Abu Hussein al-Qurayshi was named leader of the militant group after its previous chief was killed in October, with an IS spokesman calling him "one of the veteran warriors and one of the loyal sons of the Islamic State."

Source: https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20230501/erdogan-says-turkish-forces-killed-is-chief-in-syria

A building in Falluja that was destroyed as Iraqi fighters wrested control of the city from the Islamic State in 2016.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/18/world/middleeast/iraq-war-20th-anniversary.html

According to information received from the Gujarat ATS, radicalized youths affiliated with the banned terrorist organization Islamic State of Khorasan Province (ISKP) were caught while planning to flee India via Porbandar seashore in Gujarat.

Source: https://www.weeklyblitz.net/news/gujarat-isis-terror-module-busted-4-including-woman-arrested/

A German woman who joined the Islamic State and chained up a five-year-old Yazidi slave girl, leaving her to die of thirst in the baking sun, has been handed a 14-year prison sentence by a Munich court.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/galleries/article-12457349/German-ISIS-bride-jailed-14-years-crimes-against-humanity.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

”Although degraded, ISIS (Islamic State) remains capable of conducting operations within the region with the desire to strike beyond the Middle East,” Gen. Michael Kurilla said.

Source: https://en.mercopress.com/2023/04/18/senior-isis-leader-taken-down-in-syria-by-us-forces?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_content=main&utm_campaign=rss

An army spokesman said the attack during a Sunday service was likely carried out by the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), a Ugandan militant group that has pledged allegiance to the Islamic State.

Source: https://gazette.com/news/us-world/suspected-islamists-kill-at-least-5-people-in-east-congo-church-bomb-attack/article_2fcda28a-e58b-5e31-a991-1b0d16797279.html

And it further cemented its position in Iraq and Syria by recruiting and training Shiite fighters against the Islamic State.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/19/world/middleeast/iraq-war-iran.html

A notorious armed group suspected of massacring at least 41 people at a Ugandan school has received funds from the so-called Islamic State (IS), according to a UN report seen by AFP on Monday.

Source: https://guardian.ng/news/group-blamed-in-uganda-attack-funded-by-islamic-state/

April 27, (THEWILL) – At least three humanitarian workers, along with two security guards, working with Family Health International (FHI 360), have been reportedly abducted by members of the Islamic State of the West African Province (ISWAP).

Source: https://thewillnews.com/iswap-abducts-three-humanitarian-workers-security-guards-in-borno/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=iswap-abducts-three-humanitarian-workers-security-guards-in-borno

A Taliban military commander was killed when his men responded to an Islamic State suicide bomb and gun attack on a hospital in the Afghan capital, officials said Wednesday.

Source: https://guardian.ng/news/iraqis-protest-again-after-book-burning-incident/

At least one civilian was killed and another injured as troops of Operation Hadin Kai repelled attacks by the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) in Gajiganna, the northern part of Borno State.

Source: https://newsday.com.ng/troops-repel-iswap-attack-in-borno/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=troops-repel-iswap-attack-in-borno

At the same time, other Islamic State cells across Uganda have attempted several bomb plots, particularly in the Ugandan capital of Kampala.

Source: https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2023/12/jihadis-continue-to-target-civilians-in-western-uganda.php?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=jihadis-continue-to-target-civilians-in-western-uganda

A tweet published on March 11 claims that the leader of the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan said that his group had close relations with the Islamic State organisation in the country.

Source: https://observers.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20230317-fake-media-accounts-afghanistan-taliban-propaganda

Bazoum's removal heightened international worries over the region, which faces growing jihadist insurgencies linked to Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State group.

Source: https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20230923-niger-junta-accuses-un-chief-of-obstructing-their-participation-in-general-assembly

BEIRUT (AP) — A helicopter raid by U.S. forces in northern Syria early on Monday killed a senior leader of the militant Islamic State group, the U.S. military said.

Source: https://www.mymotherlode.com/news/national/3048562/us-helicopter-raid-in-syria-kills-islamic-state-leader.html

Bilardi joined the Islamic State group in Syria by late 2014 and later credited Kandic’s assistance, prosecutors said, adding that the two stayed in touch for months as Bilardi fought in battles and prepared for a suicide mission.

Source: https://www.smh.com.au/world/north-america/life-sentence-for-american-who-recruited-australian-teen-jake-bilardi-to-is-20230715-p5dogb.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed

But then in 2012, as the Islamic State began to emerge, his tribe was forced to leave again.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/29/world/middleeast/iraq-water-crisis-desertification.html

France, the United States, Germany, and Italy have troops in Niger on counterinsurgency and training missions, helping the army to fight groups linked to al Qaeda and Islamic State.

Source: https://gazette.com/news/us-world/west-african-bloc-sends-mission-to-niger-to-negotiate-with-coup-leaders/article_220ba374-1116-53de-91c4-36566e8e43c4.html

His core research focuses on the global Islamic State movement, particularly its networks throughout Iraq, Syria, and the Afghanistan-Pakistan region.

Source: https://themedialine.org/mideast-streets/foreign-terrorist-fighter-family-reintegration-panel/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=foreign-terrorist-fighter-family-reintegration-panel

However, police examined Bishop’s phone and found that he sent incriminating messages on Telegram - an encrypted chat app once described by the Washington Post newspaper as being “overwhelmingly preferred by extremist groups such as the Islamic State.”

Source: https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/drug-dealer-who-tried-smuggle-30440080