ISIS suspects face 'outsourced' justice in Iraq as HRW warns of 'collective global detention crisis'
Erin Ogunkeye is pleased to welcome Letta Tayler, Senior Counterterrorism Advisor at Human Rights Watch.
Erin Ogunkeye is pleased to welcome Letta Tayler, Senior Counterterrorism Advisor at Human Rights Watch.
Click to expand Image Men accused of Islamic State links await questioning at Al-Karkh prison in Iraq following their transfer from northeast Syria, February 12, 2026.
Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict U.S. troops have withdrawn from Iraq, but this isn’t Biden’s Iraq. The withdrawal was agreed in 2024 when Biden determined that Iraqi forces could handle the remaining ISIS threat and that Washington could replace the…
The US-led force has been operating in Iraq for 12 years to dismantle ISIS networks which had threatened to takeover the region and plunge it into instability.
President Trump touted the final withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq as a win for both countries more than 20 years after the start of the Iraq War.
“As we step back and hand full primary responsibility for Iraq’s security to the Government of Iraq and the brave people of Iraq, US and Coalition forces stationed across the region will remain ready to respond to any ISIS threats that arise,”…
The Pentagon says U.S. forces and equipment in Iraq have been withdrawn, declaring ISIS defeated "as an organized military threat in Iraq and across the region."
Retired Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster, who commanded U.S. troops in Iraq, says the withdrawal could strengthen Iran and leave Iraq more vulnerable to ISIS.
It's the second time the U.S. has withdrawn all military forces from Iraq.
As the US completes its military withdrawal from Iraq, Baghdad declares a new era of sovereignty. But as US troops leave, questions remain over militias, foreign forces and the country's future security.
A new study reveals how archaeologists risked their lives to save thousands of historic treasures from imminent destruction by Islamic State terrorists.
At 19 years old, Sarah Talib left her native France to join ISIS in Syria. More than a decade later, she’s on trial for participating in a terrorist criminal organization.
A magical new film captures the secret life of the deep sea in a stretch of the ocean at risk from industrial mining A magical film that explores the wonders of the deep sea through the eyes of a team of scientists and an underwater robot called Isis…
A former State Department official dissects how the US helped defeat ISIS but didn't protect the Syrian people.
A new study sheds light on how Syrian archaeologists risked their lives to rescue approximately 30,000 priceless artifacts from the Deir ez-Zor Museum during the summers of 2014 and 2015 as the city faced the imminent threat of capture by the Islamic…
An Afghan man arrested last year in connection with the Abbey Gate suicide bombing at the Kabul airport during the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan was sentenced.
FBI stops an alleged ISIS-inspired attack; Kennedy Center to close amid a Trump battle.
FBI Director Kash Patel said the suspect was plotting “a violent attack in support of ISIS."
A young Canadian mother shares her memories of being an ISIS bride, and her harrowing escape from the extremist group.
A young Canadian mother shares her memories of being an ISIS bride, and her harrowing escape from the extremist group.