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Mixed messages: U.S.-Iran conflict rises on the sidelines of Iraq fight
Secretary of State John Kerry says he won’t shut the door on the possibility of working with Iran against a common enemy in the Islamic State (IS)...
Mosul schools empty as IS instates rigid anti-West curriculum
The extremist-held Iraqi city of Mosul is set to usher in a new school year. But unlike years past, there will be no art or music.
Britain vows action after ‘pure evil’ murder of aid worker by IS
Condemning an act of “pure evil”, Prime Minister David Cameron vowed Sunday that Britain would do all it can to catch the killers of a British...
U.S. military action against Islamic State stokes war of words over terminology
A day after US Secretary of State John Kerry refused to use the word “war”, Obama administration officials have begun to use the word to describe...
Kerry pledges $500m of aid to countries affected by Syria civil war
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry announced on Friday nearly $500 million (£307.5 million) in humanitarian aid for people and countries hit by Syria’s...
Obama pledges to ‘degrade and destroy’ Islamic State using air power
President Barack Obama vowed to strike the Islamic State (also known as ISIL and ISIS) in Syria and to expand operations in Iraq, seizing command of an...
Obama’s Islamic State plan to include strikes on militants in Syria
U.S. President Barack Obama will ask Congress to quickly authorise the arming and training of Syrian opposition forces but will press forward without formal...
Strategy against Islamic State in hand, U.S. now must make it work
U.S. President Barack Obama has embarked on building what is basically the third major U.S.-backed international coalition of the past 23 years to take...
Obama: We will not be intimidated by militants - justice will be served
The U.S. will not forget the “terrible crime against these two fine young men,” said President Barack Obama, in reference to freelance journalists...
Amnesty International condemns ISIL’s ‘ethnic cleansing’ in Iraq
Amnesty International has accused Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) jihadists of “systematic ethnic cleansing” and mass killings...
With neighbours in crisis, new tests mount for Jordan
Jordan’s powerful intelligence services appear to be deploying their full range of tools to counter the threat of native Jordanians joining the Islamic...
Assad allies alarmed by advance of Islamist forces in Syria
A mounting death toll in President Bashar al-Assad’s armed forces is causing alarm among some government loyalists who are worried about Islamic...
Who’s paying Islamic State’s bills? U.S. wants to know
Officially, the FBI agents who swarmed Donald Ray Morgan at Kennedy Airport this month were there to arrest him on a mundane gun charge.
Philippine militants pledge allegiance to Islamic State jihadists
Hardline Muslim guerrillas in the Philippines said Friday they have pledged allegiance to Islamic State, the extremist jihadists who now control large...
Pakistan rallies to test government, its democracy
Ahead of planned massive anti-government protests, Pakistan’s capital feels like a city preparing for a siege.
As wave of bombs rocks Baghdad, ancient Christian population of Mosul flees
The ancient Christian community of the northern Iraqi city of Mosul had all but fled by Saturday, ending a presence stretching back nearly two millennia...
Twin terrors: 16-year-old sisters flee UK to ‘join Syria militants’
Twin teenage girls have run away from their home in the UK and travelled to Syria, sparking fear they may have joined militants in the Islamic State (IS).
Despite debate over authenticity, ‘caliph’ video displays jihadists’ confidence
The Islamic State (IS) jihadist group which spearheaded a sweeping militant assault that overran swathes of Iraq is now claiming leadership of the world’s...
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