The United States is focused on defeating the Islamic State... READ MORE›
The Kobane battle has raged in full view of the Turkish frontier, testing whether a US-led coalition can halt Islamic State's advance... READ MORE›
As recently as Friday, Mr. Obama said he would take all steps necessary to combat the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq... READ MORE›
The Islamic State depends on the sale of oil and electricity inside Syria to pay for its military operations... READ MORE›
But the war with the Islamic State does not seem very far away... READ MORE›
HOW IT IS FIGHTING The United States leads a coalition conducting airstrikes in Iraq and Syria against the Islamic State and other extremist groups... READ MORE›
But Thursday was the first time that the Islamic State said it had destroyed Palmyra statues... READ MORE›
Systematic abuse Mueller's mistreatment is the latest evidence of the Islamic State's systematic abuse of women on a significant scale... READ MORE›
Coalition airstrikes have been essential in destroying Islamic State positions and paving the way for Kurdish advances... READ MORE›
Militias that have lately been the United States' main partners in fighting the Islamic State in Syria, but whom Turkey considers enemies... READ MORE›
Senior leaders of the Islamic State -- unlike those of Al Qaeda -- have not made a priority of organizing strikes on the West... READ MORE›
ERBIL Iraq In northern Syria the jihadists of the Islamic State have fixed power lines dug sewage systems and painted sidewalks... READ MORE›
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›
Five Islamic State militants were captured, officials said, and at least 10 were killed... READ MORE›
Islamic State supporters said on Twitter that even if Baghdadi had been killed, his self-proclaimed caliphate straddling large areas of Iraq and Syria would survive... READ MORE›
Decision to disband Saddam Hussein's army after the invasion created a huge security vacuum exploited by al Qaeda, which was eventually replaced by Islamic State... READ MORE›
Islamic State has proclaimed a caliphate to rule over all Muslims from territory it holds in both Syria and Iraq... READ MORE›
For Islamic State fighters, the prices in Iraqi dinars for boys and girls aged one to nine are equal to about US165 230, Mrs Bangura said... READ MORE›
Forces with Iraqi troops to support the Islamic State fight if it improved chances of defeating the militants... READ MORE›
But the Islamic State's gains in Ramadi also led to a course correction on the American side... READ MORE›
Islamic State fighters were battling Kurdish forces in the town itself... READ MORE›
The Iraqis also lost their usual source of grouting material, which was produced by a factory in Mosul, now under the control of the Islamic State... READ MORE›
But Rami Abdurrahman, who heads the observatory, said Islamic State fighters still controlled the road from the Turkish border to Raqqa... READ MORE›
Islamic State militants and Iraqi forces have been fighting for more than a year over Baiji, which has changed hands repeatedly... READ MORE›
Mosul Nineveh's provincial capital is the largest city controlled by the Islamic State also known as ISIS or ISIL... READ MORE›
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›
An officer from the Diyala police command said rescue crews were still retrieving bodies from under the debris so the death toll could rise... READ MORE›
Dozens of Islamic State fighters were killed, too, the group said... READ MORE›
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›
Ain Issa sits on a major east-west highway from Aleppo in the west to the Iraqi city of Mosul... READ MORE›
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