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Army Names 2 Iowa Guard Members Killed in Syria

Governor orders flags in state to fly at half-staff

(Newser) - The two Iowa National Guard members killed in a weekend attack in Syria that the US military blamed on the Islamic State group were identified Monday. The US Army named them as Sgt. Edgar Brian Torres-Tovar, 25, of Des Moines, and Sgt. William Nathaniel Howard, 29, of Marshalltown, the AP...

2 US Soldiers, Interpreter Killed on Joint Patrol in Syria

Trump blames attack on Islamic State and pledges retaliation

(Newser) - An ambush on a joint US-Syrian patrol in the Syrian city of Palmyra killed two American soldiers and a US civilian interpreter on Saturday, according to the Pentagon and Syria's state news agency. Three American soldiers and two Syrian security personnel were wounded by an attacker US Central Command...

US Raid Killed Undercover Syrian, Not ISIS Official: Family

Relatives, Syrian officials say Khaled al-Masoud had spied for years on extremist group

(Newser) - A raid by US forces and a local Syrian group aiming to capture an Islamic State official instead killed a man who'd been working undercover gathering intelligence on the extremists, family and Syrian officials tell the AP . The October killing underscores the complex political and security landscape as the...

Feds: Michigan Terror Plot Targeted LGBTQ+ Bars

Suspects are accused of scouting bars, stockpiling weapons, and training for ISIS-inspired plot

(Newser) - Federal authorities say two men in Michigan were plotting an ISIS-inspired attack on LGBTQ+ bars over Halloween, but the FBI intervened before anything could happen. According to a criminal complaint filed Monday, Mohmed Ali and Majed Mahmoud are accused of conspiring to commit terrorism by transferring firearms and ammunition, per...

850-Year-Old Mosque Destroyed by ISIS Reopens

Mosul reconstruction project also restored churches

(Newser) - Iraq's prime minister presided over the official reopening of the historic al-Nuri Grand Mosque and its leaning minaret in the heart of Mosul's Old City Monday, eight years after the mosque was destroyed by militants from the Islamic State group.
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US Repatriates American Child Stuck in Syrian Camp

Child with ISIS ties 'has known nothing of life outside of the camps,' per US State Department

(Newser) - The United States repatriated an American child separated from their family from a sprawling camp in northeastern Syria that houses tens of thousands of people with alleged ties to the militant Islamic State group, the State Department said Wednesday. The department estimates that some 30,000 people from 70 countries...

Feds Say They Thwarted Plot to Attack Army Base in Michigan

Former Michigan Army National Guard member faces terror charges

(Newser) - A former Michigan Army National Guard member thought Tuesday would be the day of an ISIS-inspired attack on a military base in the state, federal prosecutors say. Instead, it was the day of his arrest. Prosecutors say two people who 19-year-old Ammar Abdulmajid-Mohamed Said tried to recruit for a plot...

In Iraq, an Arrest in New Orleans Terror Attack

Unnamed suspect arrested in Iraq accused of being ISIS member who instigated the attack

(Newser) - Iraqi officials have arrested an alleged ISIS member, accused of inciting the New Year's Day terror attack in New Orleans . US officials say they've not established a direct link between the suspect in Iraq and the US citizen from Texas who drove a truck through a Bourbon Street...

'Modern Underground Railroad' Hunts for Women Taken by ISIS

New York Times looks at the painstaking work of volunteers in the US and elsewhere

(Newser) - The last of the ISIS caliphate set up in Syria and Iraq fell in 2019, but hundreds of young women taken as sexual slaves during the Islamic State's reign are believed to remain in captivity. As the New York Times reports, no official entity exists to look for these...

Report: Trump Plans Full Withdrawal From Syria

'Syria is its own mess. They got enough messes over there,' he said last week

(Newser) - President Trump, who ordered the withdrawal of US forces from Syria during his first administration, is reportedly planning to repeat the move. NBC News , citing two defense officials, reports that the Pentagon is working on plans to pull all US troops from the country. The officials say Trump and others...

FBI: Afghan Man Planned Election Day Attack in US

Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi allegedly planned to target large crowds in ISIS-inspired attack

(Newser) - The FBI has arrested an Afghan man who officials say was inspired by ISIS and was plotting an Election Day attack targeting large crowds in the US, the Justice Department said Tuesday. Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi, 27, of Oklahoma City, told investigators after his arrest Monday that he had planned his...

Girl Kidnapped in 2011, Kept in Gaza, Is Freed

Fawzia Sido was kidnapped by ISIS at age 11

(Newser) - Amid all the strife in the Middle East, a tale of cooperation and hope: A woman kidnapped as an 11-year-old by ISIS more than a decade ago has been freed. Reuters reports the now 21-year-old, identified as Fawzia Sido, was removed from Gaza by the US in an operation that...

7 US Troops Injured in Iraqi Raid on Suspected Militants

US defense official says service members are in stable condition after attack targeting ISIS leaders

(Newser) - The US military and Iraq launched a joint raid targeting suspected Islamic State group militants in the country's western desert that killed at least 15 people and saw seven American troops hurt, officials said Saturday. For years after dislodging the militants from their self-declared caliphate across Iraq and Syria,...

Another Arrest Made in Taylor Swift Terror Plot

18-year-old Iraqi national also pledged allegiance to ISIS, authorities say

(Newser) - Police in Austria say they have arrested a third suspect in connection with a foiled plot to attack a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna. The country's interior minister said the latest person arrested is an 18-year-old Iraqi national, CNN reports. Authorities say he has links to the main suspect,...

Mounties Say They Thwarted Toronto Terror Plot

Father, son face ISIS-related terrorism charges

(Newser) - Police in Canada say they thwarted a planned terrorist attack in the country's biggest city. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police said Wednesday that a father and son arrested at a hotel on Sunday were in the "advanced stages" of planning a "violent, serious attack" in Toronto on...

Report: ICE Agents Arrest 8 With Possible ISIS Links

Tajikistan nationals entered US from Mexico

(Newser) - Eight people from Tajikistan who crossed into the US from Mexico have been arrested because of suspected links to ISIS, law enforcement sources tell CNN and other outlets. The sources say arrests on immigration charges were made by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Los Angeles, New York, and...

CNN Pushes Back at Pentagon Account of Kabul Airport Attack

Outlet says new evidence turns over narrative of a lone suicide bomber in Afghanistan

(Newser) - Few claim that the US withdrawal from Afghanistan almost three years ago went smoothly. Now, conflicting accounts of the war's final days are emerging that puts the Pentagon's narrative at odds with others.
  • Bombing: In the late afternoon of Aug. 26, 2021, a blast brought about by an
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FBI: Idaho Teen Hatched 'Truly Horrific' Pro-ISIS Plot

Alexander Mercurio charged with planning attack on local churches

(Newser) - An 18-year-old planned to storm at least one church in Idaho, "killing as many people as possible" in the name of the Islamic State, according to authorities, who say they intervened to stop him just in time. Investigators arrested Alexander Mercurio on Saturday, a day before he intended to...

Putin Says 'Radical Islamists' Carried Out Moscow Attack

But Russian leader still suggests Ukraine, with US help, was behind concert hall killings

(Newser) - In an apparent acknowledgement that ISIS-K has claimed responsibility for the attack on a Moscow concert hall, Russian President Vladimir Putin blamed "radical Islamists" on Monday evening while still suggesting Ukrainians—or Americans—were complicit. "We know that the crime was committed by radical Islamists," Putin said...

US Embassy Warns of 'Imminent' Moscow Attack

Alert came hours after Russia's FSB claimed to have foiled attack on synagogue

(Newser) - The US Embassy in Russia warned of an "imminent" attack in Moscow on Thursday, hours after Russia's intelligence agency claimed to have thwarted an attempted attack on a synagogue in the capital.
  • The warning: "The Embassy is monitoring reports that extremists have imminent plans to target large
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