Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

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Iraq Hits IS Commanders, Baghdadi Fate Unclear

The Iraqi air force has targeted a meeting of commanders from the Islamic State group that its leader Abu Bakr...

Headlines

Iraq Forces Foil IS Attempt To Flee To Syria

Iraqi forces have thwarted an attempt by around 200 jihadist fighters to flee their bastion of Tal Afar towards Syria,...

Headlines

UK Sees IS Being Ousted From Iraq Towns This Year

British Defence Minister Michael Fallon said Saturday in Iraq that he expected to see the Islamic State group expelled...

International

Russia, Turkey, Iran Discuss Syria Ceasefire In Astana

Representatives from Russia, Turkey and Iran have kicked off a technical meeting in Kazakhstan's capital Astana to...

Top Stories

Turkish Gov’t-Funded Madrassa Teacher Recorded Praising ISIL In Classroom

An obtrusive recording revealed that a teacher working at a Turkish gov’t-funded religious school in Albania...

International

US Strikes In Libya ‘kill 80 Rebels’

A US air strike on Libya has killed more than 80 rebels from so-called Islamic State (IS), said outgoing US Defence...

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Iraqi Army Retakes City’s East From Islamic State

The Iraqi army says it has recaptured all of eastern Mosul from the so-called Islamic State (IS). Counter-terror chief...

International

Trump Takes Over Islamic State Fight, Vowing To Finish It

As President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office, the Islamic State is on the defensive in three countries and...

International

Iraqi Forces ‘retake Mosul University’ From ISIL

Iraqi special forces have taken full control of a strategic university in eastern Mosul, according to senior...

Opinion

NATO Crisis

Turkish President Recep Erdogan alleged, giving the Obama administration a ‘new-year-surprise’, December 28 that...

International

Tunisia Beach Attack

A BBC investigation has identified the man accused of organising the terror attack on a beach that killed 38 people in...

International

Two ‘terrorist’ Suspects Shot Dead In Riyadh Raid

Two "dangerous terrorists", including an explosive-belt maker, were shot and killed in Saudi Arabia during a security...

International

Deaths As Car Bomb Hits Jableh Town

At least nine people are reported killed and 25 others wounded in a car bomb attack on Syrian government-held coastal...

International

BBC Stirs Controversy With ‘real ISIS Housewives’ Skit

A BBC sketch satirising British women who have left to join the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known...

Top Stories

German-Ghanaian Who Denounced ISIS Faces War Crimes Charges

A German-Ghanaian Islamic State defector who claimed in news interviews to have refused to commit violence for the...

Politics

German-Ghanaian Who Denounced ISIS Faces War Crimes Charges

A German-Ghanaian Islamic State defector who claimed in news interviews to have refused to commit violence for the...

Top Stories

German-Ghanaian Who Denounced ISIS Faces War Crimes Charges

A German-Ghanaian Islamic State defector who claimed in news interviews to have refused to commit violence for the...

Top Stories

German-Ghanaian ISIS Member Charged In Murders

German prosecutors have added six counts of murder and war crimes to the charges against an imprisoned Islamic State...

International

ISIL Claims Responsibility For Reina Attack

ISIL has claimed responsibility for the attack on a nightclub in Istanbul that killed 39 people on New Year's Eve. The...