Isis Militants

Iraq: Mass graves found in Yazidi village wrested from ISIS militants

Yazidi residents have returned to their village after Iraqi Kurdish fighters drove out ISIS militants. They are now discovering mass graves in their hometown.

In Iraq, new reality TV show brings 'terrorists' face to face with victims

"In the Grip of the Law," brings convicted terrorists face-to-face with victims in surreal encounters and celebrates the country's beleaguered security forces.

At least 20 IS militants killed in failed east Syria airport attack

At least 20 Islamist State (IS) group members were killed in the second failed jihadist bid in a month to take over an air base in eastern Syria, a monitoring group has said.

Iraqi Kurds arrive in Syria to help fight Islamic State militants

A group of Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga troops arrived in Turkey early Wednesday and headed toward the border to help their Syrian brethren fight Islamic State extremists in the embattled town of Kobani.

Pentagon struggling with intelligence gaps in Iraq, Syria airstrikes

The Pentagon is grappling with significant intelligence gaps as it bombs Iraq and Syria, and it is operating under less restrictive targeting rules.

Need to build a strong and broad coalition against Islamic State: Obama

US President Barack Obama has called for building a strong coalition with broad international participation against the Islamic State militants.

British aid worker's beheading: US-led team to meet in Paris to discuss IS strategy

Senior figures from a US-led coalition are to meet in Paris on Monday to discuss how to defeat Islamic State jihadists, as the latest shocking beheading of a Western hostage strengthened their resolve.

ISIL beheads British aid worker: UNSC calls act 'heinous and cowardly'

The UN Security Council has condemned the "heinous and cowardly murder" of British aid worker David Haines by an Islamic State militant.

How the UN Security Council plans to suppress foreign terrorists

The UN Security Council plans to demand countries "prevent and suppress" the recruitment and travel of foreign fighters to join extremist militant groups like Islamic State by ensuring it is considered a serious criminal offence under domestic laws.

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.