Libya pro-govt forces announce capture of ISIS Sirte headquarters

Pro-government forces in Libya said they seized control of the Islamic State group's headquarters in Sirte on Wednesday as they push to oust the jihadists from the coastal city.

Historic street market in northern France cancelled over security fears

One of Europe's oldest and biggest street markets, in the northern French city of Lille, has been cancelled over security fears, mayor Martine Aubry said Friday.

US Commander: Five US Troops Injured in Afghanistan

Five U.S. special operations troops in Afghanistan have been wounded in combat with Islamic State fighters, according to the top U.S. commander in the country.

The number of victims of terrorist attacks in Afghanistan increased

According to specified data, at least 80 people were killed and more than 230 were injured varying degrees of severity in the result of the triple attack in Kabul to protest the Shiite minority.

Germany vows greater security role over Russian threat

Germany pledged Wednesday to assume a greater role in global security, pointing to the strategic threat posed by Russia and other looming dangers.

Death toll from Islamic State group terrorist attack in Baghdad nears 300

A Baghdad bombing claimed by the Islamic State group killed 292 people, the health minister said Thursday, raising the toll of what was already one of the deadliest attacks in Iraq.

US-backed militias face second ISIS counter attack

Syrian militias backed by US-led air strikes have repelled a second ISIS counter attack in 24 hours near a city being targeted in a major offensive against the militant group, an official and a monitoring group said on Monday.

Iraqi army only retook third of Falluja - US commander

A US military commander in Baghdad has openly contradicted the Iraqi army's claim last week that it had liberated the key city of Falluja and driven out ISIS from most of the city.

ISIS expels Syria regime forces from Raqqa province. Kerry: Cable urging Syria strikes ‘very good’

ISIS expelled Syrian regime troops Monday from the northern province of Raqqa in a lightning counter-offensive that killed 40 regime forces, a monitoring group said.

Brazil detects Islamic State radical messages ahead of Olympics

Authorities in this year's Olympic host Brazil detected users exchanging messages in Portuguese linked to the Islamic State extremist group in an online web forum, intelligence services said Friday.

Libyan forces 'retake port' in ISIL bastion of Sirte (video)

Forces loyal to Libya's internationally backed government say they have recaptured both the port and airport of Sirte from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), forcing the armed group also known as ISIS to retreat.

US, Russia not teaming up militarily in Syria

The Pentagon is not coordinating militarily with Russia in northern Syria, even though US- and Moscow-backed forces are drawing closer together as they make gains against ISIS, a US official said Monday.

US-backed forces launch anti-ISIS offensive in Syria

Kurdish-led Syrian fighters have launched a new advance on the northern town of Manbij, a key ISIS stronghold, with the aid of US-led airstrikes, the Associated Press reported a spokesman for the fighters and a monitoring group as saying on Wednesday.

Top ISIS commander in Falluja 'killed'. Some 50,000 civilians remain trapped in the city

The Islamic State group's commander in the besieged Iraqi city of Falluja is among 70 militants killed in coalition air strikes, the US military says.

World powers agree to arm Libya in fight against ISIS group

The United States, Italy and Libya's friends and neighbours agreed Monday to arm the war-torn country's fledgling unity government to fight the Islamic State threat.

ISIS attacks Syrian hospital, declares state of emergency

ISIS on Saturday killed 20 members of pro-regime forces in an attack on a Syrian hospital in the eastern city of Deir Ezzor, a monitoring group said after the militant group declared a state of emergency in its stronghold city in the conflict-torn country.

Russia warns of increasing flow of weapons to terrorist organizations in Syria through Turkish borders.

The Russian Foreign Ministry said that there’s an increase in the flow of weapons and munitions smuggled to terrorist organizations in Syria through the Turkish borders.

Syria: 2000 locals are being transported back to their homes in Palmyra and al-Qaryatain

Homs Governorate ran on Saturday buses to transport displaced locals back to their homes in the cities of Palmyra and al-Qaryatain heading from Homs city.

Syria "rebels" seize main ISIS supply route with Turkey

Syrian rebels seized control Thursday of ISIS’s main supply route to Turkey, a monitor said.

Churkin: Turkey has the largest center for selling the looted antiques from Syria

Russia’s Permanent Representative to the UN Vitaly Churkin said that the Turkish city of Gaziantep is the main center for selling relics looted by the ISIS terrorist organization in Syria.