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Suicide bomber hits funeral in Iraq, 10 dead

The Sahwa were formed at the height of Iraq's sectarian fighting in 2006 and 2007, and allied with US troops against al Qaeda in Iraq, a precursor to the Islamic State extremist group.

Islamic State downs warplane over Syria, claims to capture pilot

The Islamic State branch in Raqa published photographs on jihadist websites purporting to show its fighters holding the captured pilot.

Iraq: Spate of car bombings continue, 14 killed in latest attack

In the first attack, a car detonated on a commercial street in the Meshtal neighborhood in eastern Baghdad, killing at least eight people and wounding 15, police officials said.

Beiji refinery liberated as Iraqi forces drive Islamic State out of town

Since August, the Iraqi military is being aided by airstrikes by a U.S.-led coalition targeting Islamic State positions in Iraq and in neighboring Syria.

Iraqi troops take back center of refinery town from Islamic State

Airstrikes by a US-led coalition have aided Iraqi forces, militias and Kurdish peshmerga fighters battling Islamic State militants.

Who is who: All you need to know about the Islamic State leadership

Details about Islamic State's organisational structure are murky, but its public statements as well as groups that track militant organisations and media reports point to the existence of some main elements

Iraq: Shiite militias put brutality on display in anti-Islamic State fight

Last month, Amnesty International said Shiite militias are increasingly to blame for kidnappings and retaliatory killings of Sunnis.

Islamic State beat Kurdish children with cables and tortured them: Rights group

Islamic State militants abducted a group of children on 29 May as they returned to the Syrian town of Kobani. It freed the final 25 hostages on 29 October.

Islamic State advances towards key town on Syria-Turkey border

NATO member Turkey, after months of caution, has decided to harden its policy, with parliament due to vote later Thursday on a government request to authorise military action against IS in both Iraq and Syria.

Denmark joins coalition against Islamic State; to send fighter jets to Iraq

Britain and Belgium are also debating their involvement in the coalition Friday, while the Netherlands has already announced it will take part. The European countries do not plan to deploy in Syria.