CONFLICT PICTURES

Progress is being made in Iraq and Syria, as troops close in on the militant group.

With walls peppered with bullet holes the Darul Aman is a symbol of failed attempts to bring peace to Kabul.

The militant group uses tunnels to approach, appear and escape the front line, in order to reduce their casualties.

The al-Qaeda-affiliated militant group remains a threat to Somalia and neighbouring Kenya and Uganda.

Residents of town in south-eastern Turkey returned after partial lifting of curfew to find utter chaos.

Fallujah was first Iraq city to fall under IS control in 2014 and has been besieged for more than six months.

Syrians living in Turkey talk about the horrors of life in Syria and their hatred of Islamic State, aka Daesh.

Iraqi troops have launched a final attack to recapture the city which fell to Isis in January 2014.

The deadly blasts in what are normally considered quiet, pro-government areas were the first targeting civilians in the cities.

Iraqi government forces have clashed with Islamic State (Isis) militants near Fallujah as they battle to recapture the city.

Truck exploded when rebels were loading on explosives intended for an attack on security forces.

Israel came to a standstill as it observed two minutes of silence to remember fallen soldiers and victims of terror.

At least 50 people are dead with 60 wounded, although police officials stated the death toll may rise.

Here are the women who say gender does not keep them from fearing or entering the battle.

Tim Hetherington and Chris Hondros were killed by a mortar attack in the rebel-held Libyan town of Misrata.

The attack during the rush hour was the worst to hit Afghan capital since the 2011 suicide blast.

Unicef estimates that nearly 10,0000 kids under the age of five may have died in the past year from preventable diseases.

Nagorno-Karabakh is a mountainous enclave populated mainly by ethnic Armenians who reject Azerbaijan's rule.

Over the course of 100 days in 1994, between 7 April and mid-July, up to a million people were killed in Rwanda, in a mass slaughter unparalleled in modern history.

Syrian troops, backed by Russian forces have regained control of the town which IS has controlled since August.

Residents flee Hit after Iraqi forces launch an operation to retake it from Isis (Daesh) fighters.