ISIS

Two women wearing black veils walk outside past a sign with Arabic text.

The women of ISIS are more than just brides

Iranian American journalist and writer Azadeh Moaveni spoke with Marco Werman about why the term "ISIS brides" is problematic and shares her perspective on the much bigger role that women have had in militant Islamic groups.

The women of ISIS are more than just brides
Syrian Democratic Forces fighters dance along a street in Raqqa, Syria, on Oct. 18, 2017.

Raqqa liberated from ISIS: 'My city is now ruined and burned down'

Raqqa liberated from ISIS: 'My city is now ruined and burned down'
Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) celebrate the defeat of ISIS in Raqqa, Syria.

A Raqqa resident asks why militia had to destroy his city to liberate it

A Raqqa resident asks why militia had to destroy his city to liberate it
Iraqi security forces advance in military vehicles in Kirkuk on Oct. 16, 2017.

US allies turn their US guns on each other in Iraq

US allies turn their US guns on each other in Iraq
Captives suspected of being Islamic State militants are seen southwest of Kirkuk, Iraq.

Nearly a thousand ISIS fighters choose surrender, not martyrdom, in Iraq

Nearly a thousand ISIS fighters choose surrender, not martyrdom, in Iraq
Lucas Chapman in Rojava, Syria.

For some Americans, the conflict in Syria is 'the Spanish Civil War of our time'

At least 100 Americans have gone — and some continue to go — to Syria to fight against ISIS. Many have joined a Kurdish militia group called the People's Protection Units or the YPG. What these volunteers are doing isn't illegal, but it raises many questions.

For some Americans, the conflict in Syria is 'the Spanish Civil War of our time'
Yazidi rebaptism ceremony in Iraq

Photos: Yazidi women undergo a rebirth ceremony after ISIS enslavement

When ISIS invaded northern Iraq, they captured many Yazidi women, forced them to convert to Islam and traded them as sex slaves. The Yazidi community granted photographer Marcio Pimenta rare access to capture moving images of the reintegration process for freed women rejoining the group.

Photos: Yazidi women undergo a rebirth ceremony after ISIS enslavement
A convoy of ISIS fighters and their families begin to depart from the Lebanon-Syria border in Qalamoun, Syria, on Aug. 28, 2017.

The US bombs path of ISIS convoy in Syria after a controversial withdrawal deal

Over 600 people including ISIS fighters and their families were escorted from the Lebanon border by Syrian government forces. That angered the US, which launched airstrikes to block their path to a town near Iraq.

The US bombs path of ISIS convoy in Syria after a controversial withdrawal deal
Fighting continues in Syria, where Kurdish troops from the People's Protection Units are facing down ISIS militants in Raqqa, Syria.

Is Syria 'the war of our time, a humanitarian test of our time?'

ISIS militants are being squeezed out of their final strongholds in eastern Syria.

Is Syria 'the war of our time, a humanitarian test of our time?'
A boy, displaced from fighting in the Islamic State stronghold of Raqqa, walks in the desert near the village of Karama, east of Raqqa, July 1st 2017

What to do with captured women and children of ISIS?

With ISIS losing territory in Syria and Iraq, what will happen to their wives and children? We spoke to Borzou Daragahi of BuzzFeed News, who recently reported on meeting some of these women in Syria.

What to do with captured women and children of ISIS?
A surfer falls from his board while riding after sunset in Cardiff, California.

The radicalization of a surfer dude

Laleh Khadivi's new novel chronicles the transformation of a lackadaisical, college-bound Californian into a soldier for militant Islam.

The radicalization of a surfer dude
A view of part of western Mosul, Iraq, on May 29.

Were high civilian casualties in Mosul unavoidable?

Amnesty International says the US-led coalition may have committed war crimes against civilians when driving ISIS out of Mosul.

Were high civilian casualties in Mosul unavoidable?
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of ISIS

Syrian rights monitor says ISIS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is dead

There have been repeated rumors that the ISIS leader is dead, but the Pentagon says it cannot corroborate the reports. Now the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says it's obtained information from ISIS leaders of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's death.

Syrian rights monitor says ISIS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is dead
Iraqi Federal Police celebrate in the Old City of Mosul, Iraq on July 8, 2017.

Iraq’s prime minister declares victory against ISIS in ‘liberated’ Mosul

French President Emmanuel Macron was among the first world leaders to congratulate "our troops, who contributed to this victory."

Iraq’s prime minister declares victory against ISIS in ‘liberated’ Mosul
Mourners carry the coffin of a member of Iraqi security forces, killed during clashes in Mosul.

ISIS is cornered in Mosul's Old City. Militants are using everything they've got to hold on.

The battle is still raging in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul. Iraqi and coalition forces are advancing slowly, capturing as little as one city block per day — if that. And ISIS fighters continue to strike back.

ISIS is cornered in Mosul's Old City. Militants are using everything they've got to hold on.