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A US official said that today's blasts at Kabul airport were "definitely believed to be" carried out by ISIS-K

Who are ISIS-K and what threat do they pose?

Concern has grown over the affiliate of the so-called Islamic State in Afghanistan, ISIS-K, amid fears it could be responsible for today's explosions at Kabul airport.

World • 26 Aug 21

Police in Barcelona said the man intended to carry out a terrorist attack

Police detain suspected IS follower in Barcelona

Spanish police have arrested a Moroccan man in Barcelona with suspected links to Islamic State who they believe was planning a militant attack.

World • 08 May 20

In recent months Iraq has taken custody of thousands of jihadists including foreigners captured in neighbouring Syria

Iraq condemns fourth French IS member to death

An Iraqi court has condemned a fourth French citizen to death for joining the Islamic State group, despite France reiterating its opposition to capital punishment.

World • 27 May 19

Defendant Jennifer Wenisch hides her face behind a folder as she arrives at court

German IS woman accused of war crime

A German woman who joined the Islamic State jihadist group has gone on trial accused of the war crime of letting a five-year-old Yazidi "slave" girl die of thirst in the sun.

World • 09 Apr 19

Shamima Begum, who joined the so-called Islamic State as a schoolgirl, said she was 'brainwashed'

IS teenage bride claims she was 'brainwashed'

Shamima Begum, who was married to a fighter of the so-called Islamic State, has said she is coming to terms with the prospect she may never return to Britain, but insists she was "brainwashed" by extremists.

World • 02 Apr 19

The extremists ran their own courts, sentencing people to death by beheading and hanging

As IS falls, people speak of life under 'caliphate'

For the millions forced to endure the Islamic State group's brutal rule, life in the "caliphate" was a living hell. Girls were enslaved, music was banned and homosexuality was punishable by death.

World • 24 Mar 19

Mr Trump made the comments on-board Air Force One

Trump's IS defeated statement disputed

US President Donald Trump appears to have prematurely claimed defeat against the Islamic State terror group's last bastion in Syria.

World • 22 Mar 19

At height of its brutal rule, IS controlled stretch of land in Syria and Iraq the size of UK.

Syrian forces say Islamic State in its 'final moments'

US-backed forces have said Islamic State group was living its "final moments" after thunderous shelling on its last scrap of land in eastern Syria prompted 3,000 jihadists to surrender.

World • 13 Mar 19

The United States wants other nations to repatriate their citizens detained by the SDF and prosecute them through domestic justice systems

US calls for repatriation of citizens detained by SDF

The US has called on Ireland and other countries to repatriate citizens being held by Kurdish-led forces fighting the Islamic State in Syria.

News • 04 Feb 19

A number of Irish citizens are believed to have fought for ISIS (file image)

Paul Reynolds: The Irish who are fighting for ISIS

Following the reported capture of an Irish citizen in Syria, RTÉ's Crime Correspondent Paul Reynolds examines the Irish-based extremists who are working for international terrorist organisations

Crime • 12 Jan 19

Iraqi troops monitor an area west of the shrine city of Karbala in central Iraq yesterday

Further 200 US troops to be sent to Iraq

US President Barack Obama is sending up to 200 extra troops to Iraq to protect the US Embassy and Baghdad airport.

News • 30 Jun 14

There have also been reports of clashes on the outskirts of Damascus

Jihadists crucify nine rebels in Syria

A jihadist group in Syria has publicly executed and crucified eight rebels fighting both President Bashar al-Assad's regime and the jihadists, a monitor said this afternoon, while a ninth man was crucified but survived.

News • 29 Jun 14

Shia fighters secure an area west of the central holy city of Najaf on a road leading to Anbar

ISIS announces establishment of 'caliphate'

An offshoot of al-Qaeda which has captured swathes of territory in Iraq and Syria has declared itself an Islamic "caliphate", according to a statement posted on jihadist websites.

News • 30 Jun 14

Human Rights Watch posted the analysis online

Human Rights Watch finds ISIS execution site

Human Rights Watch has said Sunni insurgents had executed between 160 and 190 Iraqi soldiers en masse this month in Tikrit.

News • 27 Jun 14

Nouri al-Maliki electoral bloc won by far the most seats in parliamentary elections in April

Iraqi prime minister rules out emergency govt

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has ruled out forming a national emergency government to confront a Sunni militant offensive that has overrun large parts of the country.

News • 25 Jun 14

John Kerry urged Kurdish leaders to stand with Baghdad

US deploys military assessment teams to Iraq

The US military has begun deploying assessment teams in Baghdad to evaluate the state of Iraqi security forces.

News • 24 Jun 14

Iraqi Shia Turkmen patrol close to locations of jihadist ISIS fighters in northern Iraq

Iranian leader accuses US of trying to retake Iraq

Iran's supreme leader accused the United States of trying to retake control of Iraq by exploiting sectarian rivalries, as Sunni insurgents drove toward Baghdad from new strongholds along the Syrian border.

News • 22 Jun 14

Newly-recruited Iraqi army volunteers take part in a military parade in the shrine city of Najaf, in central Iraq

Sunni fighters seize post on Iraq-Syria border

Sunni fighters seized a border post on the Iraq-Syria border, security sources said, smashing a line drawn by colonial powers almost a century ago with the aim of creating an Islamic Caliphate stretching from the Mediterranean Sea to Iran.

News • 21 Jun 14

A member of Iraq's security forces wave his national flag as newly recruited men gather

Iraq requests US air strikes on insurgents

Iraq has asked the United States to conduct air strikes against Sunni Islamist insurgents that have seized key cities and large swathes of the country.

News • 18 Jun 14

Iraqi volunteers fighting with Iraqi forces chant slogans in Karbala city, southern Baghdad

US sending some troops to Iraq to protect staff

US President Barack Obama has said he is sending a small number of US troops to Iraq immediately to provide extra support and security for the US Embassy and US personnel in Iraq.

News • 16 Jun 14

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