Islamic state
Iraqi national museum reopens early to defy IS group artefact destruction
Art news
March 6, 2015
Iraqi national museum reopens early to defy IS group artefact destruction
Iraq's national museum officially reopened in Baghdad on Saturday after 12 years of painstaking efforts during which close to a…
IS bulldozes ancient city of Nimrud in Iraq
Art news
March 6, 2015
IS bulldozes ancient city of Nimrud in Iraq
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (IS) group began bulldozing the ancient Assyrian city of Nimrud in Iraq on…
Fears of UK campus radicalism rise after ‘Jihadi John’ unmasked
Egypt
March 6, 2015
Fears of UK campus radicalism rise after ‘Jihadi John’ unmasked
The identification last week of Islamic State militant "Jihadi John" as Mohammed Emwazi, a graduate of the University of Westminster…
Saudi king aims for new Sunni bloc vs Iran and Islamic State
Egypt
March 5, 2015
Saudi king aims for new Sunni bloc vs Iran and Islamic State
Saudi Arabia is pushing for Sunni Muslim Middle East countries to set aside differences over political Islam and focus on…
Insight: From eastern flank, Iran-backed force advances on Tikrit
World
March 4, 2015
Insight: From eastern flank, Iran-backed force advances on Tikrit
Wearing military fatigues and a white turban, the Shi'ite cleric gave an eve-of-battle address to Iran-backed fighters preparing to attack…
Syrian Kurds see deeper coordination with US-led alliance
World
March 4, 2015
Syrian Kurds see deeper coordination with US-led alliance
Kurdish forces in Syria say deepening military coordination with the United States and its allies has helped them make rapid…
Twitter and US officials probe IS threat
Egypt
March 3, 2015
Twitter and US officials probe IS threat
Twitter Inc and law enforcement authorities are investigating alleged threats made by Islamic State militants against the social media network's…
Nigeria’s Boko Haram releases beheading video echoing Islamic State
World
March 3, 2015
Nigeria’s Boko Haram releases beheading video echoing Islamic State
Nigeria's Islamist sect Boko Haram released a video purporting to show it beheading two men, its first online posting using…
Al-Azhar says Islamic State backed by Western agencies
Egypt
March 3, 2015
Al-Azhar says Islamic State backed by Western agencies
Islamic State militants are backed by Western agencies seeking to divide the Middle East and the Islamic World, said the…
Iraq launches attack to retake Tikrit from Islamic State
World
March 3, 2015
Iraq launches attack to retake Tikrit from Islamic State
Iraq's armed forces, backed by Shi'ite militia, attacked Islamic State strongholds north of Baghdad on Monday as they launched an…