The radical Islamist group controlled land stretching from central Syria all the way to the outskirts of Baghdad including major cities like Mosul, Fallujah, Tikrit, and Raqqa. The map of ISIS ...

but the militants have continued their drive towards eliminating shrines and tombs in areas throughout their control. According to ISIS, the veneration of these tombs is just one of the many ways ...

ISIS members were on the move in Al Kum area, south of the city of Raqqa, he added. Within a few hours, the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces said it had taken “comprehensive and controlled ...

Some accuse mostly Sunni populations in ISIS-controlled areas of sympathizing with the Islamist militants. He urged the tribal sheikhs to advise those who remained in their areas to “commit to ...