The terrorist network has lost eight of its top leaders in recent years. But it has more total fighters than it did on Sept. 11, 2001.
Tag: Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
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Killed at 71, Ayman al-Zawahri Led a Life of Secrecy and Violence
A radicalized Egyptian physician, he was regarded as the intellectual spine of Osama bin Laden’s terrorist organization, and ran it after Bin Laden was killed in 2011.
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U.S. Military Says Senior ISIS Leader in Syria Killed in Drone Strike
The attack was the latest in a series of American operations against ISIS and Al Qaeda in Syria.
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France Brings Home French Wives of ISIS Jihadists From Syria
The country repatriated 16 women from Syria, in a move it had long ruled out. Thirty-five children, including some orphans, accompanied them.
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20 Men Convicted for November 2015 Paris Terrorist Attacks
The verdict capped a 10-month trial on the Islamic State attacks of November 2015 that killed 130 people, traumatized the country and still shape French politics.