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August 21, 2016

Iraq executes 36 men convicted in ISIS massacre of hundreds of soldiers

Iraq has executed 36 men convicted of taking part in the Islamic State group's massacre of hundreds of soldiers in 2014, according to Iraqi officials.

August 16, 2016

Convoy of ISIS fighters allowed to leave key Syrian city

A couple hundred vehicles of Islamic State (ISIS) fighters were allowed to leave the northern Syrian city of Manbij as U.S.-backed forces seized the town in recent days because the militants had civilians with them, according to a U.S. military official.

August 16, 2016

Russian warplanes take off from Iran to target ISIS in Syria

Russian warplanes took off on Tuesday from a base in Iran to target Islamic State fighters and other militants in Syria, the US military confirmed -- a move seen as a widening of Moscow's bombing campaign, while drawing Russia and Iran closer as the Obama administration is seeking greater cooperation with Moscow in its fight against the radical insurgents.

August 16, 2016

Refugee who came to Maine died fighting for ISIS

An Iranian Muslim man who came to Maine as a refugee in 2009 was fighting for ISIS when he was killed last year in Lebanon, investigators said on Tuesday.

August 16, 2016

ISIS reportedly rigs hospitals with bombs after escaping Syrian city

Before Islamic State fighters gave up control of a northern Syrian stronghold less than a week ago, they left behind explosive dangers including booby traps in hospitals, an American aid worker told The Daily Beast on Tuesday.

August 16, 2016

Islamist preacher Anjem Choudary guilty of inviting support for ISIS

A prominent Islamist preacher in Britain faces up to 10 years in prison after he was convicted in July of inviting support for ISIS – a verdict that was only made public Tuesday after a judicially-imposed reporting ban.

August 15, 2016

Russia: In talks with US over partnering to calm crisis in Aleppo, Syria

Russia's defense minister said Monday that Moscow and Washington were edging closer to an agreement that would help defuse the crisis in the besieged Syrian city of Aleppo -- and the State Department did not deny it.

August 15, 2016

ISIS gets know-nothing recruits and rejoices

The jihadi employment form asked the recruits, on a scale of 1 to 3, to rate their knowledge of Islam. And the Islamic State applicants, herded into a hangar somewhere at the Syria-Turkey border, turned out to be overwhelmingly ignorant.

August 15, 2016

US-backed Iraqi Kurds take back villages outside ISIS hub Mosul

Iraqi Kurdish forces say they have retaken five villages east of the Islamic State-held city of Mosul in an operation launched early Sunday.

August 14, 2016

Iraqi Kurds advance near ISIS-held city

Iraqi Kurdish forces say they have retaken five villages east of the Islamic State-held city of Mosul in an operation launched early Sunday.