Islamic State Archives

Who are the rebels in northern Mozambique?

Apr 2, 2021

With more than a week of fierce fighting including beheaded bodies in the streets, the battle for the northern Mozambique town of Palma has highlighted the southern Africa country’s insurgency and threats to its multibillion-dollar investments.

By Andrew Meldrum

A reminder that Holy Week is prime time for anti-Christian violence

Mar 29, 2021

Every year on major Christian feast days, somewhere in the world, Christians will be killed for no reason other than that they chose to attend religious services.

By John L. Allen Jr.

Indonesian police kill 2 suspected militants suspected in cathedral attack

Jan 6, 2021

Members of Indonesia’s anti-terrorism police squad on Wednesday shot and killed two suspected militants who they believe were connected to a deadly suicide attack at a Catholic cathedral in the southern Philippines, and arrested 18 others, officials said.

By Niniek Karmini

Islamist militants open fire and burn police car in Philippine town

Dec 4, 2020

Dozens of militants aligned with the Islamic State group opened fire on a Philippine army detachment and burned a police patrol car in a southern town but withdrew after troops returned fire, officials said Friday.

By Associated Press

Man sentenced to life after failed French church bombing

Nov 6, 2020

A Paris criminal court sentenced a 29-year-old Algerian man Thursday to life in prison for killing a woman and trying to bomb a church near the French capital in a failed 2015 attack that investigators said was plotted by Islamic State group extremists in Syria.

By Nicolas Vaux-Montagny

Army chief: Militant leader likely killed in Philippines

Aug 25, 2020

Abu Sayyaf militants may have staged suicide bombings that killed 14 people to avenge the death of a Filipino leader of the Islamic State group in the southern Philippines following a clash with troops last month, the army chief said Tuesday.

By Jim Gomez

Woman given life for plot to blow up St. Paul’s Cathedral in London

Jul 3, 2020

A woman was jailed for life, with a minimum sentence of 14 years, on Friday for plotting to blow up London’s St. Paul’s Cathedral, a nearby hotel and a subway train in a suicide attack.

By Associated Press

African church leaders: Insurgents could increase attacks during pandemic

Apr 21, 2020

Catholic clergy in Africa’s northern Sahel region have warned that Islamist insurgents could intensify attacks during the COVID-19 pandemic while police and troops are diverted to civil order duties.

By Jonathan Luxmoore