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Civilians fled as Iraqi forces advanced on Mosul in 2017 after oppressive occupation by the Islamic State. Shifa al-Nima, a Muslim religious scholar, said he “issued fatwas to confiscate houses of displaced people and permitted ISIS fighters to blow up mosques.” (Associated Press)

Shifa al-Nima, ISIS leader, confessions provide look into atrocities

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, accompanied by Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Mark Milley arrive to conduct briefings for members of Congress on last week's targeted killing of Iran's senior military commander Gen. Qassem Soleimani on Capitol Hill, in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

U.S.-Iran clash threatens anti-ISIS efforts

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Kashmiri protesters hold Islamic State flags as they shout slogans during a protest in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Friday, May 31, 2019. Government forces in Indian controlled Kashmir fired tear gas and pellets to disperse hundreds of protesters who clashed with them during a protest against the recent killing of Kashmir rebel leader and also an annual protest marking Al-Quds Day. The last Friday of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan is observed in many Muslim communities as Al-Quds Day, or Jerusalem Day, as a way of expressing support to the Palestinians and emphasizing the importance of Jerusalem to Muslims. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

Turkey to send captured ISIS fighters back to home countries

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

This image released by the Department of Defense on Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2019, and displayed at a Pentagon briefing, shows an image of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. (Department of Defense via AP)

ISIS and Syria after the death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi

By Jed Babbin

People look at a destroyed houses near the village of Barisha, in Idlib province, Syria, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2019, after an operation by the U.S. military which targeted Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the shadowy leader of the Islamic State group. President Donald Trump says Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is dead after a U.S. military operation in Syria targeted the Islamic State group leader. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

Security increased at ISIS prisons after Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s death

By Sarah El Deeb - Associated Press

Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., the chairman of the House intelligence committee, leaves the Capitol in Washington after a closed-door interview with acting Assistant Secretary of State Philip Reeker on Saturday, Oct. 26, 2019. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Democrats Trump impeachment drive undeterred by Al-Baghdadi raid

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

Syria to defeat ISIS illustration by Linas Garsys

U.S. intervention realities in the Global War on Terror

By L. Scott Lingamfelter

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi of Calif., center, Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer of N.Y., right, and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer of Md., walk from the microphones after speaking with reporters following a meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

White House meeting on Syria falls apart; Dems decry Trump ‘meltdown’

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

People standing on a rooftop in Akcakale, Sanliurfa province, southeastern Turkey, at the border with Syria, watch as in the background smoke billows from fires caused by Turkish bombardment in Tal Abyad, Syria, Sunday, Oct. 13, 2019. Turkey's official Anadolu news agency says Turkey-backed Syrian forces have advanced into the center of a Syrian border town, Tal Abyad, on the fifth day of the Turkey's military offensive against Kurdish fighters in Syria. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

Kurds eye Syria, Russia alliance as Turkey military advances

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Shot in the Foot Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Fixing a self-inflicted wound in Syria

By Gary Anderson

In this photo taken from the Turkish side of the border between Turkey and Syria, in Akcakale, Sanliurfa province, southeastern Turkey, smoke billows from targets inside Syria during bombardment by Turkish forces Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2019. Turkey launched a military operation Wednesday against Kurdish fighters in northeastern Syria after U.S. forces pulled back from the area, with a series of airstrikes hitting a town on Syria's northern border.(AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

Turkey launches attack in northern Syria

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, waves to supporters during an event in Ankara, Turkey, Saturday, Oct. 5, 2019. Turkey's president threatened Saturday to launch a solo military operation into northeastern Syria, where U.S. troops are deployed and have been trying to defuse tension between its NATO ally and Syrian Kurdish forces. (Presidential Press Service via AP, Pool)

Donald Trump hands ISIS terrorist prisoners to Turkey

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times

U.S. President Donald Trump, accompanied by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, speaks to reporters during a bilateral meeting at the G-7 summit in Biarritz, France, Monday, Aug. 26, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Donald Trump fumes as France, Germany reject ISIS captives

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

This frame grab from video posted online Friday, Jan. 18, 2019, by supporters of the Islamic State group, purports to show an ISIS fighter firing a weapon during clashes with members of the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, in the eastern Syrian province of Deir el-Zour, Syria. (Militant Photo via AP) ** FILE **

ISIS fighters watching Arabic soap operas, taking art therapy in Syria’s Kurdish-run prison

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

Hoda Muthana now describes herself as having been brainwashed by the same type of online Islamic State propaganda she later spewed as a jihadi. (Associated Press/File)

Hoda Muthana, ISIS bride, says she’d be model U.S. citizen

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times

In this Friday, Feb. 22, 2019, file photo, U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters stand guard next to men waiting to be screened after being evacuated out of the last territory held by Islamic State group militants, near Baghouz, eastern Syria. Even as they face imminent defeat, militants of the IS have remained organized and ruthless to their last breath, keeping their institutions functioning as best they can. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana, File)

To the bitter end, ISIS militants remain organized and brutal

By Sarah El Deeb - Associated Press

Hoda Muthana now describes herself as having been brainwashed by the same type of online Islamic State propaganda she later spewed as a jihadi. (Associated Press/File)

EDITORIAL: The ISIS bride is entitled to come home and face the consequences of her actions

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

In this Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2019, file photo, U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces fighters watch as an airstrike hits territory still held by Islamic State militants in the desert outside Baghouz, Syria. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana, File)

From Syria, ISIS slips into Iraq to fight another day

By Qassim Abdul-Zahra and Philip Issa - Associated Press

This frame grab from video posted online Friday, Jan. 18, 2019, by supporters of the Islamic State group, purports to show an ISIS fighter firing a weapon during clashes with members of the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, in the eastern Syrian province of Deir el-Zour, Syria. (Militant Photo via AP) ** FILE **

Leaked Islamic State recruiting documents dispel stereotypes of terrorists

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

In this Nov. 29, 2016 file photo, 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. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban, File)

Canada’s high court unanimously orders Vice reporter to surrender notes on ISIS source

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times