Islamic State
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Hundreds more flee Islamic State holdout in eastern Syria
- Middle East
- March 5, 2019, 17:46
Hundreds more people have left the last area held by the Islamic State terror group in eastern Syria and gathered in a massive reception area to be se(...)

Key Isis media communicator killed in drone strike on Syria
- Europe
- March 2, 2019, 06:01
The US-led Operation Inherent Resolve announced the death of France’s most wanted man in a tweet on Thursday evening. “A Coalition strike killed an ac(...)

Many women among bodies found in mass grave in Syria
- Middle East
- February 28, 2019, 16:25
A mass grave containing the bodies of dozens of people killed by the Islamic State terror group, including many women, has been found in territory re(...)

Islamic State nears defeat in last Syrian enclave
- Middle East
- February 20, 2019, 13:07
The Islamic State terror group looked close to defeat in its last enclave in eastern Syria on Wednesday as civilians poured out and the US-backed Syri(...)

London schoolgirl who ran away to join Isis wants to return home
- UK
- February 14, 2019, 09:41
An east London schoolgirl who left Britain as a 15-year-old to join the Islamic State terror group is now heavily pregnant and wants to return home. (...)

French journalists face former Isis torturer and accused killer in Brussels court
- Europe
- February 9, 2019, 05:01
Mehdi Nemmouche is on trial in Brussels until early March, accused of murdering an Israeli couple, a French volunteer and a receptionist at the Jewish(...)

A favourite restaurant in Syria led Islamic State to Americans
- Middle East
- January 21, 2019, 09:42
For US troops posted in the dusty flatlands of northern Syria, the Palace of the Princes restaurant in Manbij offered a pleasant place to stop for gri(...)

American man ‘sent CV to Islamic State’ seeking teaching job
- US
- January 7, 2019, 09:48
A 34-year-old man from Houston who is said to have sent a CV and cover letter seeking a job with Islamic State has been seized on a battlefield in Syr(...)

US withdrawal from Syria leaves Kurdish allies vulnerable
- Middle East
- December 24, 2018, 01:00
Washington’s Kurdish allies face the threat of Turkish invasion and occupation of the border zone they rule in Syria once US troops pull out of that c(...)

Islamic State re-emerges as guerilla force in Syria and Iraq
- Middle East
- December 5, 2018, 12:19
Islamic State is carrying out a rising number of kidnappings, killings and bombings in Iraq and fighting fiercely in Syria as the extremist group retu(...)