By Rukmini Callimachi / New York Times American-backed forces took the last remnant of territory under Islamic State rule in Syria, but signs of the group’s resurgence are already visible. A four-year military operation to flush the Islamic State from its territory in Iraq and Syria ended Continue Reading
ISIS Is Ready for a Resurgence
By Hassan Hassan For nearly a year, Islamic State–watchers had wondered whether Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the group, was alive. Then, on Wednesday, he resurfaced for the first time in 11 months, releasing a recorded speech to mark the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha. In the 55-minute Continue Reading
ISIS Member Arrested in Sacramento, U.S. Says
By Matt Stevens and Gabe Cohn Federal authorities said Wednesday they had arrested an Iraqi citizen and longtime member of Al Qaeda and the Islamic State who fled after killing an Iraqi police officer in 2014, eventually settling in Sacramento as a purported refugee. The man, Omar Ameen, 45, is Continue Reading
A New American Leader Rises in ISIS
By Seamus Hughes, Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens and Bennet Clifford The clues are out there, if you know where to look. Scattered across far-flung corners of the internet, there is evidence that Zulfi Hoxha, the son of an Albanian-American pizza-shop owner from New Jersey, had sinister Continue Reading
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