The headlines told the story. In late June 2014, the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) was supposedly “celebrating” its “birthday,” the one-year anniversary of declaring itself an “Islamic ...

ISIL (ISIS) has claimed responsibility for an attack on the Syrian army, representing the armed group’s first strike at government forces since the fall of Bashar al-Assad, according to analysts. In a ...

WASHINGTON, (Jan. 13, 2016) -- Delivering a lasting defeat to the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, or ISIL, must be a global effort, and coalition partners and others must step up their ...

Recent gains by Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Iraq and Syria mark major setbacks in the nearly year-old campaign against the group. These developments undermine Obama administration ...

Around this time last year, President Obama addressed the U.S. public to outline his administration’s policy towards the Islamic State. It was a speech that Obama was no doubt reluctant to make given ...

If there were a contest today for breaking the record of human rights violations, the gold medal for “most significant abuses in the name of religion” would surely go to ISIL. Over the last two years, ...

WASHINGTON—The Islamic State's claim of responsibility for the attacks in Paris has potentially dramatic implications in the U.S., where federal counterterrorism officials are investigating hundreds ...

FACT CHECK: Did President Obama "admit" during remarks he delivered at the Pentagon that the United States was "training ISIL"? Claim: President Obama "admitted" during a Pentagon speech that the ...

Celebrating last week’s victory by Iraqi government forces over the Islamic State terrorist group still feels a little premature. Yes, retaking the provincial capital of Ramadi, the largest city to be ...