TERRORIST ATTACKS IN FRANCE TUNISIA AND KUWAIT KILL DOZENS

The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the attacks in Tunisia and Kuwait, according to statements on Twitter... READ MORE›

UNTANGLING THE CONFLICTS IN THE SYRIAN WAR

The United States is focused on defeating the Islamic State... READ MORE›

US JETS TO USE TURKISH BASES IN WAR ON ISIS

But even as they were lauding the agreement, American military officials were cautious because they felt that they had been burned by Turkey before... READ MORE›

WITH STRIKES US AIMS TO PUT PRESSURE ON ISIS IN SYRIA

As recently as Friday, Mr. Obama said he would take all steps necessary to combat the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq... READ MORE›

THREE SPANISH JOURNALISTS MISSING IN SYRIA, FEARED KIDNAPPED BY ISLAMIC STATE

Antonio Pampliega, JosA C Manuel LA?pez and A?ngel Sastre were last heard from on 12 July in Aleppo, says Spanish Federation of Journalists... 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›

SYRIAN KURDS SAY HIT AS TURKISH ARMY BATTLES ISLAMIC STATE

Some 500 police swept through the Haci Bayram district of Ankara on Monday and detained 15 Islamic State suspects, 11 of them foreign, the pro-government Yeni Safak daily said... READ MORE›

U.S. PLANS TO CAPTURE THE ISLAMIC STATES CAPITAL ALREADY GO AWRY

Members of a Syrian armed group hold positions in the frontline against the Islamic State group outside Ain Issa, in the countryside of Raqqa province... READ MORE›

RUSSIA-BACKED SYRIAN TROOPS MOUNT MAJOR OFFENSIVE

The Islamic State group has strongholds in Raqqa and Aleppo, while the Nusra Front has a strong presence in Idlib... READ MORE›

TURKISH JETS HIT ISLAMIC STATE POSITIONS IN SYRIA

Turkish jets hit Islamic State positions in Syria PM's office... 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›

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›

GRISLY ISIS VIDEO SEEMS AIMED AT QUASHING RESISTANCE

Mosul Nineveh's provincial capital is the largest city controlled by the Islamic State also known as ISIS or ISIL... READ MORE›

4 US MILITARY EFFORTS ON ISIS AND SYRIA YIELD MIXED RESULTS

The emergence in recent weeks of a muscular Russian intervention in Syria to support Mr. Assad has raised new complications for the United States... 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›

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›

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›

EUROPEAN POLICE TO TARGET ISLAMIST RADICALS ON SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS

Wainwright estimates that up to 5,000 people from Western Europe have traveled to Syria and Iraq, many to join the Islamic State... READ MORE›

TURKEY FIRES SECURITY OFFICIALS AFTER ATTACK IN ANKARA

In Syria and Iraq, making it more likely that Islamic State militants would target a gathering of Kurds within Turkey... READ MORE›

DEATH OF AL-QAEDA LEADER MAY BENEFIT ISLAMIC STATE

Recent killings of al-Qaeda leaders represent only short-term tactical gains for the United States, she said... READ MORE›

SYRIA CRISIS: FOOTAGE APPEARS TO SHOW AFTERMATH OF RUSSIAN AIRSTRIKES

General Assembly, he said that the Russian Air Forces are cooperating with the Syrian pro-government military to target exclusively Islamic State targets... READ MORE›

AT LEAST 47 KILLED IN CLASHES BETWEEN ISLAMIC STATE AND SYRIAN REBELS

Islamic State said late Friday it had waged a fresh assault on Marea killing dozens of Syrian rebels fighting against it... READ MORE›

UK LEADER SIGNALS SUPPORT FOR AIRSTRIKES ON ISIL IN SYRIA

Prime Minister David Cameron says Britain needs to take a greater role in destroying the Islamic State group in Syria... READ MORE›

IRAQI KURDS APPROVE SENDING FIGHTERS TO AID SYRIAN TOWN

That would help the besieged fighters, who say they need armor-piercing weapons to fight the better-armed Islamic State militants... READ MORE›