Islamic state

Facing a ban from mainstream online social networks Facebook and Twitter, supporters of the Islamic State appear to have launched…

 Iraq urged a US-led military coalition on Sunday to use air power to protect the country's antiquities from Islamic State fighters…

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon voiced outrage Sunday over the destruction by the Islamic State group of Iraqi cultural sites, and…

A US-led coalition air strike in Syria hit an oil refinery run by the Islamic State militant group near the…

A French man has appeared in a video posted by the Islamic State speaking about the story behind his conversion…

Libya’s African Airlines said Saturday it was indefinitely halting its flights to Amman and Alexandria, failing to justify the decision,…

Iraqi forces faced tough resistance from jihadist fighters around Tikrit Saturday but the top US military officer said ahead of…

The Syrian air force has killed an Islamic State commander in an air strike in central Syria, Syrian state media…

England has accused the Syrian government of purchasing oil shipments from the Islamic State group via mediators and considers its…

Islamic State fighters have looted and bulldozed the ancient Assyrian city of Nimrud, the Iraqi government said, in their latest…