UNITED NATIONS — The United States and France are asking the United Nations Security Council to impose sanctions on as many as 15 suspected terrorist fighters, recruiters and fund-raisers, including some connected to the Islamic State, American officials said on Monday. They described the request as part of the Obama administration’s push for international action […]

The jihadist group has oil revenues, arms and organization, controls vast stretches of Syria and Iraq and aspires to statehood. Organization The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria has a detailed structure that encompasses many functions and jurisdictions, according to ISIS documents seized by Iraqi forces and seen by American officials and Hashim Alhashimi, an […]