Isis

Barakat is the most senior state official to die at the hands of insurgents since the 2013 coup.

Tarek Dergoul was released in 2004 after being held for two years without charge at Guantanamo Bay.

Militants drove a truck laden with explosives into a crowded checkpoint.

US Army Colonel Christopher Garver said the battle for the city had already started.

Gunmen stormed a Catholic retirement home in Yemen's port city of Aden on 4 March.

Aircraft can simulatneously drop 32 tons of bombs and will replace a fleet of Rockwell B-1 Lancer supersonic planes.

In Libya Daesh has grown from a force of 3,000 fighters to 6,500 in three months.

Senior jihadi behind IS online propaganda machine reportedly killed in airstrike

Police seized 'biological weapons' from terror suspects, claims interior ministry.

Jordanian foreign policy has often been pragmatic towards its immediate neighours

Romney described Trump's 'personal qualities' as undesirable.

Gunmen storm elderly shelter in Port city killing at least 16 people including 4 Indian nuns.

Italian intelligence officials said they were working to secure the pair's release.

The military uniforms were labelled second-hand clothes and disguised as humanitarian aid to Syria and Iraq.

The FBI are pressuring Apple to allow the agency to hack phone belonging to San Bernardino shooter

'Easily influenced' man later died in suicide bombing in Iraq.

On a wing and a prayer: WhatsApp message to a prayer group called ISI men, caused crew to fear passenger was a terrorist.

UK Parliamentary committee told Islamic State makes up to £14m a month laundering stolen money into Middle East markets

Six soldiers were killed in clashes as Islamic State militants attempt to overrun army garrison.

The Italian Foreign Ministry has said it informed the pair's families of their deaths.

Islamic State's Cyber Caliphate Army promised to take down Google, but mistakenly targeted small Indian firm.

Jurgen Todenhofer said disagreements between President Bashar al-Assad and opposition sparked the conflict.

The UK Imams will enter the active combat zone of Samarra to witness the fight back.

Iraqi government concludes deal with Trevi group to prevent catastrophic collapse of facility on Tigris River.

Jordanian authorities say they foiled an Islamic State plan to attack military and civilian targets.

Qarni was outspoken in his condemnation of Isis provoking calls for lone wolf attacks against him.

Detainee will be handed over to Iraqi officials after interrogation, US officials said.

Philip Breedlove says Islamic State militants 'spreading like cancer' among refugees.

Britain tops European table for the number of far-right attacks or plots over the past 15 years.

The cessation of hostilities has brought some respite to civilians, particularly from air strikes.