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A Peshmerga ground offensive was launched to retake villages east of Mosul from Daesh.

Assault on IS-stronghold imminent after Iraqi troops gain ground overnight.

Kurdish commander Rojda Felat says the women who have died fighting Daesh inspire her.

Libyan authorities expected to request help from UK 'fairly swiftly' to help stop people and arms smuggling.

A fourth man has been released on bail pending further investigations.

20 lorries were lost in the rocket attack which also destroyed a fuel tank.

Isis is using Telegram to teach would-be terrorists how to make weapons and guard against cyberattacks.

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

Video features Kjartan Sekkingstad, Robert Hall and Marites Flor, all held since September.

Al-Qaeda executioner Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was a petty criminal in Zarqa before he became a killer

Daesh's latest bomb victims were queuing to register as police recruits.

The UK has pledged funds during a Regional Security Summit in Abuja .

A summit on the battle against Boko Haram is taking place in Nigeria.

Man claimed he was knifed, days after Paris attacks, by extremists in Marseille.

Islamic State's latest bombings offer grim reminder of Iraq's bloody sectarian conflict.

The Pentagon dubbed the air strike successful as key Islamic State leader, dubbed Desert Lion, confirmed dead.

The incident came as the SAS completed a 10-day training program with Peshmerga fighters in northern Iraq.

Fierce fighting has broken out in the Syrian city of Aleppo with losses on both sides.

Prakash appeared in a number of propaganda videos calling for lone-wolf terror attacks in Australia.

Keating, a 31-year-old native of Arizona, was killed after IS militants broke through Kurdish lines on 3 May.

US Central Command says serviceman was killed by enemy fire near Irbil.