for 30,000 Iraqis who lived under ISIS in Syria 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z In 2014, he wore an expensive-looking watch and a neatly trimmed beard and urged Muslims around the world to swear allegiance to the group’s self-proclaimed caliphate and obey him as its leader. IS leader outlines path forward for his group post-caliphate 2019-05-01T04:00:00Z “The video of al-Baghdadi - the Caliph without a caliphate - is to be considered with caution at this stage. French services are analyzing it,” Florence Parly said on Twitter. France says Islamic State Baghdadi video should be treated with... 2019-04-30T04:00:00Z A video released late on Monday by Islamic State’s media network showed a man it said was Baghdadi in what would be his first appearance since he declared the jihadists’ now-defunct “caliphate” five years ago. Iraq says Islamic State remains threat, leader Baghdadi filmed... 2019-04-30T04:00:00Z After U.S.-backed forces defeated the IS and the militants lost their self-styled “caliphate,” many IS families and those of civilians who lived under the group’s rule were put in camps for the displaced. Charity: Iraq excludes 45,000 children born under IS rule 2019-04-30T04:00:00Z The Iraqi families had spent years living under the Islamic State’s self-declared caliphate, moving to Syria as the militants lost their Iraqi foothold and then leaving the proto-state only as it crumbled. Iraq is pushing to build an isolation camp for 30,000 Iraqis who lived under ISIS in Syria 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z Over the next seven years, he converted the jihadi movement into the Islamic State caliphate, with tens of thousands of fighters recruited from more than eighty countries. Baghdadi Is Back—and Vows the Islamic State Will Be, Too 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z Monday’s video was the first to portray him since he appeared in a video filmed in March 2014 at a mosque in Mosul, Iraq, declaring the establishment of an Islamic State “caliphate” there. Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, ISIS leader, appears in video for first time in 5 years 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z The recent Isis so-called caliphate is a good example of what goes wrong. From 9/11 to Sri Lanka: the terrorists’ deadly message we have failed to grasp 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z Many of the women are believed to be in Syria, where they were forced to have children with their captors in the now defunct IS “caliphate”. Iraq: Yazidis to accept survivors of IS rape, not children 2019-04-28T04:00:00Z But the project in Padas is also linked to the defeat of the Islamic State’s self-proclaimed caliphate in Iraq and Syria and the Pentagon’s race to stop its resurgence in other parts of the globe. For U.S. Commandos in the Philippines, a Water Pump Is a New Weapon Against ISIS 2019-04-27T04:00:00Z Last month, IS lost the last area it controlled in eastern Syria marking the end of the so-called caliphate. Monitors: US-led coalition killed 1,600 civilians in Raqqa 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z Last month, the coalition-backed Syrian Democratic Forces alliance captured the last pocket of land held by the jihadists, bringing a formal end to their "caliphate". Strikes on Raqqa 'killed 1,600 civilians' 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z Taken together, this meant the caliphate was never likely to survive for very long. From 9/11 to Sri Lanka: the terrorists’ deadly message we have failed to grasp 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z As the caliphate was being crushed by a coalition of powerful nations, Isis media declared the group’s intention to step up external operations. From Christchurch to Colombo, Islamists and the far right are playing a deadly duet | Scott Atran 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z President Trump has, on different occasions, declared the caliphate defeated and destroyed. Sri Lankan Easter bombings, claimed by ISIS, show the group maintains influence even though its caliphate is gone 2019-04-22T04:00:00Z He pushed for global attacks as the caliphate lost its territory. ISIS Still Has Global Reach, Despite the Caliphate’s Collapse 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z Mosul was home to two million people before being overrun in 2014 by IS, which proclaimed a “caliphate” stretching into neighboring Syria. Alcohol shops in Mosul reopen two years after its recapture from IS 2019-04-23T04:00:00Z Their pleas to return home point to the question of what to do with the men and women who joined the caliphate. After IS fall, some women who joined plead to come home 2019-04-22T04:00:00Z Their pleas to return home point to the thorny question of what to do with the men and women who joined the caliphate and their children. In camp of diehard IS supporters, some women express regrets 2019-04-23T04:00:00Z That suggests that “even they will accede to the notion that the physical caliphate, at least in Iraq and Syria, is gone,” said Ali, now a visiting professor at the University of Michigan. Sri Lankan Easter bombings, claimed by ISIS, show the group maintains influence even though its caliphate is gone 2019-04-22T04:00:00Z Sri Lanka is about three thousand miles away from ISIS’s fallen caliphate—and twice as far from New Zealand. ISIS Still Has Global Reach, Despite the Caliphate’s Collapse 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z Their pleas to return home point to the thorny question of what to do with the men and women who joined the caliphate and their children. In camp of diehard IS supporters, some women express regrets 2019-04-22T04:00:00Z “We should not mistake the defeat of the physical caliphate with that of the virtual caliphate,” Ms. Monaco said. Sri Lanka Was Warned of Possible Attacks. Why Didn’t It Stop Them? 2019-04-22T04:00:00Z According to the Islamic State’s own literature, the religious empire it calls a caliphate is divided into 35 “wilayats” or provinces, 16 of which are outside Iraq and Syria. ISIS, After Laying Groundwork, Gains Toehold in Congo 2019-04-20T04:00:00Z “But the notion of the Islamic State still exists. You don’t need a physical caliphate to be beholden to the group.” Sri Lankan Easter bombings, claimed by ISIS, show the group maintains influence even though its caliphate is gone 2019-04-22T04:00:00Z The numbers were highest in the parts of Iraq that were swept up in the Islamic State’s caliphate. Trump to help Iraq Christians punish Islamic State 2019-04-18T04:00:00Z Mr. Prabowo says he has been wrongly accused of wanting to turn Indonesia into an Islamic caliphate. In Indonesia’s Election Campaign, a Dictator’s Son-in-Law Rails Against ‘Elites’ 2019-04-16T04:00:00Z I asked if she still believed in the caliphate. The Dangerous Dregs of ISIS 2019-04-16T04:00:00Z “They see corruption all around them and say that it is only Shariah and restoring a caliphate that will be able to fix society.” Faith Politics on the Rise as Indonesian Islam Takes a Hard-Line Path 2019-04-15T04:00:00Z “That is why many terrorism experts urged care and restraint on the administration in making claims about defeat of ISIS. The ideology underpinning the caliphate has reach far beyond Iraq and Syria.” Sri Lankan Easter bombings, claimed by ISIS, show the group maintains influence even though its caliphate is gone 2019-04-22T04:00:00Z U.S.-backed forces proclaimed the capture of Islamic State’s last territory in Syria last month, eliminating its rule over a caliphate it had proclaimed in Iraq and Syria in 2014. Red Cross seeks news on fate of three staff missing in Syria since... 2019-04-15T04:00:00Z With the end of the caliphate in Syria, ISIS-Y hopes to gain more territory, more popular support, analysts and tribal leaders said. With the ISIS caliphate defeated in Syria, an Islamist militant rivalry takes root in Yemen 2019-04-13T04:00:00Z “Still,” she said, “there’s a caliphate in our hearts.” The Dangerous Dregs of ISIS 2019-04-16T04:00:00Z |
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