The U.S. military said it may have unintentionally struck Syrian troops while carrying out a raid against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) on Saturday, threatening an already fragile U.S. and Russian-brokered cease-fire that has largely held despite dozens of alleged violations on both sides. It marks the ... Read More »

Bangladeshi police say they have stormed a hideout near Dhaka and killed the suspected planner of a cafe attack last month that left 22 people dead. “Tamim Chowdhury is dead,” said senior police officer Sanwar Hossain, referring to the Bangladeshi-Canadian suspected mastermind. Three other suspected militants were killed by police ... Read More »

The Islamic State group’s second-in-command has been killed in a US raid, defence secretary Ash Carter announced on Friday. Abd al-Rahman Mustafa al-Qaduli had been associated with Isis dating back to its earliest iteration as al-Qaida in Iraq, Carter told a news conference at the Pentagon. He was serving as ... Read More »