The Afghan army is waging its largest-ever solo offensive against the Taliban, hoping to strike a decisive blow ahead of the spring fighting season and prove it can route the insurgents without the aid of U.S. and NATO combat troops.
After Shiites, Yezidis, Christian, Shabaks and other, this time ISIS Taken Hostage 450 Iraqi Shia Turkmens.
The Iraqi Army Forces raised the Iraqi flag on areas of northern and southern Tikrit on Monday.
Iraq's armed forces, backed by Shi'ite militia, attacked ISIS strongholds north of Baghdad on Monday at the start of a campaign aimed at driving them out of the province of Salahuddin.
Syrian Army units continued on Sunday its counterterrorism campaign in several areas across the country, dealing heavy blows to their organizations and rolling back their advances.
Iran said on Sunday that its first flight had landed in the Yemeni capital only a day after the two countries signed a landmark aviation deal.
UK Deputy Assistant Commissioner Helen Ball admitted the stream of young women wishing to join the ISIS is a "growing problem"
ISIS butcher Mohammed Emwazi could have been on his way to meet Samantha Lewthwaite when he was first quizzed by MI5. She is thought to have been waiting for him and Brit Abu Talib in Kenya where she was planning attacks for al-Shabaab.
A British civil rights group, Cage, says the country’s spy agency MI5 should be held accountable for the notorious ISIL executioner Mohammed Emwazi's radicalization, whose identity recently came to light.
CNN apologises after technical error leads to photograph of Russian president being displayed during discussion of ISIS recruit's identity