Isis

Jac Holmes, 24, had been fighting alongside Kurdish troops to force the Muslim extremists from their stronghold in Raqqa.

Roger Baird Oct 24, 2017

Photos of the shattered Syrian city of Raqqa after a fierce four-month battle to expel Islamic State (Isis/Daesh).

David Sim Oct 24, 2017

Syrian Democratic Forces' recapture of Raqqa is an emblematic loss for terrorist group who had designated the city the capital of the so-called Islamic State. But it does not signal the end of Isis.

Lina Khatib Oct 23, 2017

British Isis recruiter Sally Jones, also known as the White Widow, allegedly tried to recruit a British pizza chef to assassinate the Queen with a home-made bomb in 2015.

IBT UK Contributor Oct 23, 2017

In pictures: The siege of Marawi has finally come to an end after one final fierce gunfight with a group of militants holed up in the shattered city.

David Sim Oct 23, 2017

Sahar's skeletal body weighed four pounds (1.9kg) when she reached the hospital in eastern Ghouta region, where humanitarian access is restricted due to a blockade imposed by the Assad regime.

Ludovica Iaccino Oct 23, 2017

At least 50 policemen have been killed when they launched a raid on a militant hideout in Western Desert.

Vasudevan Sridharan Oct 21, 2017

The attacks targeted a Shia mosque in Kabul and a Sunni mosque in Ghor province.

Vasudevan Sridharan Oct 21, 2017

A court in Sweden has awarded a man almost £10,000 after he was imprisoned for four months, wrongly suspected of being an Isis terrorist – but they cannot find him anywhere.

IBT UK Contributor Oct 20, 2017

Pompeo said "the world has moved" and pledged that the CIA will now refine how it works to combat "non-state threats" and "state intelligence adversaries."

Jason Murdock Oct 20, 2017

The Philippines president said the martial law will remain in place until all the extremists are wiped out from the restive southern region.

Vasudevan Sridharan Oct 20, 2017

Even at these taxing times, the urge only to punish has to be curbed. If it isn't, a liberal democracy will become an elected autocracy. And then no one is safe.

Yasmin Alibhai-Brown Oct 19, 2017

A steady stream of Syria-focused rhetoric from Al-Qaeda shows that the organization has not at all given up on Syria, but is rather trying to reestablish itself.

Rita Katz Oct 19, 2017

Chilling photos of bunkers, bombs and bodies inside Raqqa after Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters liberated the city from Islamic State (Isis/Daesh) militants.

David Sim Oct 19, 2017

"Isis is currently in an 'interim' period focusing on a much bigger endgame," Elaine Duke, US President Donald Trump's acting Secretary of Homeland Security, warned.

Ananya Roy Oct 19, 2017

Photos show fighting is still going on in Marawi long after Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte declared it had been liberated from Islamist militants.

David Sim Oct 18, 2017

US officials estimate there are 6,500 Isis fighters left in Iraq and Syria, where multinational coalitions have recaptured several territories previously controlled by the group.

Ludovica Iaccino Oct 18, 2017

The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) announced they have defeated Islamic State (Isis, Daesh) in its former capital after a four-month battle.

David Sim Oct 17, 2017

Iraq's dramatic move against the Kurds came soon after they had fought side by side to rid the country of Islamic State (Isis/Daesh).

David Sim Oct 17, 2017

Raqqa has witnessed intensified fighting as Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), supported by a US-led coalition, started a campaign to recapture the city in June.

Ludovica Iaccino Oct 17, 2017

A refugee camp in Aïn Issa, a town 50km from Raqqa, is hosting families of fighters while coalition forces continue to gain territory in the former Isis stronghold.

Ludovica Iaccino Oct 17, 2017

A Michigan school student suffered a severe cut to the hand that needed surgery after playing the "Isis Game" where pupils pretend to behead each other.

Roger Baird Oct 17, 2017

Iraq Army troops invaded Kurdish-controlled Kirkuk as tensions are soaring following an independence referendum held in the autonomous Kurdistan region.

Ludovica Iaccino Oct 17, 2017

New York jihadi Ahmad Khan Rahimi, 29, is convicted of laying two pressure cooker bombs. He considered himself 'a soldier in a holy war against Americans'.

William Watkinson Oct 16, 2017

More than 300 people died when a truck packed with explosives detonated near the entrance of Mogadishu's Safari Hotel on 14 October.

Hassan Istiila Oct 16, 2017

Hundreds of civilians fled the city last week as US-led airstrikes on Isis fighters intensified to drive them from one of their last Syrian strongholds.

Isabelle Gerretsen Oct 16, 2017

British national Sally Jones and her 12-year-old son Joe Dixon are believed to have been killed by a Predator drone in Syria. Legal questions surround their deaths.

Ludovica Iaccino Oct 16, 2017

Members of the minority Coptic community have repeatedly been targeted by Isis-affiliated militants in recent months.

Isabelle Gerretsen Oct 16, 2017

At least 6,000 Kurdish troops are believed to have been deployed to the oil-rich city in response to Baghdad's alleged threats.

Ludovica Iaccino Oct 13, 2017

Tensions are soaring in the country following an independence referendum held by the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in September.

Ludovica Iaccino Oct 13, 2017