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The six Nigerian aid workers were seized by jihadists affiliated to the Islamic State group

Jihadists execute aid worker abducted in Nigeria

Jihadists aligned to the so-called Islamic State group have executed one of six aid workers abducted in July in northeast Nigeria, charity group Action Against Hunger has said.

World • 25 Sep 19

The captured Britons are believed to have been part of a gang that included Mohammed Emwazi, the killer nicknamed Jihadi John (pictured) who was killed in 2015

British IS 'Beatles' fighters captured in Syria

Two British extremists believed to have been members of so-called Islamic State's brutal executions group dubbed "The Beatles" have reportedly been captured.

World • 09 Feb 18

Abd ar-Rahman Mustafa al-Qaduli, the militant group's second-in-command, was killed in a raid in Syria yesterday

Senior IS commander killed in US operation

A senior commander from the self-styled Islamic State militant group was targeted and killed in a US operation, according to US Defense Secretary Ash Carter.

News • 25 Mar 16

John Cantlie was kidnapped along with journalist James Foley in November 2012 in Syria while covering the war there

British journalist appears in new IS video

British journalist John Cantlie, who is being held prisoner by the self-styled Islamic State militant group, has appeared in a new video released today supposedly filmed in the jihadists' Iraqi stronghold of Mosul.

News • 19 Mar 16

Since yesterday morning, Syrian government forces have taken more than a dozen villages from IS jihadists around Aleppo

50 IS fighters killed in Syria Govt Aleppo advance

At least 50 so-called Islamic State group fighters have been killed in the last 24 hours in an advance by Syrian government forces east of Aleppo city, a monitor has said.

News • 21 Feb 16

In the video an English-speaking IS fighter mocks David Cameron for challenging IS, and calls him an 'imbecile'

IS video purports to show killing of five 'spies'

The so-called Islamic State militant group has threatened the UK in an internet video, which purports to show the killing of five "spies" it said worked with the international coalition fighting IS in Iraq and Syria.

News • 04 Jan 16

Muhaydin Mire has been charged with a knife attack at Leytonstone Tube Station

Family had raised concern over Tube attack suspect

The family of a man accused of a violent, sustained and unprovoked knife attack at Leytonstone Tube Station contacted police three weeks before the incident asking for help, it has emerged.

News • 08 Dec 15

Sinjar in Iraq, where Kurdish fighters have been battling extremist militants

Nearly 30,000 foreigners fighting in Syria & Iraq

The number of foreign fighters in Iraq and Syria has more than doubled since last year to at least 27,000, according to a report by an intelligence consultancy.

News • 08 Dec 15

President Erdogan has rubbished Russian claims that Turkey is involved in the illegal oil trade with terrorists

Russia claims Erdogan deals in oil with IS

Russia's defence ministry has accused Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his family of involvement in illegal oil trade with Islamic State jihadists.

World • 02 Dec 15

Egyptian police officers react to the death of their colleagues at the site of the attack near Cairo

Four Egypt officers killed in attack claimed by IS

Masked gunmen on a motorcycle killed four Egyptian policemen south of Cairo, the interior ministry said, in an attack claimed by the so-called Islamic State group.

News • 28 Nov 15

A number of French Rafale fighter jets were involved in the strikes

French war planes target Islamic State

French war planes pounded the so-called Islamic State group's de facto Syrian capital Raqqa, destroying a command post and a training camp, the French Defence Ministry said.

News • 15 Nov 15

Palmyra's ruins are on the UNESCO World Heritage list, and before the war around 150,000 tourists a year visited the town

Three people bound to columns and executed by IS

The self-styled Islamic State group has executed three people in Syria's ancient city of Palmyra by binding them to three historic columns and blowing them up, a monitoring group has said.

News • 27 Oct 15

The demonstrators gathered on Dublin's O'Connell Street

Around 50 people rally against IS terrorism

Up to 50 people took part in a rally organised by the Irish Muslim Peace and Integration Council to protest over the actions of the so-called Islamic State.

News • 26 Jul 15

Kayla Jean Mueller is a humanitarian worker from Arizona

US family 'hopeful' hostage is still alive

The parents of a US hostage, who Islamic State jihadists said died in a coalition airstrike, have said they were "hopeful" she was still alive and asked her captors to contact them.

News • 07 Feb 15

The UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria launched the report in Geneva today

IS committing 'crimes against humanity' - UN

The Islamic State militant group is committing war crimes and crimes against humanity on a large scale in areas under its control in war-ravaged Syria, according to UN investigators.

News • 14 Nov 14

A man watches smoke rise from the Tall Kurdi region as he stands on the roof of his house in Douma

15 killed in latest round of airstrikes in Syria

At least 15 civilians, including three teenagers have been killed in air raids in the Syrian town of Douma.

News • 17 Oct 14

Alan Henning was being held captive in Syria since December

Cameron confirms murder of Henning by IS group

British Prime Minister David Cameron has confirmed reports that the Islamic State group has murdered hostage Alan Henning.

News • 04 Oct 14

Turkish army tanks take position near the Syrian border last week

Turkey vows to resist IS takeover of Kobane

Turkey has said it will do whatever it can to prevent the predominantly Kurdish town of Kobane, near its border with Syria, falling to Islamic State militants.

News • 03 Oct 14

The two additional jets will have arrived by Friday

Two more British jets to join in fight against IS

Britain is to send two more fighter jets to join in strikes against Islamic State militants in Iraq, bringing the total number to eight.

News • 02 Oct 14

Tony Blair's premiership came to be defined by the Iraq War

Blair says ground troops needed to fight IS

Britain and other Western powers should be prepared to commit ground troops to fight against extremists like the Islamic State group, former prime minister Tony Blair has said.

News • 22 Sep 14

UN rushes aid to Turkey for Syrian refugees

The United Nations is sending aid of Blankets, sleeping mats and kitchen sets, with 20 truckloads of aid already supplied to Syrian refugees in Turkey.