Islamic state
As public cries for vengeance, Jordan talks of wider intervention in Syria
Grief here over the Islamic State’s brutal killing of a Jordanian pilot has given way to calls for war, with Jordanian officials dropping hints of a...
Jordan executes two al-Qaeda prisoners after ISIS killing of pilot
Jordan executed two al Qaeda prisoners before dawn Wednesday, a government spokesman said, just hours after Islamic State militants released a video purportedly...
Jordan retaliates: Two al-Qaida prisoners executed after IS killing of pilot
Just hours after Islamic State militants released a video purportedly showing captured Jordanian pilot Muath al-Kaseasbeh being burned alive in a cage,...
Jordan executes two al Qaeda prisoners after IS killing of pilot
Jordan executed two al Qaeda prisoners before dawn Wednesday, a government spokesman said, just hours after Islamic State militants released a video purportedly...
U.S. hopes kidnapped pilot’s murder will toughen Jordan’s resolve
The Islamic State’s burning to death of a captured Jordanian air force pilot is likely to harden Jordan’s position as a member of the U.S.-led...
Jordan mourns murdered pilot, vows ‘earthshaking’ response against IS
Islamic State militants released a video on Tuesday appearing to show a captured Jordanian pilot being burnt alive, and Jordan promised to avenge his death.
Jordan vows ‘earthshaking’ response to IS video showing pilot’s death
Islamic State militants released a video on Tuesday appearing to show a captured Jordanian pilot being burnt alive, and Jordan promised to avenge his death.
Unconfirmed images appear to show IS burning Jordanian pilot alive
Supporters of the Islamic State insurgent group have begun circulating photos on social media that purport to show captive Jordanian pilot Mu’ath...
Out of time? Families plead for lives of IS hostages as swap hopes fade
Japan and Jordan were working closely on Friday to find out what had happened to a journalist and shot-down fighter pilot, respectively, held by the militant...
Families plead for lives of IS hostages as swap hopes fade
A deadline of sunset Thursday for a possible prisoner swap purportedly set by the Islamic State group holding a Japanese journalist and a Jordanian military...
'Left speechless': Latest beheading has shaken Japan to the core
From the prime minister to the populace, Japan responded with shock on Sunday after learning one of two Japanese hostages of the extremist Islamic State...
Breaking: IS militants reportedly release video of beheaded Japanese citizen
Japan’s government is investigating a new message purported to be from the Islamic State group holding two Japanese hostages.
Japan to fight ‘until the very end’ for IS hostages as deadline passes
Japan promised Saturday not to give up “until the very end” on efforts to rescue two Japanese hostages threatened with beheading by militants...
As deadline passes for IS hostages, skepticism over ransom demand
The 72-hour deadline ISIS imposed on a $200 million ransom demand for the lives of two Japanese hostages passed on Friday, but intelligence officials and...
Hostage crisis: Analysts say Japan is target for militants
Japan’s hostage crisis is a stark reminder that Tokyo’s deep pockets and alliance with the US make it a target for Islamist militants, analysts...
Islamic State group reaches for Afghanistan and Pakistan to rival Al Qaeda, Taliban
Afghanistan and Pakistan, home to al-Qaeda and Taliban militants and the focus of the longest war in U.S.
Sex slavery pushes Islamic State victims to suicide: Amnesty
Women and girls from Iraq’s Yazidi religious minority forced into sexual slavery by the Islamic State jihadist group have committed suicide or tried...
IS executes 100 foreign fighters for trying to quit
The Islamic State extremist group has executed 100 of its own foreign fighters who tried to flee their headquarters in the Syrian city of Raqqa, the Financial...
U.S. Congress passes $584 billion defence bill, expands campaign against IS
The U.S. Congress on Friday sent President Barack Obama a massive U.S. defence policy bill that endorses his stepped-up military campaign of air strikes...
Britons who fought against IS in Syria are questioned by police on return to UK
Two British men who joined Kurdish forces fighting Islamic State (IS) in Syria have told how they were treated as terrorism suspects on their return to...
'A war inside of Islam': The Jordanian town where IS's popularity grows
It’s a problem for one of the West’s biggest allies in the fight against the most radical group in the Middle East — the ideology of the...
Unexplained bullet wound and forced to clean toilets: Why a jihadist quit IS
Areeb Majeed, 23, left for Iraq with three friends in late May, expecting to be a fighter, but left when he was forced to do housework.
Islamic State group attacks Kobani from Turkey
The Islamic State group launched an attack Saturday on the Syrian border town of Kobani from Turkey, a Kurdish official and activists said, although Turkey...
Syrian government air strikes kill more than 60 in Raqqa
Syrian government warplanes carried out a series of airstrikes Tuesday on the de-facto capital of the extremist Islamic State (IS) group, killing at least...
UN: Islamic State group got up to $45m in ransoms
The Islamic State group which controls a large swath of Syria and Iraq has received between $35 million and $45 million in ransom payments in the past...
Islamic State group recruits, exploits children
Across the vast region under the control of the Islamic State (IS), a group calling itself the Islamic Police is actively conscripting children for battle...
Canadian military veterans said to be aiding rebel fight on Islamic State
A half-dozen former Canadian armed forces personnel were reported on Friday to be enlisting with Kurdish fighters to combat the terror group that calls...
Countries wrestle with how to de-radicalise returning jihadists
Countries around the globe are experimenting with de-radicalisation programmes to deal with the threat of jihadists returning from the wars of the Middle...
Death toll from Islamic State massacre of Sunni tribe in Anbar surges
Iraqi officials upped the death toll of a massacre of Sunni Arab tribesmen by the self-styled Islamic State today to 322, making it among the largest massacres...
Iraqi, Kurdish troops push back against Baghdad-bound IS militants
Iraqi government forces and Shi’ite militias seized control of the strategic town of Jurf al-Sakhar near Baghdad from Islamic State on Saturday and...
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