SAMARRA, Iraq, Oct 07, 2014 (AFP) - A suicide bomber rammed an explosives-laden armoured vehicle into houses used by Shiite militiamen north of the Iraqi city of Samarra, killing at least 17 people, police and medical sources said Tuesday.
LONDON, Oct 03, 2014 (AFP) - British Prime Minister David Cameron confirmed the "brutal murder" of aid worker Alan Henning by the Islamic State group Friday and vowed to bring his killers to justice.
ARBIL, Iraq, Sept 30, 2014 (AFP) - Kurdish troops launched offensives against the Islamic State jihadist group on three fronts in northern Iraq on Tuesday, senior officers told AFP.
ANKARA, Sept 23, 2014 (AFP) - Turkey declined on Tuesday to either confirm or deny reports that dozens of Turkish hostages abducted by Islamic State (IS) insurgents in Iraq were set free in exchange for the release of IS militants held by Syrian rebels.
BAGHDAD, Sept 20, 2014 (AFP) - France mounted its first air strike to beat back the Islamic State group in Iraq on Friday, even as jihadists across the border in Syria seized dozens of Kurdish villages in a lightning offensive.
BAGHDAD, Sept 16, 2014 (AFP) - The United States has bombed militants near Baghdad in support of Iraqi forces, striking close to the capital for the first time in its expanded campaign against Islamic State jihadists.
Tehran, YJC. Supreme Leader advisor says the activities of regional terrorist groups provide alibis for the presence of ultra-regional forces such as the U.S. and Israel.
Grand Mufti Abdul Aziz Al-Asheikh has urged Muslims to confront the "oppressive" Islamic State jihadists if they fight Muslims after seizing swaths of Iraq and Syria.
Tehran, YJC. Iran’s gas export has met many obstacles ranging from Pakistan’s lack of abidance to the peace Pipeline deal to the presence of terrorist groups in Iraq.
(Reuters) - Islamic State pamphlets and flags have appeared in parts of Pakistan and India, alongside signs that the ultra-radical group is inspiring militants even in the strongholds of the Taliban and al Qaeda.