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The article discusses the planning for the terrorist attacks in Paris, France on November 13, 2015 which included suicide bombings and shooting sprees. Emphasis is given to topics such as the arrest of alleged terrorist Salah Abdeslam, the operations and communication via cellphones of a terrorist network affiliated with the Islamic State organization, and the focus of terrorist tactics and training in using explosives with triacetone triperoxide to maximize carnage.

The article reports on the guerrilla attacks being conducted by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in their countries in 2019. Topics discussed include U.S. President Donald Trump's order to cut back American support for Syrian partner forces; the alleged investments of ISIS in various businesses such as cannabis, car dealership and fish farming; and the existence of ISIS in other regions such as West Africa and Sinai.

The article focuses on the plan of U.S. President Donald Trump to keep U.S. troops in Iraq to monitor and maintain pressure on Iran despite plans to withdraw troops from Syria and Afghanistan. Negotiations are being held between the U.S. and Iraq on the relocation of U.S. commandos and support troops from Syria to Iraq to strike the Islamic State from there. Criticisms from Iraqi officials and senior U.S. officers and diplomats to the plan are also cited.

The article discusses France's aerial bombing of the terrorist organization the Islamic State in Raqqa, Syria, in coordination with the U.S., in response to the November 13, 2015 terrorist attack in Paris, France. An overview of the French President François Hollande's perspective on the Islamic State is provided.

The article focuses on rise in attacks of Islamic State in Iraq in 2020, which raised question of how to respond to the Islamic State's quiet resurgence and continued American troop presence in Iraq.

The article reports on blames from U.S. on Iraqi militia with ties to Iran and bombed several group's bases and mentions that Iran had fired missiles at American forces and shot down passenger jet killing several people.

The article reports that the Islamic State strongholds in Syria and Iraq where Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and his allies lived, there was bitterness at the news that the head of the Islamic State had died.

The article offers information on the French national Emilie König, who went to Syria to join Islamic extremists of the organization Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), and her desire to come back to France, discussing the challenges that this situation creates for France.

The article reports on Abdelbaki Essati, the suspected imam who was the responsible of terrorist attacks in and near Barcelona, Spain, highlighting his techniques in bombings and his methods in choosing young recruits to join the terrorist group Islamic State (ISIS).

The article discusses the series of terrorist attacks in the Spanish region of Catalonia leaving the people dead and injured. It states that the terrorist group Islamic State was the responsibility for the attack wherein the civilians and a police officer were injured. It also notes that the recent European terrorist attacks have been opportunistic hit and runs by individuals.

The article reports on the consideration of the death of a service member in the northern part of Syria as the first combat death for the U.S. military on November 24, 2016. Topics discussed include the support given by Russia and Iran to the government of Syria, the statement of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights regarding the combat aircraft of Syria, and the death of the Turkish troops in fights against the Islamic State (ISIS) in Syria.

The article reports on the growing concerns over radicalized French women plotting attacks in France, highlighting the active role of women in plotting and carrying attacks for the Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist organizations as men are under surveillance. It mentions that women who are involved in the activities and the terrorist organizations are converts and those who tried but failed to travel to Syria, with younger ones appear to be emotionally disturbed.

The article offers information on how the trials of seven French citizens, who were among the 4,000 foreigners captured in Iraq and Syria after the rout of ISIS, have drawn world attention as a test of whether courts in Iraq can meet fair trial's international standards in 2019.

The article reports on the kidnapping of Iraqi truffle hunters by the Islamic State as of March 20, 2019, with topics including the case of Sunni Muslim Mohaned Salah Yasseen who was freed after paying ransom and the killing of Shiite Muslim hunters.

The article presents information on the psychological history of delivery driver Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel who ran over and killed hundreds of people using a cargo truck in Nice, France. Topics include Bouhlel's inclination for violence and alleged psychosis, accounts of his short temper, and the exploitation of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) on emotionally unstable individuals. It also discusses how Bouhlel was a wife beater, womanizer, and obsessed with his appearance.

The article reports on a truck that barreled at high speed along Promenade des Anglais in Nice, France during the Bastille Day celebration that killed many people and wounded others. Topics include plans of extending the state of national emergency in France and reports about the truck driver as a French national of Tunisian origin. Also cited are Islamic State (ISIS) support groups such as the United Cyber Caliphate, huge holiday crowds during the Nice attack and the 2016 Euro soccer games.

The article discusses counterterrorism efforts to detect potential terrorists within the context of the June 2016 Orlando, Florida Pulse night club massacre by Omar Mateen and the killing of a couple in northern France by terrorist organization Islamic State (IS) adherent Larossi Abballa in June. An overview of French authorities' investigation of Abballa in 2011 for belonging to a terrorist organization is provided.

The article discusses the adherent of the terrorist organization the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) Larossi Abballa's murder of an off duty police officer and his female companion in Magnanville, France. Abballa's posting of the murders on the web resource Facebook is discussed.

The article discusses the terrorist group Islamic State in Iraq and Syria's (ISIS's) initial plot to attack Paris, France rather than Brussels, Belgium in March 2016, despite carrying out an attack on the latter city. An overview of the Belgian authorities' terrorism investigation into the Brussels attack, including the intelligence received from the arrest of ISIS terrorist Mohamed Abrini, is provided.

The article discusses the threat of terrorism following the coordinated nail bombings at the airports and train station in Brussels, Belgium. It highlights the effort of the authorities to ensure the safety of the public against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). It also cites the bomb found during a search of the airport.

The article discusses how several Belgian government officials have acknowledged that miscommunications and other errors occurred in the lead-up to the suicide bombings that occurred in Brussels, Belgium in 2016, and it mentions how evidence has emerged which links the Belgian attack to the Islamic State extremist group and the terrorist assaults that took place in Paris, France in 2015. A Turkish government alert about a Belgian who was arrested on suspicion of terrorist activity is examined.

The article focuses on the terrorist attacks that took place at the Zaventem Airport and Maelbeek Metro Station in Brussels, Belgium, on March 22, 2016. The authors explain that brothers Khalid and Ibrahim el-Bakraoui partook in the attack as suicide bombers, note that one of them had been deported back to Belgium from Turkey in 2015, and examine their affiliation with the terrorist organization the Islamic State, also known as ISIS or ISIL.

The article reports on the discovery of a suspect linked to the attackers in Paris, France on November 13, 2015 with a surveillance footage of a high-ranking nuclear official from Belgium. Topics discussed include the fear on the attempt of the Islamic State in obtaining radioactive material, the confirmation made by federal prosecutor spokesman Thierry Werts regarding the existence of the footage, and iridium-192 material identified as missing by the International Atomic Energy Agency.

The article reports on the knife attacked carried out by the Islamic State in Paris, France that killed one and wounded four others in May 2018.

The article discusses Iraqi president Fuad Masum's nomination of Shiite Muslim political leader Haider al-Abadi as prime minister of Iraq, highlighting Iraqi prime minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki's refusal to step down as prime minister. Topics addressed include allegations regarding Maliki's role in fueling sectarian tensions in the country and the rise of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) Sunni Muslim extremist organization, as well as U.S. responses to political instability in Iraq.

The article discusses conditions for Yazidi refugees fleeing attacks from Sunnite Muslim militants aligned with the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) extremist organization in Iraq. Topics addressed include U.S. airstrikes and humanitarian assistance airdrops aimed at protecting the Yazidis, a lack of supplies for the refugees, and ISIS's campaign throughout Iraq's Kurdistan region.

The article discusses U.S. president Barack Obama's ordering of airstrikes against Sunni muslim militants in Iraq aligned with Islamic extremist organization the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS). Topics addressed include U.S. efforts to stop ISISs' advance towards the Kurdish capital city of Erbil, Iraq, as well as Obama's concerns that failing to act could lead to a situation similar to the 2012 attack of the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya.

The article discusses U.S. drone aircraft strikes and F-18 fighter jet strikes against Sunni Muslim militants in Iraq aligned with the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) Islamic extremist organization. Topics addressed include U.S. efforts to stop ISIS's advance toward the Kurdish capital city of Erbil, Iraq, as well as U.S. president Barack Obama's reasoning for authorizing the strikes.

The article discusses the efforts of the U.S. military's Central Command and security forces in Iraq to exploit fragmentation of Sunni extremist groups in Iraq that have aligned with the militant groups Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and the Baath Party. Topics include the militants' focus on the government of Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki, research conducted by U. S Intelligence officials, and provinces battling with the extremists.

The article discusses Shiite militias responses to a Sunni Muslim insurgency in Iraq affiliated with the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) extremist organization as of July 9, 2014. Topics addressed include the presence of Shiite militias in areas around the Iraqi city of Samarra, as well as the significance of defending a Shiite shrine in Samarra.

The article discusses assessments by U.S. and other Western officials that indicate that the Iraqi Army will be unable to effectively control a Sunni Muslim insurgency aligned with the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) extremist organization as of June 23, 2014. Topics addressed include Iraqi cities that have been captured by ISIS militants, the strength of ISIS' personnel and assets, and the possibility that ISIS fighters could reach the Iraqi capital of Baghdad.

The article reports on the June 2014 killings of Sunni prisoners in Iraq held in prisons controlled by the Shiite government, possibly in response to violence caused by Sunni militants and with the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militant organization. Topics discussed include the possibility that the country will return to civil war, the spread of violence into the city of Baghdad, Iraq, and that the U.S. military is no longer in the country following the end of the Iraq War in 2011.

The article discusses claims made by Sunni Muslim militants from the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) extremist organization that the group had executed 1,700 Shiite Muslim Iraqi soldiers as of June 15, 2014. Topics addressed include photographs of the alleged killings that the group posted on the Internet, concerns that the claims could escalate sectarian conflict in Iraq, and the Iraqi government's response to the photographs.

The article discusses Shiite Muslims in Iraq joining militias in order to fight against Sunni Muslim militants aligned with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) extremist organization who have captured a number of Iraqi cities as of June 14, 2014. Topics addressed include Shiite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani's calls for opposition to the Sunni militants, as well as the responses of the Iraqi Army and the government of Iraqi prime minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki.

The article discusses calls by Shiite Muslim cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani for Shiite Muslims in Iraq to take up armed opposition against Sunni Muslim militants aligned with extremist organization Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) who have captured a number of cities in Iraq as of June 14, 2014. Topics addressed include a possible U.S. and Iranian responses to the conflict in Iraq, as well the responses of Shiite militias and the Iraqi Army.

The article reports on the claims of the terrorist group Islamic State (ISIS) two young men, including Adel Kermiche, who killed the Reverend Jacques Hamel by slitting his throat inside the Église St.-Étienne church in Normandy, France, were ISIS soldiers.

The article reports that the Islamic State, a Salafi jihadist militant group, has claimed responsibility for the terrorist attack in Nice, France on July 14, 2016, stating that Tunisian attacker Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel was one of the soldiers of the group.

The article reports that a Belgian court sentenced several people for their involvement in an aborted terrorist plot in 2015 believed to have been organized by Abdelhamid Abaaoud, a Belgian operative for the terrorist group Islamic State.

The article reports on the expansion of gun rules in France to allow off-duty police officers to carry their sidearms despite not being in a state of emergency, a response to an attach in which an Islamic State terrorist group member fatally stabbed a policeman and his companion at home.

The article reports on the move of the terrorist group Islamic State (ISIS), claiming responsibility for the murders of a police captain and his companion in Paris, France on June 13, 2016.

The article reports on the spies of Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist organization in Great Britain, Italy, and Germany, focusing on warning by U.S. intelligence official James R. Clapper Jr. on the terrorist cell operations of ISIS similar to groups that attacked Paris, France and Brussels, Belgium.

The article reports on the return of the 16-year-old pregnant teenager Marilyn Nevalainen to Sweden who left the country to follow her boyfriend for life under the militant group Islamic State (ISIS).

The article reports on two groups of medical students and young doctors who were recruited by former medical student Mohammed Fakhri al-Khabass from Middlesbrough, England of Palestinian descent, to join the terrorist group Islamic State (ISIS), according to a report on July 17, 2015.

The article reports on the normal resumption of the television broadcasting of French television broadcaster TV5 Monde on April 9, 2015 following an unprecedented attack by self-proclaimed Islamic State militants.

The article reports on the statement of the U.S. Department of Defense regarding the temporary interruption made by the airstrikes against Sunni militants however does not stop the offenses made by the terrorist group Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.

The article reports on the militant advances of the terrorist group Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in Iraq and its repellence to the Kurdish pesh merga forces in the Qara Qosh village.

The article reports that the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIS), jihadist group active in Iraq and Syria have gained the leadership votes in Baghdad, Iraq wherein the National Alliance was discouraged on the prospect of voting.

The article focuses on the questions asked by members of Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) to Muslims in Iraq to distinguish between Shiites and Sunnis such as what is their name, where do they live, and how do they pray.

The article reports on Iraqi rebels led by militant group Islamic State in Iraq and Syria who stalled 60 miles north of the capital of Baghdad on June 14, 2014 for a second day raising residents to brace for a siege that so far has not happened.