Islamic State

Islamic State militants in Turkey, plotting attacks: media

ISTANBUL: Islamic State militants have entered Turkey and are plotting to attack diplomatic missions in… Read More

Islamic State militants burn alive 45 Iraqis

BAGHDAD: Islamic State (IS) militants reportedly burned to death 45 Iraqis in Iraq’s western city… Read More

Military chiefs in Saudi for anti-Islamic State talks

RIYADH: Military chiefs from around the world will gather in the Saudi capital on Wednesday… Read More

Iran denies that Khamenei replied to Obama letter on Islamic State

ANKARA: Iran has denied a Wall Street Journal report that Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei… Read More

Egypt bombs Islamic State targets in Libya after 21 Egyptians beheaded

CAIRO: Egypt's air force bombed Islamic State targets inside Libya on Monday, a day after… Read More

Westerners join Iraqi Christian militia to fight Islamic State

BAGHDAD: Saint Michael, the archangel of battle, is tattooed across the back of a U.S.… Read More

100 killed in week of clashes in south Syria: monitor

BEIRUT: Nearly 100 fighters on both sides have been killed in a week of fighting… Read More

Kurds regain Syrian villages from Islamic State: monitor

BEIRUT: Kurdish forces backed by U.S.-led air strikes have regained control of at least 163… Read More

Islamic State fighters seize parts of western Iraqi town: officials

BAGHDAD: Islamic State insurgents took control on Thursday of large parts of the western Iraqi… Read More

Potential Republican candidates tread carefully on Islamic State

WASHINGTON: Republicans exploring a 2016 White House run are pounding away at President Barack Obama's… Read More

Obama seeks war authorization from Congress to fight Islamic State

WASHINGTON: U.S. President Barack Obama sent Congress a proposal on Wednesday for authorization to use… Read More

Al Qaeda supporters in Yemen pledge allegiance to Islamic State – group

DUBAI: A group of Islamist fighters in Yemen renounced their loyalty to al Qaeda's leader… Read More

Afghanistan could become haven for IS: ex-CIA officer

KABUL: Afghanistan is in danger of turning into a sanctuary once again for Islamist extremists… Read More

IS commander killed in Afghanistan drone attack

WASHINGTON: Pentagon has said that an Islamic State (IS) commander named Mulla Abdul Rauf Khadim… Read More

Islamic State 'sentenced' U.S. hostage to death last year – activist

WASHINGTON: The young American hostage who Islamic State says was killed in a Jordanian air… Read More

U.S.-led forces launch 26 air strikes in Syria, Iraq: U.S. military

WASHINGTON: U.S.-led forces launched 15 air strikes against Islamic State in Iraq and 11 in… Read More

IS militant 'surrenders' to Turkey: army

ISTANBUL: A jihadist from the Islamic State (IS) militant group surrendered to the Turkish army… Read More

Parents of US hostage appeal to Islamic State captors

WASHINGTON: The parents of an American hostage who the Islamic State group claimed had been… Read More

Islamic State says U.S. hostage killed in air strike in Syria

BEIRUT: Islamic State said on Friday that an American woman hostage it was holding in Syria… Read More

Islamic State growing in Libya

UNITED NATIONS: The Islamic State group is gaining ground in Libya and a new international… Read More