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Islamic State closes in on Syrian city of Aleppo; U.S. abandons rebel training effort

Islamic State closes in on Syrian city of Aleppo; U.S. abandons rebel training effort

Islamic State is now within 2 km (1.2 miles) of government-held territory on the northern edge of Aleppo
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Queen Rania of Jordan delivers her speech at the Medef Summer Conference on August 26, 2015 in Jouy-en-Josas, near Paris

Muslims not doing 'enough' to fight IS: Jordan's Queen Rania

Some 100 million jobs must be created in the region by 2020, to avoid disaffected young people...

An image made available by propaganda Islamist media outlet Welayat Tarablos in February 2015, allegedly shows members of the Islamic State (IS) militant group parading in a street in Libya's coastal city of Sirte

US, other nations condemn 'barbaric' IS acts in Libya's Sirte

  IS militants beheaded 12 local militiamen who had been battling them in Sirte

A member of Egypt's security forces gestures as he stands on a watchtower in North Sinai as seen from across the border in southern Israel in this July 2, 2015 file photo.

Bedouins drawn into Egypt's Islamist fight

  The tribes' local knowledge and influence will help as will the extra muscle they offer. 

Men believed to be members of the Islamic State group turn Syrians back to the city centre of the town of Tal Abyad, on June 13, 2015

IS beheads two women in Syria: monitor

  In both cases, the women were executed with their husbands, with each pair accused of "witchcraft and sorcery...

An image grab taken from a video released on March 17, 2014 by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant's al-Furqan Media allegedly shows ISIL fighters raising their weapons with the Jihadist flag at an undisclosed location.

IS drowns, decapitates 'spies' in brutal new video

  Videos of the killings are a key propaganda tool of the jihadists, used to shock and terrify...

Iraqi soldiers train with members of the U.S. Army 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, at Camp Taji, Iraq, in this U.S. Army photo released June 2, 2015.

U.S. troops at Taqaddum to help Iraqis plan fight for Ramadi

  Elements of the 8th Iraqi army division were involved in the April rout at Ramadi and top U...

Smoke rises after what activists said were clashes with Islamic State fighters in Soran Azaz, Aleppo countryside June 1, 2015. Picture taken June 1, 2015.

ISIS is using chlorine as a weapon, Australia’s Foreign Minister says

    "The use of chlorine and recruitment of highly technically trained professionals have revealed far more serious efforts...

Militant Islamist fighters take part in a military parade along the streets of northern Raqqa province June 30, 2014.

Emboldened in Syria and Iraq, Islamic State may be reaching limits of expansion

  But the victories this month give it crucial momentum.

A tank of the Iraqi army is seen on the outskirts of the city of Falluja, Iraq May 19, 2015.

Iraq regains ground from Islamic State; mass deaths reported in Palmyra

  U.S. accused Iraq's army of abandoning Ramadi to a much smaller enemy force.

Suicide bomber kills 21 at Saudi Shi'ite mosque, Islamic State claims attack

Suicide bomber kills 21 at Saudi Shi'ite mosque, Islamic State claims attack

Saudi said the group is trying hard to attack the kingdom, which represents an important ally for...

Islamic State’s No. 2 leader killed in airstrike, U.S. says

Islamic State’s No. 2 leader killed in airstrike, U.S. says

"The way to eradicate the Islamic State is ... cutting its two main lifelines: grievances in Iraq and...

Members of the Peace Mothers face police officers during a protest on July 23, 2015 in Ankara to denounce a suicide bombing that killed 32 people in a Turkish town on the Syrian border, blamed on IS

Turkish warplanes bomb IS targets in Syria

  Turkey, after months of negotiations, finally gave the green light for the US to use a key...

The Pentagon said senior Islamic State leader Tariq bin Tahar al-Awni al-Harzi was killed in a coalition air strike in Syria

Air strike kills IS leader in Syria: Pentagon

  As of late 2013, Harzi was a key figure in suicide and car bombings in Iraq, the...

Islamic State attacks Syrian army, Kurds in new offensive

  Dozens of people were killed or wounded in the bombing and subsequent fighting.

A Jihadist media Welayat Raqa image from June 2014, allegedly shows Islamic State group militants parading through the northern rebel-held Syrian city of Raqa

Syria's Raqa: for IS a 'model city', for others a living hell

  The group regularly carries out beheadings, but also stones victims to death or throws them from building...

A mosque that Shi'ite fighters said was destroyed by Islamic State militants is seen at Lake Tharthar, west of Samarra, June 6, 2015.

House rejects measure to force vote on Islamic State fight

  Obama asked Congress in February to approve an authorization for the use of military force (AUMF) against...

Iraqi government forces launch rockets towards Islamic state group's fighters holed up in the center of the city of Tikrit in March 2015.

Why body counts are a bad metric for judging Islamic State fight

  The use of body counts got a bad reputation during the Vietnam War, when numbers were exaggerated...

A rebel fighter gestures as he shoots his weapon during clashes with forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad on the frontline of Aleppo's Sheikh Saeed neighbourhood May 23, 2015.

Syrian air force targets captured Palmyra city: monitor

Islamic State fighters have killed at least 217 people execution-style in the area since May 16...

An aerial view taken on January 13, 2009 shows a part of the ancient city of Palmyra

Top Muslim body urges protection of Syria's Palmyra

    "Protecting archeological sites from destruction and plundering is the battle of all of humanity."

Members of the Iraqi army and Shi'ite fighters launch a mortar toward Islamic State militants outskirt the city of Falluja, Iraq May 19, 2015.

Islamic State expands its 'state'

  The Islamic State already has the foundations of a state.
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