Timeline of the Islamic State (2025)

This article is about ISIL-related events in 2025. For other time periods, see list of terrorist incidents linked to ISIL.

This is a timeline of Islamic State (ISIS)-related events that occurred in 2025.

Timeline

January

• 1 January – 2025 New Orleans truck attack: ISIS inspired man drove a pickup truck into a crowd on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, then exited the truck and engaged in a shootout with police before being fatally shot. Fifteen people were killed, including the perpetrator, and at least fifty-seven others were injured. ^[1]
• 2 January – Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), enabled by United States Central Command (CENTCOM) forces, conducted a D-ISIS operation, near Dayr az-Zawr, Syria, resulting in the capture of an ISIS attack cell leader. The operation lasted until 3 January. ^[2]
• 10 January – The Iraqi Air Force conducted an airstrike in the Hamrin Mountains, Diyala Province, resulting in four members of the Islamic State, including two senior leaders being killed. ^[3]
• 11 January – The Hayat Tahrir al Sham (HTS)-led Syrian interim government thwarted an attempted suicide bombing attack on the Sayyidah Zeinab shrine, a prominent Shia shrine outside Damascus. ^[4]
• 15 January – At least ten people are killed in an attack by the Allied Democratic Forces (ISCAP) on the village of Makoko in Lubero Territory, North Kivu. ^[5]
• 22 January – A Chinese national in Takhar Province, Afghanistan was killed in a shooting. ISIS-K claimed responsibility for the attack. ^[6]
• 26 January – Malam-Fatori Suicide Bombing: An Islamic State suicide bomber drove a vehicle with explosives into a convoy of Nigerian troops that were targeting ISWAP militants in Malam-Fatori, Borno State, Nigeria, killing himself and 27 soldiers. Several other troops were critically injured. ^{[7] [8]}
• 31 January:
  • CENTCOM forces, conducted precision airstrikes in the vicinity of Kirkuk, Iraq, killing five ISIS operatives. ^[9]
  • Uganda announced that it was going to deploy Ugandan People's Defence Force troops to its border with eastern Congo due to the worsening security situation against the Allied Democratic Forces insurgency. ^[10]

February

• 7 February – Allied Democratic forces raided Christian Villages and killed residents in North Kivu and Ituri Provinces ^[11]
• 10 February – CENTCOM forces conducted an airstrike in the vicinity of Kirkuk, Iraq, killing two ISIS operatives. ^[12]
• 12 February:
  • CENTCOM forces conducted an airstrike in the vicinity of Rawa, Iraq, killing five ISIS operatives. ^[13]
  • Kasanga massacre: Allied Democratic Forces entered the village of Mayuba in Lubero Territory, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo and abducted at least 70 Christian civilians. The captives were subsequently taken to a Protestant church in Kasanga, North Kivu, were they were beheaded. ^{[14] [15]}
• 15 February – 2025 Villach stabbing attack: A 23-year-old Syrian carried out a series of random stabbings against six pedestrians. The attack resulted in the death of a 14-year-old boy and injuries to five other individuals. Police later recovered a recording of the suspect swearing an oath of allegiance to the Islamic State. ^{[16] [17]}
• 26 February – A Tajik national was arrested in Brooklyn by American authorities on charges that he conspired to support ISIS and ISIS-K by facilitating US$70,000 in payments to ISIS-affiliated individuals in Turkey and Syria. ^[18]
• 28 February – 2025 Darul Uloom Haqqania bombing: A suicide bombing in Akora Khattak, Pakistan during Friday prayers, resulting in the deaths of at least seven individuals, including the prominent cleric and head of the seminary, Hamid Ul Haq Haqqani. Additionally, approximately 20 others sustained injuries. ^{[19] [20]}

References

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