BRITISH POLICE MAKE ARREST OVER LONDON TRAIN ATTACK

In a statement, anti-terrorism chief Mark Rowley said officers were chasing down suspects ... READ MORE›

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ISIS TRANSFORMING INTO FUNCTIONING STATE THAT USES TERROR AS TOOL

ISTANBUL -- The Islamic State uses terror to force obedience and frighten enemies... READ MORE›

ISIS DESTROYS MORE ARTIFACTS IN SYRIA AND IRAQ

But Thursday was the first time that the Islamic State said it had destroyed Palmyra statues... READ MORE›

ISLAMIC STATE KILLS AT LEAST 145 CIVILIANS IN SYRIA'S KOBANI

The Islamic State fighters were reported to have entered the town disguised as members of the YPG and Syrian rebel groups... READ MORE›

TURKEY CALLS DEADLY BLAST NEAR SYRIA BORDER TERRORISM

When Turkish authorities blocked access to several Islamic news websites last week, Islamic State sympathizers in Turkey threatened to carry out an unspecified retaliation... READ MORE›

GOALS DIVERGE AND PERILS REMAIN AS US AND TURKEY TAKE ON ISIS

Militias that have lately been the United States' main partners in fighting the Islamic State in Syria, but whom Turkey considers enemies... READ MORE›

OFFERING SERVICES ISIS DIGS IN DEEPER IN SEIZED TERRITORIES

ERBIL Iraq In northern Syria the jihadists of the Islamic State have fixed power lines dug sewage systems and painted sidewalks... READ MORE›

ISLAMIC STATE BEHEADS FEMALE CIVILIANS FOR FIRST TIME IN SYRIA

Islamic State beheads female civilians for first time in Syria monitor... READ MORE›

ISLAMIC STATEDAMAGES TEMPLE OFBAAL IN PALMYRA

Fighting in the region continued Sunday, with Islamic State fighters clashing with other militants in southern Damascus, according to The Associated Press... READ MORE›

FIRST U.S.-TRAINED SYRIA REBEL BELIEVED KILLED IN FIGHTING

Defending the U.S.-trained fighters could become a growing job for United States, which has been waging air strikes against Islamic State targets in Syria... READ MORE›

ISIL JIHADISTS 'OFFERED TEENAGER $25,000 TO CARRY OUT BOMBINGS IN VIENNA'

A 14-year-old boy suspected of planning a series of bombings in vienna reportedly offered 25 000 16 000 by islamic state of iraq and the levant to carry out attacks... READ MORE›

ISLAMIC STATE SHOWS IMAGES OF ANCIENT SYRIAN TEMPLE DESTRUCTION

Islamic State has proclaimed a caliphate to rule over all Muslims from territory it holds in both Syria and Iraq... READ MORE›

MILITANTS TRAPPED IN RAQQA CENTER BUT SYRIAN KURD COMMANDER SEES LONG BATTLE

SDF spokesman Talal Selo said on Tuesday that mines were slowing movement even where Islamic State... READ MORE›

NUSRA FRONT WITHDRAWS FROM FRONT LINE IN SYRIA

But on Monday a Defense Department official said the United States did not believe the statement... READ MORE›

8 PEOPLE DETAINED IN CONNECTION WITH ST. PETERSBURG METRO BOMBING - OFFICIAL

Eight suspects have been detained as part of the St. Petersburg terrorist attack investigation, according to the Russian Investigative Committee, which is leading the inquiry... READ MORE›

ISLAMIC STATE ATTACKS SYRIAN ARMY AND KURDS IN TWIN ASSAULT

Islamic State fighters were battling Kurdish forces in the town itself... READ MORE›

THOUSANDS FLEE SYRIA AS KURDS GAIN ON ISIS

But Rami Abdurrahman, who heads the observatory, said Islamic State fighters still controlled the road from the Turkish border to Raqqa... READ MORE›

BULLDOZERS HAVE BECOME MORE CRUCIAL -- AND MORE VULNERABLE -- IN THE FIGHT AGAINST THE ISLAMIC STATE

Shwele's two best friends -- both bulldozer drivers -- were killed in Mosul... READ MORE›

TURKEY STRIKES ISLAMIC STATE, KURDISH MILITANTS IN DRIVE FOR 'SAFE ZONE'

Islamic State has seized much of northern and eastern Syria four years into the country's civil war... READ MORE›

MASS KILLINGS BY ISIS FIGHTERS IN SYRIAN KURDISH TOWN

Dozens of Islamic State fighters were killed, too, the group said... READ MORE›

U.S., TURKEY TO LAUNCH 'COMPREHENSIVE' ANTI-ISLAMIC STATE OPERATION

Our aim should be eradicating Daesh from both Syria and Iraq, otherwise you cannot bring stability and security, said Cavusoglu, using another name for Islamic State... READ MORE›

ISLAMIC STATE TAKES GROUND FROM SYRIAN KURDS AFTER AIR STRIKES

Ain Issa sits on a major east-west highway from Aleppo in the west to the Iraqi city of Mosul... READ MORE›

VICTORIES OVER ISLAMIC STATE GIVE SYRIA KURDS CLAIM TO BIGGER ROLE

The United States and its allies are bombing Islamic State positions in both Syria and Iraq... READ MORE›

KURDS SECURE SYRIA'S KOBANI AS ISLAMIC STATE TARGETS NORTHEAST

Hasaka province is important because it sits between Islamic State-held territory in Syria and Iraq and reaches north to the Turkish border... READ MORE›

THE WORST PLACE IN THE WORLD? ALEPPO IN RUINS AFTER FOUR YEARS OF SYRIA WAR

In one of eastern Aleppo's few functioning hospitals, Dr Omar al-Masri performs brain surgery without a CT scanner... READ MORE›

It was not clear whether the Arab commitment to take all necessary action against Islamic State and other militant groups would include direct military involvement in Iraq or Syria... READ MORE›

PESHMERGAS BLUNT, DON'T BREAK, ISLAMIC STATE SIEGE OF SYRIA'S KOBANI

Peshmergas blunt don't break islamic state siege of syria's kobani... READ MORE›

AIRSTRIKE KILLS ISLAMIC STATE LEADER IN SYRIA WITH DIRECT TIE TO THE PARIS ATTACKS, U.S. MILITARY SAYS

Airstrike kills Islamic State leader in Syria with direct tie to the Paris attacks, U.S. military says... READ MORE›

SYRIAN KURDS SAY THWART BIG ISLAMIC STATE ATTACK ON BORDER TOWN

YPG spokesman Redur Xelil said Islamic State fighters were repelled overnight after they briefly wrested control of an area on Tel Abyad's eastern periphery... READ MORE›

ISLAMIC STATE DESTROYS SYRIAN MONASTERY, MOVES CHRISTIAN CAPTIVES

Islamic State militants captured 230 people including dozens of Christian families after taking Qaryatain, the monitor reported at the time... READ MORE›

SYRIAN KURDS VICTORY OVER ISIL COULD STIR UP PROBLEMS

Kurdish fighters with the YPG took full control of Tal Abyad, dealing a major blow to the Islamic State group's ability to wage war in Syria... READ MORE›