When U.S. special forces led an assault in March on a compound in northern Iraq belonging to the militant group Ansar al-Islam, U.S. officials said they had taken out a significant terrorist threat.

Ansar al Islam, a longstanding al Qaeda-linked jihadist group which now mainly operates in Syria, has claimed its first attack in its native Iraq in five years. Yesterday, Ansar al Islam released a ...

In the immediate aftermath of the deadliest postwar bombing in Iraq on Tuesday, U.S. and Iraqi officials pointed the finger at the shadowy al-Qaida-linked terrorist group, Ansar al-Islam, and its ...

IN A LETTER WRITTEN to the al Qaeda leadership in early 2004, Abu Musab Zarqawi described the Iraqi Kurds in less than favorable terms. As far as Zarqawi was concerned, they were “a Trojan horse” who ...

Sometimes, what you don't say is the most important part. Take Tony Snow's remarks to Carl Levin this week on Fox News Sunday: "You mentioned the link with al Qaeda. Of course that was Ansar al-Islam ...

Since the beginning of the year, the al Qaeda-linked “Incite the Believers” operations room in northern Syria has advertised its battles with the Assad regime. Various photos and videos detail ...

Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis, Egypt's most active militant group, has sworn allegiance to Islamic State, a statement from Ansar said Monday night. Ansar had previously told Reuters that it sought inspiration ...