The UN warned on Wednesday that the Daesh (ISIS) terror group continues to pose a persistent threat to international peace and security, stressing the group's ability ...

Rights abuses meted out by Iraqi forces to Daesh prisoners in Mosul are being investigated, officials say. Many videos have ...

Turkish police detained 39 suspected members of the Daesh terrorist group in coordinated raids across Istanbul after ...

Only two years ago, Nadia Murad, UN Goodwill Ambassador, expressed her deepest fear after surviving the Daesh atrocities "that once Daesh is defeated, Daesh militants will just shave off their beards ...

For a year now, the terrorist group ISIL, or Daesh, as it is known throughout the Middle East, has seized attention through its rapid growth and expansion. To fuel this growth, Daesh has maliciously ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr Ewelina U Ochab is a Forbes contributor, lawyer, and author. Aug 02, 2021, 04:04pm EDT Aug 02, 2021, 04:04pm EDT This article ...

If you've wondered why world leaders, including President Obama, have started referring to the Islamic State, aka ISIS, as "Daesh" lately, you're not alone. The fact that these leaders are using the ...

Here’s to the Daesh bags. Western leaders — most recently French President Francois Hollande — have begun using a silly-sounding phonetic term for Islamic militants that apparently makes the madmen ...

Daesh (pronounced like dash), also stylized as Da'ish, is an acronym derived from Dawlat al-Islamiyah f'al-Iraq wa al-Sham, the Arabic translation for the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant. However ...

It took the U.S. two months to settle on a moniker for its operations in Iraq and Syria, and Washington still doesn't appear to have settled on a name for the enemy the military has been fighting ...

Blanketed by drones, surrounded by mountains and with Special Forces crawling in the foothills beyond, the town of Miran Shah was possibly the most watched place on Earth in the 00s. It was one of the ...

Editor’s Note: Zeba Khan is a writer focused on how Islam intersects with race, politics, and identity. Follow her @zebakhan. The views expressed are her own. Zeba Khan: The word "Daesh" actively ...