Prime Minister al-Sudani hails the killing of Abdallah Makki Muslih al-Rufay’i as a major blow to ISIL remnants in Iraq.
Al-Hol’s children are forced to live in dire conditions and lack education and safety.
US thanks Pakistan for helping arrest the ‘mastermind’ behind Kabul bombing, but analysts say ties still need a reset.
![About 200 people, including 13 American soldiers, were killed in a suicide bomb attack at the Kabul airport on August 26, 2021 [File: US Marine Corps/Staff Sgt. Victor Mancilla/Handout via Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/2021-08-27T000000Z_1648477848_RC2WDP9GQDJZ_RTRMADP_3_AFGHANISTAN-CONFLICT-1741175118.jpg?resize=570%2C380&quality=80)
A religious scholar is killed at the influential seminary. Does this signal a growing threat from the armed group ISKP?
![At least six people were killed and several injured in a suicide blast in a mosque in northwestern Pakistan on February 28, 2025 [Muhammad Sajjad/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/AP25059436232636-1740747672.jpg?resize=570%2C380&quality=80)
We talk to Al Jazeera’s Nils Adler after a recent trip to camps in Syria holding thousands of ISIL-linked detainees.
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Strikes were carried out in north Somalia, where the Puntland Security Forces is carrying out operations against ISIL.
Officials say Boko Haram and ISWAP groups suspected of being behind the attacks on farmers in the Dumba region.
The Sayyida Zeinab shrine in Damascus has previously been targeted by ISIL and other armed groups in Syria.
Meeting between India’s foreign secretary and the Taliban this week has prompted speculation.
US military veteran from Texas is the suspect in the New Orleans car-ramming attack that killed more than 15 people.
The most high-profile assassination in Afghanistan since 2021 has sparked questions over divisions within the Taliban.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken made an unannounced stop in Baghdad to discuss Syria and ISIL with the Iraqi PM.
Khalil Ur-Rahman Haqqani entered government after the Taliban seized power following US-led drawdown in 2021.
Commander Hassan Abdul Ghani said the city and its military airport are fully ‘liberated’.
