Iraq

In a major counter-terrorism policy statement, US president outlines strategy to crush Islamic State militants.

Hashem al-Sheik Abu Jaber to take control of group with Abu Saleh Tahan becoming group's military commander.

US secretary of state begins Middle East tour to gain support in fight against jihadists

Isis militant group threatens to activate sleeper cells in Silicon Valley to kill Twitter staff.

President Barack Obama says he does not need Congress approval for military action in Iraq.

Vienna says girls aged 14 and 15 planned to leave Austria for the Middle East.

Sotloff family spokesman reveals American journalist, beheaded by terror group, sold at Syrian border for thousands.

US secretary of state's first stop is Jordan and Saudi Arabia to discuss 40-nation coalition against Sunni insurgents.

King Abdullah announces barrier to cut 'number of infiltrators, drug, arms and cattle smugglers to zero'.

Sunni town of Dhuluiya, north of Baghdad, hit by market car bomb as insurgency continues.

When considering an alliance with Assad against IS rebels, our government must remember his atrocities.

FBI set to arrest 12 British suspects believed to have helped British terrorist travel to Syria to fight for Isis.

Islamic State cells distributinh propaganda pamphlets in refugee camps along Pakistan-Afghanistan border, security officials say

Germany sends weapons to Iraq to help combat Islamic State insurgency, after 20 ex-soldiers have joins terrorists

Islamic State is murdering Arab journalists as well - but no-one hears about this.

Abu Hajar al-Sufi and two other senior Sunni insurgents believed killed in Isis-controlled Mosul.

Israeli TV broadcasts footage of event in Jerusalem's old city, the location in the sights of Isis.

Ali Hussein Kadhim recalls escape from claws of death by pretending to be shot by IS firing squad

An investigation found that 60,000 accounts expressing pro-jihadi views have been set up in total since May.

IS militants warn Russia and Putin from the seat of a stolen Syrian aircraft in new online video.

Ex-Cuban chief accuses Mossad and US Senator John McCain of creating the Islamic State.

Evidence emerges of Chinese nationals joining the extreme Sunni Islamist group in Iraq.

Islam scholar translates Islamic State's plans for future 'caliphate' to expand into North Africa and Europe.

Fellow hostage who was held captive alongside Sotloff says the US journalist secretly said Jewish prayers.

The latest addition brings the number of American troops in Iraq to over 1,000.

BREAKING: Video purports to show beheading of US journalist Steven Sotloff by terror group.

Commander's claim of drug-taking counters radical form of Islam enforced by Islamic State.

Fears that an estimated 500 radicalised Britons who have travelled to Iraq and Syria could return.

Human rights group warns of ethnic cleansing campaigns by Islamic State in northern Iraq

Iraq's human rights minister tells UN Human Rights Council terror group pose global security threat.