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Kurdish peshmerga fighters are being backed up by US air strikes.

EXCLUSIVE: IBTimes UK reports from the Kurdish frontline in Mosul - just 12km from the Islamic State

US says despite Iraqi forces having the capacity to fight Isis, they failed due to 'lack of will' in Ramadi.

Iraqi army forces and Shia militias are counterattacking against Islamic State insurgents near Ramadi.

In a first for pop music, Kurdish singer Helen Abdulla actually goes to war in video for her new single, Revolution.

In a first move of its kind, US military admits two children killed during air strikes against Isis in Syria.

Harrowing new pictures show al-Sheitaat tribesmen shot dead in the streets

Leaders from some of the 60 countries part of the US-led coalition to gather in French capital.

How many more people have to die before Twitter wakes up to the danger of jihadi accounts?

Ministry of Defence confirms that 85 British soldiers arrived in early May.

Islamic State stands little chance of retaining Ramadi with up to 10,000 Shia fighters rallying outside city

Coalition airstrikes have knocked out the acting leader of Isis - but who exactly was this hugely influential figure?

Our intelligence suggests this cache of devastating rockets has been seized by Islamic State militants.

Texas police warned of the Isis-related Muhammad cartoon contest shooting by Anonymous activist on Twitter.

Iraqi Vice-President Osama al-Nujaifi described the mass killing as 'horrific and barbaric'.

Darya Homdamin was one of five men arrested by the Kurdish authorities in Erbil this week.

Anonymous launches petition saying Cloudflare is 'promoting terrorism' by hosting Isis-related websites.

Crowds gathered in Meakle Square in Addis Ababa to honour the Ethiopians killed on the shores of Libya

Islamic State (Isis) released a video on 19 April purporting to show its militants shooting and beheading what appeared to be about 30 Ethiopian Christians in Libya.

Anonymous is looking to crowdsource the Twitter accounts used by Islamic State to spread propaganda

Footage released on social media purportedly shows Islamic State (Isis) militants breaching the security perimeter around Iraq's Baiji oil refinery.

A look back at the headlines that dominated the week's global and domestic news agenda.

IS's sophisticated survival techniques are making Twitter monitors look foolish.

British extremists and jihadis are flocking to Iraq and Syria to join Isis despite the risk of jail sentences or death.

Supporters of the terror group posted graphic images of the execution on social media.

Anyone smoking or with music on their phones faces ten days in prison under new laws imposed by the terror group in Raqqa.

EXCLUSIVE: Iraqi Kurdistan foreign minister says Kurds have so far taken 20,000 sq km from Isis in Iraq

Islamic State has occupied parts of Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp in Syria

Islamic State's banning of El Clasico in Mosul shows once again how detached militants are from Middle East reality.

Two radical militias fighting alongside the Iraqi army have pulled out of the fight against Isis