Islamic state
U.S. investigating report that Islamic State used chlorine gas
American security officials said Thursday that they were looking into a new report that Islamic State (IS) militants had used chlorine gas as a weapon...
'Five Britons a week joining IS as jihadists', says UK police chief
At least five Britons a week are travelling to Iraq and Syria to fight for Islamic State, according to the UK’s most senior police officer.
U.S.-led coalition slams new IS targets in Syria, Iraq
U.S. war planes struck more than two dozen times in Syria and Iraq on Friday and Saturday, hitting Islamic State jihadists and oil infrastructure they...
Islamic State said to be flying 3 captured jets in Syria - with Iraqi help
The Islamic State (IS) is test-flying, with the help of former Iraqi air force pilots, several fighter jets captured earlier from air bases belonging to...
Islamic State ‘training pilots to fly fighter jets’
Iraqi pilots who have joined Islamic State in Syria are training members of the group to fly in three captured fighter jets, a group monitoring the war...
U.S. makes held talks with Syrian Kurdish group, could fuel tension with Turkey
The United States has held direct talks for the first time with a key Syrian Kurdish group, whose troops have been battling the Islamic State group, the...
IS wises up: Top U.S. general says fighters are savvier, more evasive
As the U.S. and its allies enters the third month of a bombing campaign in Iraq and Syria, a top U.S.
Fear reigns in Iraq capital as Baghdad residents watch IS take nearby cities
On the western edge of Iraq’s capital, Islamic State group militants battle government forces and exchange mortar fire, only adding to the sense...
'A war without witnesses': Journalists lament news 'black holes' in IS territory
Kidnappings, beheadings, a hatred of journalists: War correspondents are avoiding the areas controlled by the Islamic State.
Bombings kill 45 in Shi’ite areas of Baghdad and outskirts; Iraq on high alert
At least 45 people were killed in bombings in Baghdad and its rural outskirts on Saturday as the government continued to defend the capital against jihadists...
United States steps up air strikes on IS in Syria as Turkish Kurds riot
U.S.-led coalition warplanes have intensified bombing raids to push back Islamic State (IS) forces intent on seizing the Kurdish town of Kobane in Syria,...
U.S.-led air strikes keep IS at bay in Kobane as refugees stream into Turkey
The U.S.-led coalition has carried out its most sustained air attacks so far on Islamic State (IS) fighters attacking the Turkey-Syria border town of Kobane,...
From Chicago to Japan, flow of Islamic State volunteers continues
Tokyo police are investigating the possibility that a Japanese student tried to travel to Syria to join Islamic State.
Kurdish woman suicide bomber attacks IS militants in Syria: monitor
A female Kurdish fighter carried out a suicide bomb attack against jihadists from the Islamic State group outside the embattled Syrian border town of Kobane...
Jihadists pound key Syrian town after beheading Briton
Kurdish fighters supported by US-led air strikes held back Islamic State militants attacking the Syrian border town of Kobane on Saturday, amid an international...
'State of Superstition': Iraq sitcom mocks IS to 'remove the phobia'
As Iraqi forces struggle to pin back the Islamic State group on the ground, Baghdad is taking its war against the jihadists to the airwaves with a television...
Obama: U.S. intelligence underestimated militants in Syria
President Barack Obama said in an interview airing Sunday that he agrees with intelligence leaders who believe the United States not only underestimated...
U.S. hits Islamic State oil targets in Syria, vows to keep up assault
The U.S.-led coalition has targeted oil refineries in Syria during a third night of air strikes against Islamic State (IS) militants.
Despite U.N. focus and U.S. strikes, Islamic State said to advance in Syria
U.S. planes pounded Islamic State positions in Syria for a second day on Wednesday, but the strikes did not halt the fighters’ advance in a Kurdish...
Air strikes carried out by U.S. and Arab allies kill 120 jihadists in Syria
U.S.-led air strikes killed at least 120 jihadists in Syria today, a monitoring group said.
Officials: FBI is tracking 100 Americans who fought alongside IS in Syria
Some of the estimated 100 Americans who have tried to get to Syria and join up with militant groups such as the Islamic State have returned to the United...
Airstrikes boost Islamic State, FBI director warns more hostages possible
Support for Islamic State increased after U.S. airstrikes began in Iraq and the militant group may take more hostages to try to force concessions from...
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...
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...
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