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Isis: Girls as young as nine married off by Daesh, raped and taught to be good wives
Also known as the flowers of the Caliphate they are to be fully veiled and remain hidden.
Isis: Daesh leaders inspired by Nazi's Hitler Youth to train generation of 'lethal' child soldiers
The Quilliam foundation has said elements from the Hitler Youth can be observed in IS training.
Isis in Iraq: 47 dead in suicide truck bombing south of Baghdad
Militants drove a truck laden with explosives into a crowded checkpoint.
Iraqi forces planning assault on Islamic State forces in Mosul
US Army Colonel Christopher Garver said the battle for the city had already started.
First Western journalist to visit Isis-controlled areas says US could 'divide Syria'
Jurgen Todenhofer said disagreements between President Bashar al-Assad and opposition sparked the conflict.
British Imams travel to battlezone against Isis in Iraq in fact-finding mission for troubled Muslim youth
The UK Imams will enter the active combat zone of Samarra to witness the fight back.
War on Isis: US military captures its first Daesh operative in Iraq
Detainee will be handed over to Iraqi officials after interrogation, US officials said.
Iraq: 14 including Shia militia leader killed in suicide attack on funeral
The blast occurred about 60 miles (90km) north of Iraqi capital in the town of Muqdadiyah.
Isis in Iraq: Death toll climbs to 73 in wake of Daesh suicide bombing of Shia market in Baghdad
Isis claimed responsibility for the killings in Baghdad, as well as an attack on Abu Ghraib.
British Sunni imams to visit Iraq in order to fight Isis propaganda back home
Group to learn about Daesh atrocities in bid to wean away UK youths from IS.
Explosive book describes Tony Blair's 'deceit' over intentions to invade Iraq
The book comes ahead of the release of the Chilcott report into Britain's role in Iraq war.
Islamic State suicide bombings kill 24 in Baghdad market
Bombings also reported in areas south of capital.
Disgraced former US marine Joseph Chamblin foils girlfriend's murder plot
Soldier was filmed urinating on the bodies of dead Taliban insurgents during the Afghan war in 2011.
Iraq: Hundreds of thousands of Shiite Muqtada al-Sadr supporters protest corruption in Baghdad
Protesters in Baghdad's Tahrir Square shouted slogans of 'no to corruption and the corrupt'
Iraq War legacy: UK faces millions in compensation payouts as torture claims against British army mount
EXCLUSIVE: Only a third of claims, including for acts such as electrocution, have so far been settled.
Facebook used by arms dealers to sell jihadis guns, tanks and missiles across Syria, Gaza and Iraq
Arms dealers using Facebook to sell a wide range of weapons to Hamas, Kurdish rebels, Isis and other Jihadists.
Baghdad bomb attack: At least 15 killed in double Islamic State suicide blasts at Shia mosque in Iraqi capital
The suicide bombers targeted a Shia mosque in the Iraqi capital in a co-ordinated attack.
Isis torture: Daesh use new 'biter' weapon to punish women for showing 'too much skin' in Mosul
Torture device said to operate like an animal trap or metal jaw with teeth.
Isis in Iraq: Swedish teenager Marlin Stivani Nivarlain rescued from Daesh stronghold for second time
Nivarlain claim she was 'misled' by an ISIL member in Sweden to travel to Syria and later to Mosul.
Stolen radioactive material feared to have fallen into Isis hands is found in Iraq
Laptop-sized case containing 'highly dangerous' Iridium-192 went missing in Basra in November 2015.
Isis: US says no sign Daesh has missing radioactive material
'Dirty' bomb capabilities of missing Ir-192 yet to be confirmed.
Iraq sentences 40 to death over 2014 Camp Speicher massacre
More than 1,500 cadets were slaughtered after Isis seized Tikrit army base.
Isis: Militants behead 15-year-old Ayham Hussein for listening to music
Jihadis found Hussein listening to music on a portable CD player in Mosul.
Iraq hunts 'highly dangerous' stolen radioactive material amid 'dirty bomb' fears
Officials are alarmed at the prospect of a dirty bomb if Isis gets its hands on the material.
Market round-up: FTSE surges, Glencore and Anglo American among soaring miners
The FTSE 100 jumped 2.87% on Wednesday 17 February, building on Tuesday's gains.
Oil crisis: Opec members to persuade Iran to join Saudi Arabia and Russia in freezing output
Oil ministers of Venezuela and Iraq are travelling to Tehran to discuss the issue.
Why we should be cautious of Saudi Arabia and Russia's oil deal
Saudi Arabia, Russia, Venezuela and Qatar agree to freeze oil output at January levels.
Iraq: American hostages seized from Baghdad brothel released
The three were reportedly seized from a brothel in Iraqi capital in January.
Isis stones to death 4 Iraqi women in Mosul for alleged adultery
Daesh militants believed to have raped the women before they were stoned to death.
Isis: Daesh used chemical weapons in attack on Kurds in Iraq in 2015
Around 35 Kurdish fighters showed symptoms of mustard gas poisoning after 2015 attack.