Islamic state
Australia’s most-wanted IS recruiter killed in US airstrike in Iraq
The man described as the most dangerous Australian involved with Islamic State has been killed, according to Australian officials. Neil Prakash died...
Islamic State ‘executes 8 Dutch deserters’ as in-fighting escalates
Eight Dutch members of Islamic State have reportedly been executed in Syria by the jihadist group after being accused of trying to desert.
In Rome and Geneva, the mission is the same: how to stop Islamic State
Nearly two dozen nations gather today to plot their fight against the Islamic State militant group in Syria and Iraq and how to choke off its rise in Libya.
Fighter publicly shoots dead his mother for asking him to leave Islamic State
An Islamic State fighter has publicly killed his mother after she tried to persuade him to cut his ties with the terror group.
Defiant British PM says ISIS execution video ‘desperate stuff’
British Prime Minister David Cameron says a new Islamic State video of a masked man and young boy demonstrates the group is “under pressure”.
Seized documents reveal ISIS’s aim to justify sex slavery
Islamic State theologians have issued an extremely detailed ruling on when “owners” of women enslaved by the extremist group can have sex with...
Seized documents reveal Islamic State’s Department of ‘War Spoils’
Islamic State has set up departments to handle “war spoils”, including slaves, and the exploitation of natural resources such as oil, creating...
Dozen groups ready to step into terror space should ISIS be defeated, warns report
The defeat of so-called Islamic State will not end worldwide jihadist terrorism because as many as 15 hard-line Islamist militias are capable of succeeding...
UN set to adopt resolution to stop flow of money to Islamic State
Countries are being urged to “move vigorously and decisively to cut the flow of funds” to so-called Islamic State, as UN finance ministers...
Paris attacks: We’re coming for you in Washington next, Islamic State video warns
Islamic State has used a new video to warn countries taking part in airstrikes in Syria they will suffer the same fate as France.
Dramatic video released of ‘hostages being freed from Islamic State prison’
Dramatic footage has been released appearing to show hostages being freed from an Islamic State compound - in a raid where a U.S.
U.S. rethinks strategy for battling Islamic State in Syria: Report
The United States is rethinking its strategy for battling the Islamic State in Syria, the New York Times reported on Monday, with the Pentagon looking...
US investigating whether Islamic State used chemical weapons
The United States is investigating whether the Islamic State used chemical weapons, the White House said Thursday, following allegations that IS militants...
IS no weaker after year of bombing, say U.S. defense agencies
After billions of dollars spent and more than 10,000 extremist fighters killed, the Islamic State group is fundamentally no weaker than it was when the...
A year of bombing has left IS no weaker, admit U.S. defence agencies
After billions of dollars spent and more than 10,000 extremist fighters killed, the Islamic State group is fundamentally no weaker than it was when the...
A year of bombing has left IS no weaker, admits U.S. defence agencies
After billions of dollars spent and more than 10,000 extremist fighters killed, the Islamic State group is fundamentally no weaker than it was when the...
In shift, Turkish jets strike Islamic State targets in Syria
In a major tactical shift, Turkish warplanes struck Islamic State group targets across the border in Syria on Friday, a day after IS militants fired at...
At least 115 killed in Iraq car bomb attack: officials
A car bomb blast claimed by the Islamic State group ripped through the crowded heart of an Iraqi town north of Baghdad Friday, killing at least 115 people,...
At least 90 killed in Iraq car bomb attack: officials
A car bomb blast claimed by the Islamic State group ripped through the crowded heart of an Iraqi town north of Baghdad Friday, killing at least 90 people,...
More than 100 people killed in Iraq car bomb attack on packed market
More than 100 people have been killed and others wounded in a car bombing north of Baghdad, according to police and medical sources. The attack happened...
At least 35 killed in Iraq car bomb attack: officials
A car bomb blast claimed by the Islamic State group ripped through the crowded heart of an Iraqi town north of Baghdad Friday, killing at least 35 people,...
Egyptian navy vessel targeted by militants off Sinai’s coast
An Egyptian navy vessel was targeted on Thursday by militants affiliated with the Islamic State group, who claimed they destroyed it with a rocket while...
Kurds oust IS from Syria’s Kobane as civilian toll mounts
Islamic State fighters who launched a surprise attack on a Syrian border town massacred more than 200 civilians, including women and children, before they...
Islamic State launches 2 major attacks in northern Syria
Islamic State militants launched major attacks in northern Syria on Thursday after a string of recent setbacks, storming government-held areas in a mostly...
Islamic State says it blew up two warplanes at seized Libyan base
The militant group Islamic State’s Libya wing released a video on Thursday purportedly showing it blowing up two warplanes at an air base while its...
Islamic State says blows up two warplanes at seized Libyan base
The militant group Islamic State’s Libya wing released a video on Thursday purportedly showing it blowing up two warplanes at an air base while its...
Obama expands U.S. force in Iraq as IS tightens grip on Middle East
President Barack Obama will send as many as 450 more U.S. military personnel to train Iraqi forces combating Islamic State militants, as his administration...
IS gains in Libya, Iraq as countries scramble with strategies
U.N.-brokered negotiations aimed at stemming Libya’s collapse into a failed state threatened to fall apart after militants from the North African...
Islamic State mounts suicide attacks around Syria’s Hasaka city: Official
Islamic State bombers have blown up about a dozen explosive-packed trucks at Syrian army checkpoints around the government-held northeastern city of Hasaka...
Ramadi operation: U.S. and international coalition to reexamine IS strategy
Iraq’s plan to recapture the western city of Ramadi from Islamic State jihadists will dominate a meeting Tuesday in Paris of foreign ministers from...
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