The Nigerien army announced the killing of Ibrahim Mahamadou, nicknamed "Bakura" and "Abu Umaima," the leader of the Boko Haram group, during a military operation on the island of Chilawa in the Diffa region, southeast of Niger, near the Lake Chad basin. The operation was carried out on August 15, 2025, and included three successive airstrikes targeting positions controlled by.
International coalition forces killed an Iraqi man accused of membership in ISIS in the town of Atma, in the far northwest of Syria.
A US-led Global Coalition raid in Atmeh town in the north of Idlib, resulted in the arrest of several people, including three foreign women
3 day agoCoalition and Syrian govt forces reportedly carried out a joint raid in Idlib's Atmeh, targeting ISIS figure Abu Hafs al-Quraishi - claimed by some as the group’s caliph. Official confirmation is still pending. Yet, Al Quraishi was a key recruiter and logistics facilitator for ISIS
5 day agoThe Internal Security Forces in North and East Syria announced that they had thwarted an armed attack on one of their security checkpoints in the town of Al-Sabha, in the Deir ez-Zor countryside - ANHA
5 day agoAn international coalition airstrike targeted a car on the Sarmada road in the northern Idlib countryside.
1 week agoThe SDF carried out a campaign of raids and arrests in a raid carried out with the participation of 70 vehicles in the town of Gharanij in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor
1 week agoFor the first time since late April, the Islamic State claims an attack in Iraq. Detonating an IED on an Iraqi army patrol in a "rafidhi crowd" in the village of Matjaat in the Hadhr region, which allegedly led to the injury of 7 members of the Iraqi army
SDF militia stormed a section of the al-Hawl refugee camp it controls in the eastern Hasakah, arresting a number of women and taking them to an unknown location.
1 week agoISKP has confirmed its clash with Taliban forces in Nangarhar on August 13, without disclosing its own losses
The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said on Thursday that it is investigating an attack by suspected Islamic State (ISIS) militants on their forces in the eastern Deir ez-Zor province the day prior
Deir ez-Zor: Calm returns to the town of Gharanij after hours of clashes and raids carried out by the SDF militia, before withdrawing to the main road
Deir ez-Zor: What is happening in the town of Gharanij between the Shaitat tribe and the SDF militia is individual clashes and raids on civilian homes. There is no support from the government or other tribes in Deir ez-Zor.
1 week agoRaqqa: The SDF militia carried out a raid campaign in the town of Al-Karama in the eastern Raqqa countryside, arresting Aziz Al-Jadaan Al-Sujai and Basil Muhammad Al-Hassan Al-Katea. They also raided the home of Hussein Al-Mustafa Al-Hamada, destroying its contents and vandalizing it after the wanted man managed to escape.
2 week agoSyria: the Security forces carried today out an anti-ISIS operation in Harem (NW. Idlib). The Interior ministry says its forces dismantled a cell
3 week agoIS-Sahel published the documentary entitled 'Lions of the Sahel', focusing on recent attacks in Niger and Mali, including the massive attacks on Tessit, Eknewane and Bani Bangou
.@SDF_Syria forces, backed by the Global @coalition, arrest two senior ISIS operatives during a precision raid in Hawl Camp, eastern Syria. The suspects were responsible for organizing the group's activities in both Syria and Iraq
.@CENTCOM says US forces conducted a raid on Friday in Aleppo Governate in Syria that killed senior ISIS Leader Dhiya’ Zawba Muslih al-Hardani and his two adult sons, who were also affiliated with the terror group
CENTCOM announced the killing of an ISIS leader and his two sons in a raid on the city of Aleppo, Syria.
4 week agoLast night a joint Syrian-US operation was carried out against ISIS cells in the town of Al-Bab (N. Aleppo). The operation involved Defense Ministry troops, Security forces and a US special forces airdrop. According to local sources, 4 members were reportedly killed and several captured including an Iraqi leader overseeing operations in N. Syria and the desert
“This is our last rice from USAID," said Chi Lael, Nigeria spokeswoman for the World Food Programme, pointing at a stack of white bags at another distribution centre in Mafa, around 150 kilometres from Damboa. There are five million "severely hungry" people in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states - the three worst affected by the jihadist insurgency waged by Boko Haram and rival Islamic State West Africa Province”
An international coalition helicopter flies over the city of Al-Mayadeen in the eastern Deir Ezzor countryside
Turkish Ministry of Defense: The Syrian administration has requested official support from Türkiye to strengthen its defense capacity and combat all terrorist organizations, especially ISIS
1 month agoSecurity forces in Nablus, raided a warehouse, dismantled an ISIS-linked cell, and seized a large quantity of explosives
Members of a SDF patrol were injured after being targeted by unknown assailants in the town of Muhaimidah, west of Deir ez-Zor.
1 month ago"Islamic State" (ISIS) cell reportedly attacked "Syrian Democratic Forces" (SDF) and killed 5 SDF members in Al-Shaddadi, Hasakah. The militants of the ISIS cell were seemingly armed with three common AKM(S) pattern assault rifles
Unknown gunmen riding a motorcycle targeted a vehicle belonging to the SDF in the town of Al-Salihiyah, north of Deir ez-Zor, without knowing the results of the attack.
Unknown individuals targeted a vehicle belonging to the SDF with a rocket-propelled grenade near the village of Al-Hawrah in the western countryside of Raqqa.
1 month agoNahr Media correspondent: Heavy, unknown gunfire was heard even in the city of Albukamal, east of Deir ez-Zor.
US envoy to Syria: The Syrian Democratic Forces were an important partner in the war against ISIS.
