Islamic State Of Iraq And The Levant

Iraq: As Shi'ites celebrate Ashoura, security forces put on high alert

Shi'ites are commemorating the slaying of Prophet Mohammad's grandson Hussein at the battle of Kerbala in AD 680.

Life under Islamic State: Tailors go from making clothes to suicide vests

Islamic State is notorious for beheading or executing anyone who stands in its way when seizing cities and towns that form its self-proclaimed caliphate.

Air raids will help ground forces fight Islamic State, says Pentagon

Coalition airstrikes in and around the city on Syria's border with Turkey have been augmented by an airdrop of arms to Kurdish forces fighting the terror group.

Syrian security officials 'fired' after school bombing

The Britain-based monitoring group said the firings came after residents took part in angry demonstrations over the deadly October 1 attack at a school that killed 48 children, most of them under the age of 12, and four adults.

Syria: Massacre feared as Islamic State jihadists seize Kurd HQ in Kobane

US-led warplanes have intensified air strikes against IS, which has been attacking Kobane for three weeks, but the Pentagon has said that there are limits to what can be done without troops on the ground.

US-led warplanes hit Islamic State in besieged Syria town

Kobane has become a symbol of resistance against the IS group, which proclaimed an Islamic "caliphate" across swathes of Iraq and Syria, carrying out beheadings and other atrocities.

Islamic State claims it has downed Iraqi military helicopter

Islamic State said on Twitter that it downed the aircraft and published pictures that it claimed were of the debris and the corpse of one of the pilots.

Indonesia struggles to stop Islamic State from recruiting radicals

The danger posed to Indonesia from IS was brought into focus last month when police arrested four ethnic Uighurs they allege were being taken to meet the country's most wanted militant to discuss recruitment for IS.

I'm scared of dying in Islamic State captivity, says US hostage

Hostages threatened at the end of four previous, near-identical IS beheading videos have subsequently been murdered.

UK govt to bar extremists views from appearing on TV, social media

May said that only a minority of extremists are violent, but "the damage that extremists cause to our society is reason enough to act."