Iraq

Researchers found more than 5,500 items ranging from mortar rounds to rockets and explosives.

Moussa says that Saudi Arabia and Egypt should play a bigger role in ending the Syrian war

Acting Iraqi Interior Minister Aqeel al-Khazali expects suicide attacks in major Iraqi cities

Pentagon official said the 50,000 figure was a 'conservative estimate'.

Phil Shiner, formerly of Public Interest Lawyers, faces being struck off.

Drone pioneer Michael Flynn seeks to stamp out Islamist ideology as Trump's National Security Adviser.

Journalist John Cantlie was captured in Syria in 2012 and has appeared in several propaganda videos.

The fight for northern Iraqi city is still expected to take several months.

The Shia stronghold held out against Isis despite relentless suicide bomb attacks.

Kuwait: A Desert on Fire, sees Sebastião Salgado's travel closely with firefighters in one of the worst environmental disasters in living memory.

The cloudy skies act in favour for the militants as they hinder air strikes and blur the vision of Iraqi forces.

The retired general once said it was 'fun to shoot some people'.

A Europol report cautions against foreign fighters returning from Isis strongholds in Iraq and Syria.

German study finds that nearly half of returnees remain committed to extremist ideology.

UN says it has evidence Isis dishing out brutal punishments to civilians who reject their demands.

Many residents have chosen to stay in Mosul, preferring the risk of crossfire to spending the winter in a cold displacement camp.

Russia has been dependable, forceful, and ruthless where America has been incoherent.

Doctors have said they do not have enough beds or medical supplies as they deal with the influx of wounded.

Major-General Rupert Jones expects an even larger information trove when Mosul falls.

Australia's most senior Isis operative known as Abu Khaled al-Cambodi was reported dead twice in 2016.

The massive explosion happened near the village of Shomali, 60 miles south of Baghdad

Fighters and journalists came under fire at a newly-liberated airport outside Tal Afar.

Former Morrisons security guard Omar Hussain says he was shot whilst fighting with the Islamic State.

Arbaeen commemorates the end of a 40-day mourning period after the killing of Imam Hussein, the Prophet Muhammad's grandson, during a battle in 680 AD.

European attacks easier to plan rather than recruits travelling to Syria or Iraq to fight coalition forces.

French-born Rachid Kassim is linked to several terror attacks in Europe and praised the Nice terror attack.

Jack Letts is believed to be the first white Briton to travel to Isis-held Syria in 2014.

Isis appears to have massacred the policemen just one month before start of US-backed forces assault on Mosul.

There is an overwhelming sense of uncertainty as Iraqi special forces press ahead with their offensive on the Islamist group's last big stronghold in Iraq.

The President-elect has contradicted himself often on policy towards Iran and the Arab world.