20 years after the U.S.-led invasion, war-weary Iraqis find hope
Western forces quickly toppled Saddam Hussein's regime, but the invasion sparked a devastating civil war and gave rise to ISIS, so optimism has been hard to come by.
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Western forces quickly toppled Saddam Hussein's regime, but the invasion sparked a devastating civil war and gave rise to ISIS, so optimism has been hard to come by.
He says he's there to "reaffirm the U.S.-Iraq strategic partnership as we move toward a more secure, stable, and sovereign Iraq."
Begum was just 15 when she went to Syria to marry an ISIS fighter, but a judge found "insufficient" evidence she should be treated as a victim of exploitation rather than a threat.
A special forces raid Wednesday night in northern Somalia resulted in the death of ISIS operator and facilitator Bilal al-Sudani and about 10 of his ISIS associates.
They're accused of trying to attract financial support for the terrorist group using Bitcoin and sites like GoFundMe.
The charge stems from cement company Lafarge's payments to foreign terrorist organizations in exchange for permission to operate in Syria between 2013 and 2014.
President Biden announced that the leader of ISIS blew himself up, also killing some civilians, during an overnight raid by U.S. forces in northwestern Syria. Pentagon officials said there were no U.S. casualties. Gayle King anchors a CBS News Special Report with Nancy Cordes at the White House and David Martin at the Pentagon.
Fluke-Ekren pleaded guilty to flying from the U.S. to Syria to support ISIS. Prosecutors said she "brainwashed young girls and trained them to kill."
Two of the Islamic State leaders were killed in an airstrike.
A monitoring group says it was the first American raid in Syrian government-held territory, and a U.S. official confirmed that one person was killed.
Wafaa Ali Abbas was just 9 years old when ISIS militants stormed her village and sold her into nearly a decade of abuse and captivity.
El Shafee Elsheikh was found guilty of participating in a brutal ISIS hostage-taking scheme that led to the deaths of four Americans.
In two notorious videos titled "Flames of War," Khalifa can be seen shooting soldiers in the back of the head after they dug their own graves.
Yusuf Zahab was just 11 when his brother lured his parents to the terror group's so-called "caliphate." Human Rights Watch says thousands of kids like him are jailed in "life-threatening" conditions.
Allison Fluke-Ekren traveled to Egypt in 2008, before making her way to Libya and then Syria, where she admitted planning terrorist attacks that were ultimately not carried out.
El Shafee Elsheikh was found guilty of participating in a brutal ISIS hostage-taking scheme that led to the deaths of four Americans.
Jury deliberates in case of El Shafee Elsheikh, one of three British men accused of brutal ISIS hostage-taking scheme.
The ISIS kidnap-and-murder cell known as the "Beatles" held at least 27 foreign hostages in Syria between 2012 and 2015.
El Shafee Elsheikh, member of the ISIS group nicknamed "the Beatles," is on trial in Virginia facing hostage and terrorism charges.
The rebel Syrian Democratic Forces have been America's go-to ally in the fight against ISIS, but another ISIS leader's death near Turkey has them asking difficult questions.
Biden praised the troops who carried out the raid "to protect the American people and our Allies," and said the ISIS leader killed his own family members with his bomb.
Government witnesses say Allison Fluke-Ekren "wanted to die in Syria as a martyr."
The family of a Kansas woman charged with joining the Islamic State group and leading an all-female battalion says they want nothing to do with her.
It's unclear how many died or how many prisoners escaped as U.S.-backed Syrian fighters fought to retake control of the facility, but it was a clear sign of ISIS' lingering potency.
The woman patrolled parks, armed with an assault rifle and explosive vest, looking for women who did not conform with the extremist group's strict codes of behavior and dress, prosecutors said.