Yazidis

To keep constant supply of sex slaves intact, Islamic State now pushes for birth control

The Islamic State is using several forms of contraception to maintain its supply of sex slaves, The New York Times reported on Saturday, citing interviews with more than three dozen Yazidi women who escaped from the militant group.

Islamic State frees more than 200 Yazidis in Iraq

The Islamic State group has freed more than 200 members of Iraq's Yazidi minority it held captive for months, a commander in the Kurdish peshmerga security forces said Wednesday.

UK on high alert after reports of Islamic State planning attack on Queen guards

Home Secretary Theresa May raised the threat from “substantial” to “severe” — the second-highest level — in August because of the danger posed by Islamic State and al Qaeda fanatics.

Iraq: Kurdish, Yazidis fighters battle Islamic State for strategic town of Sinjar

It would also give a huge strategic victory to both the Iraqi Kurds and the central government in Baghdad, as the Kurdish fighters could then cut the highway from Syria to Mosul, a vital supply line for Islamic State.

Iraq: On Mount Sinjar, Yazidis cheer on Kurds for breaking Islamic State siege

It was the plight of those trapped on the mountain, together with Islamic State's advance towards the Kurdish capital Arbil, that prompted US President Barack Obama to order air strikes against Islamic State in Iraq in August.

Blow to Islamic State as Iraqi Kurds claim to break Mount Sinjar siege

The peshmerga said they recaptured eight villages on the way and killed about 80 Islamic State fighters in the initial phase of the offensive launched from Rabia on the Syria border and Zumar on the shores of Mosul dam lake.

Muslim clerics' use of Koran to counter ISIS is a double-edged sword

Some 126 clerics and Islamic scholars have sent an open letter to ISIS chief al-Baghdadi and declaring his version of the Koran as wrong and that he will go to hell. But quoting scripture to defeat misinterpretations is not the way to go

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.