Islamic State

January 23, 2025 2:12 PM

Islamic State claims responsibility for Chinese national killed in Afghanistan

The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the killing of a Chinese national in Afghanistan's northern Takhar province, in a post on its Telegram channel late on Wednesday. Afghan police in the province had said on Wednesday that a Chinese citizen was murdered and a preliminary investigation had been launched, but it was not clear who was behind the attack. The Islamic State said it had targeted a vehicle carrying the Chinese citizen, which led to his death and damage to his vehicle. Ch...

January 3, 2025 8:49 AM

Texas man who backed Islamic State acted alone in New Orleans attack, FBI says

A U.S. Army veteran who drove a truck into a crowd of New Year's Day revelers in New Orleans had pledged allegiance to Islamic State, but acted alone in the attack that killed at least 14 people, the FBI said on Thursday. The suspect, who the FBI said was shot dead at the scene after firing at police, has been identified as Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a 42-year-old Texan who once served in Afghanistan. He drove from Houston to New Orleans on Dec. 31. On the morning of the attack, between 1:29 a.m. an...

August 2, 2024 5:49 PM

Yazidis fear returning to their homeland, 10 years after massacre

Fahad Qassim was just 11 years old when Islamic State militants overran his Yazidi community in the Sinjar region of northern Iraq in August 2014, taking him captive. The attack was the start of what became the systematic slaughter, enslavement, and rape of thousands of Yazidis, shocking the world and displacing most of the 550,000-strong ancient religious minority. Thousands of people were rounded up and killed during the initial assault, which began in the early hours of Aug. 3. Many more ar...