This paper quantifies the direct and indirect economic effects of the Syrian war and the advance of the Islamic State on six Levant countries -- the Arab Republic of Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, the ...

Kurdish-led authorities who run a sprawling camp for Islamic State-linked prisoners in northeast Syria are preparing the ...

Routed from its self-proclaimed caliphate in Syria and Iraq by a U.S. military-led coalition more than five years ago, the Islamic State has focused on seizing territory in the Middle East more than ...

A law has been passed in Iraq that would legalise the marriage of children as young as nine. Three divisive laws have now ...

An Iraqi soldiers walks past a Islamic State logo inside a tunnel formerly used as a training facility by jihadist fighters ...

The Islamic State, also known as ISIS, poses a threat to European security as demonstrated by the terrorist attacks in Paris and Brussels. In the past year, the terrorist group ...

The FBI said Shamsud-Din Jabbar made videos declaring his support for Islamic State. The terror group's flag was also found.

According to NBC, people affiliated with the Islamic State group worked as human smugglers in Central Asia. However, it was ...

Four members of the Islamic State, including two senior leaders, were killed in an airstrike carried out by Iraqi aircraft in the Hamrin Mountains in eastern Iraq, security officials said on Saturday.

At its height, the group controlled a huge swath of Mideast territory and ruled over millions. Today, its brutal ideology still powers offshoots and inspires "lone wolves." ...

At least 10 people were killed in eastern Congo by extremist rebels linked to the Islamic State group, a local official said ...

Iraq's parliament has passed a controversial law which would allow for the legalisation of girls as young as nine to be ...