Islamic State(IS)

Double blow for IS, loses Kobane and Diyala

Kurdish militia drove the Islamic State group from the Syrian town of Kobane and raised…

IS arrests 'coup plotters' against leader Baghdadi

The Islamic State group has claimed the arrests of four jihadists it classified as "extremists"…

Britain raises terror alert over ISIL threat

Britain raised its terror threat risk level to "severe" on Friday because of fears over…

Iraqi strikes in US interest, Obama tells Congress

  WASHINGTON(AFP) - US President Barack Obama told Congress on Sunday that the "limited" airstrikes…

Jihadist offensive sparks mass Iraq exodus

Jihadists took over Iraq's largest Christian town and surrounding areas on Thursday and sent tens…

IS fighters take over Syria army base, behead soldiers

DAMASCUS, (AFP) - Islamic State fighters have seized a Syrian army base in the northern…

Iraq forces repel militant attack, kill 15: official

KIRKUK (AFP) - Iraqi security forces repelled an insurgent attack on a northern Shiite Turkmen…

'Caliph' sermon at Iraq mosque show of confidence: experts

The first appearance of self-proclaimed "caliph" Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in a video shot in an…

Iraqi's Jihadist leader steps out

Self-proclaimed caliph Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi made an unprecedented appearance in the Iraqi city of Mosul,…