Islamic State

Clooney asks Iraqi PM Haider al-Abadi to write to the UN Security Council seeking an inquiry.

Iraqi forces are facing increasingly stiff resistance from Islamic State militants, who are using suicide car bombs and snipers to defend their last major stronghold in Iraq.

A strategically positioned, well hidden, sniper can pin down the advancing Iraqi forces for days.

US defence officials have said 3,000 to 4,000 fighters remain in the city.

Baghdad will need money and support from the US and others if it is to defeat jihadism.

The suspect, Saifullah, was shot dead in a stand-off with Indian security forces on 8 March.

Pentagon has not confirmed new deployment that has been 'in the works for some time'.

Yass Khathr punished 50 women a week, beating them for crimes like smoking or showing their ankles.

A lack of communication between Baghdadi and his leaders in Mosul indicates is focusing on preserving his own life.

Barrister is calling on UN to investigate genocide against Yazidis, persecuted at the hands of Islamic State.

Seven militants had been planning to attack the Saudi royals and are believed to have ties to Isis.

King Salman's visit to the islands demonstrates the corruption of the regime that seized power in 2012.

Miliants barricaded both ends of the tunnel, ripped up the tracks and built an assault course inside, on which to train their recruits.

Amri was an habitual drugs user, according to a Italian autopsy report.

Iraqi forces have faced their heaviest clashes in their battle to reclaim western Mosul from Isis.

This was the second time the ancient Syrian city, a Unesco heritage site, had been recaptured from the militants in the course of Syria's six-year war.

The bridge connects to the old city centre that is currently held by the Islamic State.

The cousin is also a high-ranking member of Isis and his arrest could deal a big blow to the militant group.

The 34-year-old warned against the lack of representation while giving Channel 4's annual diversity lecture.

Iraqi forces have liberated eastern Mosul and are currently fighting to drive Islamic State out of west Mosul.

Government troops supported by militias recaptured Palmyra on 2 March.

President's proposed cuts risks safety of US troops and ability to counter terrorist recruitment, Albright urges.

Iraqi authorities are trying to move civilians out of the battleground in west Mosul to prevent loss of innocent lives.

Over 10,000 civilians have fled Isis-held districts since government forces breached the city's southern defences on 23 February.

The blast at the shrine of Lal Shahbaz Qalandar, which killed over 70, was claimed by Isis.

Stephen Townsend expressed hope that Raqqa in Syria will also be liberated from Isis control.

Gorka says America's "enemy is radical Islamic terrorism", contradicting new National Security Adviser.

First institute for study of psychotherapy and psychotraumatology in Middle East opens in University of Duhok.

The girls were reportedly in contact with a French Isis commander on the Telegram app.

Duncan Lewis noted that in 2015 around 40% of those investigated were between 15 and 24 years of age.