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Syrian troops prepare for the advance on Palmyra

Al-Qaeda confirms senior leader killed in drone strike

The Al-Qaeda group has confirmed that a US-led coalition drone strike had killed senior leader Abu al-Khayr al-Masri in Syria.

World • 02 Mar 17

The man was arrested during a raid on a property in Young

Australian charged with aiding Islamic State group

An Australian has been charged with helping the so-called Islamic State group develop high-tech weapons, including long-range guided missile capabilities.

News • 28 Feb 17

Smoke billows as Iraqi forces gather at Mosul airport during an offensive to retake the western side of the city

Iraqi troops reportedly reclaim Mosul airport

US-backed Iraqi security forces have captured Mosul airport, state television said, in a major gain in operations to drive the so-called Islamic State group from the western half of the city.

News • 23 Feb 17

The bomber has been named by IS as Abu Zakariya al-Britani, who was born in UK and named Ronald Fiddler

IS bomber said to be Briton freed from Guantanamo

A British man believed to have carried out a suicide bombing in Iraq for the so-called Islamic State was a former Guantanamo Bay detainee paid £1m in compensation from the British government.

News • 22 Feb 17

Iraqi government forces are making advances on IS in western Mosul

Iraqi troops close to reaching Mosul airport

US-backed Iraqi forces battling so-called Islamic State fighters have fought their way close to Mosul's airport on the second day of a ground offensive on the jihadists' remaining stronghold in the western side of the city, according to military statements.

News • 20 Feb 17

Bombing at crowded Sufi shrine also left dozens wounded

Over 70 dead in IS bomb attack on Pakistan shrine

The Islamic State militant group has claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing in Pakistan which has left at least 72 dead.

News • 16 Feb 17

A military honour guard salutes in front of the coffin of one of five Turkish soldiers killed in an attack by IS militants near al-Bab this week

Erdogan says Turkish troops inside Syria's Al-Bab

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said Turkish troops and their Syrian rebel allies have entered the centre of the so-called Islamic State-held bastion Al-Bab, saying its capture was just a "matter of time".

News • 12 Feb 17

Most of those arrested by police were foreigners

400 suspected Islamic State members held in Turkey

Turkish police detained hundreds of suspected members of the so-called Islamic State militant group in nationwide raids today, just over a month after an attack on an Istanbul nightclub claimed by the jihadists.

News • 05 Feb 17

Islamic State controls the Palmyra site after recapturing it in December

Islamic State militants destroy Palmyra monument

Militants from the so-called Islamic State group have destroyed one of the most famous monuments in the ancient city of Palmyra, the Tetrapylon, and the facade of its Roman Theatre, according to Syria's antiquities chief.

News • 20 Jan 17

So-called Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack at the Jamila market

20 people killed in Baghdad bomb attacks

The so-called Islamic State has claimed attacks at two Baghdad markets in which 20 people were killed.

News • 08 Jan 17

Police stand guard outside the scene of the attack

Arrests made as IS claims deadly Istanbul attack

The so-called Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for the New Year's Day shooting in a packed Istanbul nightclub that left 39 people dead.

Istanbul • 02 Jan 17

Police said the blasts went off near car spare parts shops in Sinak during the morning rush

29 dead after two blasts in central Baghdad

Two bombs exploded at a busy market in central Baghdad killing at least 29 people and wounding more than 50 others, police and medics said.

News • 31 Dec 16

Iraqi forces have been tightening the noose around Mosul since launching the offensive

IS reportedly executed 13 Iraqi civilians

So-called Islamic State group fighters "summarily executed" 13 civilians after villagers rose up against them at the start of the Iraqi army's offensive to retake Mosul, Human Rights Watch has said.

News • 27 Dec 16

A Christmas tree was erected on the main road in Mosul, Iraq

Iraqis mark Christmas in town recaptured from IS

Iraqi Christians filled the pews of the fire scarred Mar Shimoni church in a town east of Mosul on Christmas Eve for the first service since its recapture from jihadists.

News • 24 Dec 16

Hundreds of people protested outside parliament in Tunisia against letting jihadists who fought overseas to return to the country

Three linked to Berlin suspect arrested in Tunisia

Tunisian security forces have arrested three suspected militants after uncovering their links to Anis Amri, the Tunisian national believed responsible for the Berlin Christmas market attack that killed 12 people.

News • 24 Dec 16

Syrian army forces in the city of Aleppo

Aleppo evacuation expected to begin within hours

An evacuation of rebel-held districts of Aleppo is back on track and expected to begin within hours, officials on both sides of the war have said.

Aleppo • 14 Dec 16

Civilians leave a rebel held area of Aleppo

Ceasefire to allow people to leave Aleppo

Rebel resistance in Syria's Aleppo has ended after years of fighting and months of bitter siege and bombardment culminating in a collapse of their defences this week, as insurgents agreed to withdraw in a ceasefire.

News • 13 Dec 16

Many buildings have been reduced to rubble in Aleppo

Syrian rebels get proposal to quit Aleppo

Syrian rebels have received a US-backed proposal to leave Aleppo along with civilians under safe passage guaranteed by Russia, rebel officials said as government forces closed in today, but Moscow denied a deal had been reached.

News • 11 Dec 16

Relatives mourn one of the police officers killed in the attack

Kurdish militants claim responsibility for bombing

An offshoot of the militant Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) claimed responsibility today for twin bombings that killed 38 people and wounded 155 outside an Istanbul soccer stadium, an attack for which the Turkish government vowed vengeance.

News • 11 Dec 16

Civilians flee the besieged city of Aleppo

Kerry urges 'grace' from Russia in Aleppo talks

US Secretary of State John Kerry urged Russia to show "a little grace" when US and Russian officials meet in Geneva later to try to reach a deal enabling civilians and fighters to leave the besieged city of Aleppo.

News • 10 Dec 16

Barack Obama was making a speech at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida

Obama warns military might will not defeat terror

US President Barack Obama has warned that the country would not be able to wipe out terrorism with military might as he offered a sweeping defense of his administration's national security record.

World • 06 Dec 16

Attacks in Paris in November 2015 left 130 people dead

Europol says IS tactics are 'evolving'

Terror networks such as the so-called Islamic State group are evolving their tactics to attack soft targets in Europe, which could see the use of deadly car bombs, Europol has warned.

News • 02 Dec 16

Afghan security officers cordoned off the area around the Baqirul Olum mosque

Suicide blast at Kabul mosque kills at least 30

A suicide bomb at a Shia mosque in Kabul killed more than 30 people and wounded dozens as worshippers gathered for a religious ceremony, officials said.

News • 21 Nov 16

A group of boys play in a street outside their home in front of a burning oil well set on fire by fleeing IS members south of Mosul

Islamic State stockpiling chemicals in Iraq - UN

Fighters from the so-called Islamic State have executed scores more people around Mosul this week and are reportedly stockpiling ammonia and sulphur in civilian areas, possibly for use as chemical weapons, the UN has said.

News • 11 Nov 16

The Mosul operation, involving a 100,000-strong alliance of troops, is in its fourth week

Iraqi forces accused of killing civilians in Mosul

Iraqi government forces killed and tortured civilians south of Mosul, rights groups have said, in the first such reports of alleged abuse in the US-backed campaign to retake the city from the so-called Islamic State.

World • 10 Nov 16