In separate online statements, IS claimed responsibility for the two attacks, saying its suicide bombers...
Shia Iran regularly points to the Saudis’ fundamentalist Wahhabi creed and their efforts to spread it...
The escape took place after the fall of east Mosul and before the Iraqi security forces began their final...
State television said there were 40 dead and 120 wounded after "terrorists detonated two bombs."
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in an audio message in November urged supporters to make a stand in the city rather...
If the govt force defeat IS in Mosul, that would crush the Iraq wing of the caliphate that the group's...
Some fighters were based outside Sirte before last year's campaign, some fled during the battle and some...
From ‘sick notes’ to claims of martyr missions in Europe, the documents show jihadis are losing faith...
Shia Muslim militias, known collective as the Hashid Shaabi, deny having sectarian aims or committing...
The western half of the city remains under the full control of Islamic State, which is fighting to hold...
According to UNAMI figures, at least 12,388 civilians were wounded in 2016
Many of the victims were daily labourers waiting for jobs at an intersection in Sadr City
Pakistan has been a hotbed of Islamic militants for years. Over 45 known terrorist and extremist organisations...
Here a three key questions on the fifth anniversary of US troops leaving Iraq
In the show, clerics take on the role as an ‘Agony Uncle’ where they answer questions submitted by militants...
Nearly half a million civilians, already struggling to feed themselves day to day, are now without access...
Western countries have seen an unprecedented wave of attacks perpetrated or inspired by IS and the new...
The Iraqi military and security forces are predominantly Shia, but Sunnis have a significant presence...
The truck bomb ripped through a petrol station where buses packed with Shia pilgrims returning from the...
The history of their rivalry tracks and helps to explain - the Middle East's disintegration, particularly...
Arbaeen, which means "40" in Arabic, is an observance that peaks on the 40th day after the anniversary...
