Iraq Strife

Obama seeks Security Council meet on threat of 'foreign fighters' in terror groups

US President Barack Obama will convene a Security Council summit on "growing and dangerous phenomenon" of foreign terrorist fighters, American envoy to the UN Samantha Power said on Wednesday.

Islamic State abducted Yazidi women, guilty of war crimes: Amnesty

Amnesty International said ISIL abducted "hundreds, if not thousands" of women and girls of the Yazidi faith. The extremists also killed "hundreds" of Yazidi men and boys.

How Middle East channels are mocking Islamic State militants with satire

Television networks across the Middle East have begun airing cartoons and comedy programs using satire to criticise the group and its claims of representing Islam.

Rooting out a cancer like ISIL will not be quick or easy, says Obama

Terming the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) as a "cancer", US President Barack Obama has said that the top American priority was to roll back the gains made by the terrorist outfit in Iraq.

ISIS holds journalist hostage: Paying ransom will endanger Americans, says US

The US has said payment of routine ransom to terrorist only puts other innocent American citizens at risk while defending its decision to swap five Taliban prisoners with the kidnapped soldiers in Afghanistan.