Islamic State

Fighters of the Islamic State have been carrying out ethnic and sectarian cleansing of entire non-Arab and non-Sunni Muslim communities in northern Ir(...)

A video has been posted online purporting to show the decapitation of journalist Steven Sotloff by the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, the second Ame(...)

Islamic State fighters have executed dozens of members of the Syrian army they took hostage after capturing an air base in the northeast of the cou(...)

Islamic State militants have executed Syrian army soldiers and are holding a group of them hostage after capturing an air base in northeast Syria at t(...)

The parents of murdered American journalist James Foley have released a letter their son wrote during his time in captivity.Mr Foley was kidnapped in (...)

Britain has said it planned tougher laws to deal with British Islamist militants after Islamic State (IS) fighters in the Middle East released a video(...)

For weeks, Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, has watched United States military engagement in Iraq with quiet unease: Democrats and Republicans warily b(...)

After months of delay the Pentagon has declared that the Islamic State (also referred to as Isis) must be confronted in Syria, its main base, as well (...)

The crisis gripping Iraq escalated rapidly in the past 48 hours with a re-energised Islamic State – formerly Isis – storming new towns in the north an(...)

Qatar and Turkey continue to play a role in the search for a ceasefire in Gaza, despite yesterday’s breakdown just a few hours into what was to have b(...)