RIYADH (Reuters) - The creation of an Islamic caliphate, or empire, has long formed part of al Qaeda's world view, and it is a vision that seems to have unsettled Washington. Sign up here. But experts ...

RIYADH (Reuters) - The creation of an Islamic caliphate, or empire, has long formed part of al Qaeda's world view, and it is a vision that seems to have unsettled Washington. But experts say it will ...

Maqdisi, a Jordanian scholar who is one of the most influential voices in jihadist thought, warned on Wednesday that a ...

An image of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who died on Oct. 26, 2019.. Department of Defense via AP Just days after the death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi on Oct. 27, the Islamic State named ...

FILE - Iraqi Army soldiers celebrate as they hold a flag of the Islamic State group they captured during a military operation to regain control of a village outside Mosul, Iraq, Nov. 29, 2016. Ten ...

CAIRO (AP) — By declaring the establishment of an Islamic caliphate, the extremist group that controls large swaths of Syria and Iraq is claiming to be the successor of the political and religious ...

An image of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who died on Oct. 26, 2019. (Department of Defense via AP) By Ken Chitwood, University of Florida Just days after the death of Abu Bakr ...

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LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Three years after Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi declared the ‘Caliphate’, the group has lost more than 60 percent of its territory and 80 percent of its revenue, ...

U.S.-backed forces in Syria have expelled Islamic State from its last outpost, but jihadist fighters are still active in the region. Here’s what might follow the demise of the so-called caliphate.