Islamic State turned Mosul into city of terror and darkness
By LORI HINNANT She survived the first stone that struck her, then the second. One of the Islamic State group’s […]
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
Islamic State group leader rallies his fighters in Mosul
By ADAM SCHRECK The shadowy leader of the Islamic State group has released a new message urging his followers to
In battle for Iraq’s Mosul, many forces with many motives
By SUSANNAH GEORGE and LEE KEATH An unlikely array of forces is converging on the city of Mosul, lining up
Islamic State kills dozens of its own in hunt for spies
By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and BASSEM MROUE In March, a senior commander with the Islamic State group was driving through northern
Family says daughter raped repeatedly while held by IS
By KEN DILANIAN American hostage Kayla Mueller was repeatedly forced to have sex with Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of
IS top command dominated by ex-officers in Saddam’s army
By HAMZA HENDAWI and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA While attending the Iraqi army’s artillery school nearly 20 years ago, Ali Omran remembers
An IS secret to success: Shock troops who fight to the death
By HAMZA HENDAWI, QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and BASSEM MROUE They are the Islamic State group’s elite shock troops. Fanatical and disciplined,
US looking into whether hostage was kept by IS leader
By LOLITA C. BALDOR and KEN DILANIAN U.S. intelligence agencies are investigating the possibility that the Islamic State militant leader