Islamic State

Regime forces claim women and children are terrorists to justify slaughtering them.

Hundreds of German jihadists in Syria are mainly young males who have failed school

Kerry flies to Jeddah for talks with regional partners as Netanyahu and Obama will meet in coming weeks

Laurent Fabius says Islamist group should be referred at as Daesh, others prefer QSIS.

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

Aviation security expert explains why attacking airplanes is very appealing for terrorists

Head of Ahrar al-Sham Hassan Aboud killed in huge suicide bombing

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

Woman tweets anger at Cameron 'for wars against Muslims' from Isis stronghold of Raqqa.

Britain's Ministry of Defence fast-tracks heavy machine guns and ammunition for embattled Iraqi forces.

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

Genel Energy, which evacuated non-essential staff in August after security deteriorated in northern Iraq, is set to return

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.

Iraqi forces tighten hold over strategic dam despite Isis militants' offensive.

At least eight Syrian airstrikes kill several Isis militants and many civilians in Raqqa.

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

Controversial politician calls on Dutch Muslims who support terror group to be exiled from Holland.

US President says 'big countries can't just stomp on little countries' as new sanctions threatened

Supreme Leader Khamenei allows top general to liaise with American forces against Islamic State

Shin Bet intelligence sources say agency monitoring militants for fear they will return to Israel.

Britons fighting with Islamic State affiliate frustrated at fighting other rebel groups.

Speaking at the Nato Summit in Wales, UK Prime Minister David Cameron was coy on talks of British airstrikes against the so-called Islamic State, saying that building up Kurdish and Iraqi ground forces was the priority.

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

Scholar Yasir Qhadi explains why Muslims' excessive burden of publicly condemning fanatics is wrong

The comic said he could see why East Londoner 'Jihadi John' would be attracted to joining IS.

Allied leaders have gathered in Wales for the 2014 Nato summit, with strategies for dealing with Russia and the Islamic State high on the agenda.

#BurnISISFlagChallenge takes off following protests in Lebanon against Islamic militant group