ISIL

• Canadian who faked joining ISIS as ‘Abu Huzayfah’ has charges dropped, lawyer says

  The 26-year-old from Burlington, Ont., claimed to have travelled to Syria in 2016 to join ISIL and committed acts of extremism.

  Canada

  Oct 10, 2021
  
• Here’s what we know about ISIS-K, the group behind the deadly Kabul bombings

  U.S. officials have accused the Islamic State in Afghanistan, also known as Islamic State Khorosan, for the attack that killed over 70 people, including at least 12 U.S. troops.

  World

  Aug 26, 2021
  
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• ISIS says it’s behind deadly Kabul airport explosions: reports

  Officials from the Pentagon blamed the group, also known in Afghanistan as the Islamic State Khorasan, for the deadly attacks earlier Thursday.

  World

  Aug 26, 2021
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• Pope Francis, top Iraq Shiite cleric hold historic meeting

  Francis brushed aside the coronavirus pandemic and security concerns to resume his globe-trotting papacy after a yearlong hiatus spent under COVID-19 lockdown in Vatican City.

  World

  Mar 5, 2021
• Pandemic has upped threat of ISIS, al-Qaida in conflict areas: U.N. report

  A panel of experts said in a report to the U.N. Security Council that the threats continued to rise in conflict zones in the last half of 2020.

  World

  Feb 5, 2021
• U.S. military base housing Canadian troops in Iraq attacked

  The Department of National Defence said all Canadian troops at the base were safe.

  World

  Oct 1, 2020
• Canada’s fight against ISIS enters new phase leading to fewer troops in Middle East

  Canada's war against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant has quietly entered a new phase, resulting in plans to keep fewer troops in the Middle East even after the COVID-19 pandemic passes.

  Canada

  Jul 29, 2020
• Canadian military resumes some operations in Iraq after U.S.-Iran conflict

  The suspension followed concerns about escalating tensions between Iran and the U.S., stoking fears of an Iranian attack.

  Canada

  Jan 16, 2020
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• U.S. military resumes operations against Islamic State in Iraq: officials

  Relations with Iraq were fractured after the U.S. launched a drone strike near Baghdad's international airport on Jan. 3 that killed Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani.

  World

  Jan 15, 2020
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• Canadian military adjusting anti-ISIS mission amid Lebanon, Iraq protests

  Brig.-Gen. Michel-Henri St-Louis says his troops continue to train and support their Iraqi and Lebanese counterparts as part of the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.

  Canada

  Oct 31, 2019