Los Angeles Times

A decade after Islamic State declared a caliphate, it’s diminished but still lethal

BAGHDAD — A decade after the Islamic State militant group declared its caliphate in large parts of Iraq and Syria, the extremists no longer control any land, have lost many prominent leaders and are ...
AINA

From Raqqa, With an Assyrian Unit on the Front Lines of the Caliphate War

Syrian Democratic Forces fighters in Raqqa, July 28, 2017. (Rodi Said/Reuters) Raqqa, Syria -- The coalition airstrikes lit up the night sky, perhaps a mile and a half away. The blast appears to be ...
Wall Street Journal

‘The Caliphate at War’ Is Doing Very Well, Thank You

Regarding Graeme Wood’s review of my book “The Caliphate at War” (Bookshelf, Feb. 8): Mr. Wood is a journalist but I am a political scientist and historian and I write differently. His book was ...
Long War Journal

US-backed forces declare end to Islamic State’s physical caliphate

On Mar. 20, the Trump administration released this map depicting the Islamic State’s territorial caliphate as of early 2017. The group has lost control of this territory, but remains active in some of ...
War on the Rocks

WOTR Podcast: With the Caliphate Crushed, What’s Next?

With the last slivers of Syrian territory being wrested from the grasp of the Islamic State, where does the war against this tenacious terrorist organization go next? To understand where we came and ...