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US and allies finalise plan to inflict 'lasting defeat' on Isis
A meeting was held in Washington to come up with a plan to throw the Islamic State out of Iraq and Syria.
Defence ministers meeting in Washington to discuss campaign against Isis
The meeting will also grapple with the refugee fallout of the conflict.
Isis in Iraq: Helicopter footage shows moment crucial Islamic State airbase retaken south of Mosul
Video was shot by helicopter flying above lines of Iraqi armoured vehicles approaching Qyyarah base.
Isis executes 5 tribesmen and beheads 6 of its own militants for spying
The extremists are becoming increasingly paranoid as the borders of their self-proclaimed caliphate shrinks.
Isis 'boils 7 of its own fighters alive' after they fled from battle in Iraq
The cowardly jihadists were killed by their own men as punishment for fleeing in Sharqat in Salahuddin.
Top Isis commander killed in Mosul as Daesh fighters close key bridges to the city
Isis leader Hayman Galal, known by his nom de Guerre Abi Abdul-Rahman al-Kurdi, was killed with 3 others.
Senior Iraqi military commander killed by Isis snipers south of Mosul
As well as an offensive to take the Isis-held city of Fallujah, government troops are fighting near Mosul.
Sick Isis jihadists force civilians to stone to death woman accused of adultery in Mosul 'because it is Ramadan'
According to reports, the feared Isis-led al-Hisba police detained the woman before she was killed.
Fighting Isis: Photos of Iraqi and Syrian forces battling to reclaim Daesh-controlled areas
Progress is being made in Iraq and Syria, as troops close in on the militant group.
Isis: Executions by dissolving fighters in nitric acid part of paranoid hunt for western spies
The Islamic State has displayed the bodies of executed spies to serve as a warning to its fighters.
Sick Isis militants burn alive 19 Yazidi women in iron cages for 'refusing sexual jihad'
In Isis-held territory there is an economy in sex slaves obtained by their conquest in Syria and Iraq.
The Battle for Fallujah: Inside Islamic State's secret tunnels
The militant group uses tunnels to approach, appear and escape the front line, in order to reduce their casualties.
Isis: Iraqi special forces enter Islamic State stronghold Fallujah
The offensive on 29 May saw a fresh exodus of civilians from the city and its surrounding areas.
Kurdish Peshmerga troops gear up to retake Isis-held Mosul
A Peshmerga ground offensive was launched to retake villages east of Mosul from Daesh.
British Isis bride Sally Jones threatens London with bomb attack
Mrs Terror, the former punk rocker from Kent issued the chilling warning on Twitter.
Isis executes 25 Iraqi 'spies' by lowering them into nitric acid until their 'organs dissolve'
The barbaric treatment was dished out in Mosul, northern Iraq, according to several local news reports.
Courageous Christian on death bed asks mother to forgive Isis thugs who burned her alive
The child was burned alive by the jihadists in the Isis stronghold of Mosul in northern Iraq
Hero Alsatian praised after helping SAS troopers combat Isis fighters during ambush
The incident came as the SAS completed a 10-day training program with Peshmerga fighters in northern Iraq.
British SAS capture 3 Isis chiefs in daring lightning raids as net closes around Mosul
Coalition is using night-time raids on the Iraqi city to destabilise Daesh's command structure.
Isis conflict: Australia's most wanted jihadist Neil Prakash killed in US air strike
Prakash appeared in a number of propaganda videos calling for lone-wolf terror attacks in Australia.
War on Isis: More British troops could join Iraqi forces to combat Daesh
To increase the impact of coalition forces in Mosul, US Defence Secretary requests UK to send in 'military trainers'.
US Navy Seal killed by Isis in Iraq identified as Charlie Keating
Keating, a 31-year-old native of Arizona, was killed after IS militants broke through Kurdish lines on 3 May.
War on Isis: US says it has blown up $800m from air strikes targeting jihadi banks
Operation Inherent Resolve is trying to destroy Isis's income with strikes on banks where it keeps its cash.
Isis blow up 19th century Empress Eugenie's Clock Church in Iraqi city of Mosul
In the militants' latest attack on Christianity, they destroyed the church paid for by French emperor's wife.
British special forces troops to launch double attack on Isis in Iraq and Libya
The SAS and SBS are preparing to mount attacks with US, French and Iraqi troops and Kurdish forces.
Obama: No military solution to Syria conflict
US president rules out deploying ground troops to oust Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad.
Isis: Daesh renews chemical attacks on Kurdish fighters in northern Iraq
Peshmurga forces say they have suffered 10 chemical attacks in the past six weeks.
Cash-strapped Isis removes organs from wounded jihadi fighters to sell on black market reports say
Isis is losing territory in both Syria and Iraq with US-led airstrikes limiting oil production.
Isis in Iraq: President Obama predicts Mosul will fall by end of 2016
Officials announced that 200 additional troops will be deployed, acting mostly as advisors to Iraqi soldiers.
Life under Isis: Families used as human shield, fined because of beard length and forced labour
An Iraqi refugee has spoken about the horrors of life under the Isis Caliphate after escaping.