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The observatory said it did not know when or how Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi died

Coalition cannot confirm IS leader Baghdadi is dead

The US-led coalition battling the so-called Islamic State does not have concrete information about whether the group's leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is dead or alive, the senior US general leading the campaign has said.

News • 11 Jul 17

Deaths in OECD countries increased from 77 in 2014 to 577 in 2015

577 terrorism deaths in OECD countries in 2015

Terrorism deaths fell last year due to a weakening of the so-called Islamic State group in Iraq and Boko Haram in Nigeria, but both groups expanded their geographic reach, a new index reveals.

News • 16 Nov 16

The battle for Mosul is shaping up as the largest in Iraq since the US-led invasion of 2003

No IS retreat from Mosul - al-Baghdadi

Leader of the so-called Islamic State Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has said there will be no retreat from Mosul as he called on suicide fighters to "destroy the cities of the unbelievers".

News • 03 Nov 16

Around one in nine recruits volunteered for suicide operations

IS recruits are well educated - World Bank study

Recruits into the so-called Islamic State group are better educated than their average countryman, contrary to popular belief, according to a new World Bank study.

News • 06 Oct 16

The scene of an IS attack in Iraq in recent months

New Syrian leader needed to defeat IS - Obama

US President Barack Obama has said that defeating the so-called Islamic State group in Syria will only be possible if Bashar al-Assad leaves power.

News • 29 Sep 15

A US-led coalition B1-b flies over the Syrian city of Kobane last November

Civilians killed in US-led air strikes in Syria

US-led air strikes targeting the so-called Islamic State group have killed at least 52 civilians in a village in northern Syria, a monitoring group has said.

News • 02 May 15

Egyptians protested at what they saw as government inaction to the kidnappings

Egypt strikes IS targets in Libya after beheadings

Egypt's military carried out an air strike against Islamic State group targets in Libya at dawn in response to the beheadings of 21 Egyptian Christians.

News • 16 Feb 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

Militants overran Mosul and then drove south towards Baghdad during the year

More than 15,000 killed in Iraq in 2014

Violence in Iraq killed more than 15,000 civilians and security personnel in 2014, according to government figures, making it one of the deadliest years since the 2003 US-led invasion.

News • 01 Jan 15

US Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson called the action 'a precautionary step'

US to boost security at government buildings

The US has announced it will boost security at government buildings after threats from Islamist groups and following two attacks last week in Canada that killed two soldiers.

News • 28 Oct 14

Kurdish people react as they watch smoke billowing from Kobane, as they gather upon a hill overlooking the town

'Several hundred' IS fighters killed - Pentagon

The US military believes it has killed several hundred Islamic State fighters in air strikes in and around the Syrian town of Kobane, a Pentagon spokesman said.

News • 15 Oct 14