Explainer: who are Isis-K, blamed for the Kabul airport attack?
There had been fears the group would strike Taliban fighters, US troops and Afghans and foreigners
Gunmen attack five-star hotel in southwestern Pakistan port
Balochistan minister says most guests evacuated from deluxe Pearl Continental Hotel
Mastermind behind Charlie Hebdo killings may still be alive
Isis strategist Boubaker el-Hakim could have survived US drone strike, says Iraqi military
Mosul civilians at extreme risk, says UN, as major offensive begins
Iraqi forces begin efforts to capture western side of city from Isis control
Suicide bombing kills at least 15 people in Iraq
Attacker detonated a pick-up truck in a heavily-populated Shia suburb of Baghdad
Islamic State car bomb kills six in Baghdad
Attacks across the area in past week, some claimed by Isis, have killed more than 60
Kurdish militants claim responsibility for Istanbul bombings
Turkey declares day of mourning as it begins to bury its 38 dead, while 155 are wounded
Up to 16,000 displaced by attacks on eastern Aleppo, says UN
Forces loyal to Bashar al-Assad recapture Aleppo neighbourhoods and detain men
US air strike on Mosul bridge restricts Isis movement
Effort inhibits militants’ ability to reinforce their fighters in city, says Air Force colonel
Death toll in Pakistan police academy attack climbs to 61
Islamic State claims its fighters responsible, as does Pakistani Taliban breakaway group
Isis halt Iraqi army with counter-attack in Falluja
Islamic State reported to be holding several hundred families as ‘human shields’
Four killed, 90 injured in Baghdad’s Green Zone riots
Live ammunition, tear gas used to dislodge demonstrators from area near government buildings
Brutal decision by Saudi Arabia to execute dissidents adds to escalating conflict between Shia and Sunni branches of Islam
There is a real danger that the fruit of ongoing rehabilitation of Iran in the world community is feeding existential fears in Sunni-led kingdoms
Shia mosque bombing in Pakistan kills at least 10
Six children among dead in Bhaag as security ramps up ahead of Shia festival of Ashura
Masked men kidnap 18 Turkish workers in Baghdad
A contingent of Iraqi security forces has been tasked with tracking down the kidnappers
Kuwait mosque suicide bomber identified as Saudi citizen
Fahad Suleiman Abdulmohsen al-Gabbaa flew into country on day of attack
Islamic State accused of killing 400 in Palmyra
Deaths included women and children who ‘did not follow orders’, state media says
Egypt executes 6 militants with links to Islamic State
Rights group says 3 of those executed were arrested before alleged crimes took place
Islamic State militants reportedly kill 300 Yazidi captives
Tens of thousands of Yazidis fled when Islamic State captured town of Sinjar
Iraqi forces attack Islamic State in Sunni Muslim heartland
Shia militia play leading role in bid to reverse ultra-radical insurgents’ advances
Boko Haram use Lake Chad island area as hideout
Nigerian forces seize northeastern border town of Baga from Islamist militant group
Nigeria to keep presidential election date
Elections set for February 14th in spite of Boko Haram red zones where there can be no polling stations
Sisi cuts short Ethiopia visit after 26 killed in Sinai attacks
Egyptian president is returning to to Cairo after four separate attacks in North Sinai
Islamic State’s Egypt wing claims deadliest attacks in months
Egypt’s most active militant group claim responsibility for attacks which left 27 dead
Apparent Iran strikes on Islamic State ‘positive’ - John Kerry
Iranian official denies responsibility for air attacks 10 days ago in Diyala, Iraq
Islamic State video claims group has US military supplies
Military action against Islamic State could fuel extremism, says UN
Curfew in Iraqi city amid fears of advance by Islamic State
Move comes as serie sof attacks in Baghdad kill at least 28 people
US attacks on Islamic State targets may have killed civilians
Group monitoring war claims airstrikes have hit civilian as well as jihadist targets
US and allies launch airstrikes on Islamic State targets in Syria
Scores killed as warplanes and ship-launched Tomahawk cruise missiles strike
Shia militias kill 68 in attack on Sunni mosque in Iraq
Bloodbath marks setback for PM seeking support to take on Islamic State insurgency
US ‘tried and failed’ to rescue Foley and other Syria hostages
Attorney general announces criminal investigation into killing of journalist
Planes bomb Islamic State fighters near Mosul dam
IS insurgents reportedly ‘massacred’ 80 Yazidis in a village in north of country
Obama says Islamist militant siege of Mount Sinjar has broken
Nuri al-Maliki gives up fight to remain prime minister of Iraq
Iraqi bishop urges world to act after Christians forced to flee
Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (Isis) give Mosul’s Christians a choice: ‘convert to Islam, pay a religious tax, or face the sword’
Concern over sectarian violence as 50 bodies found in Iraq
Some of the dead, all men aged 25 to 40, were blindfolded and had their hands bound
Iraq’s Maliki rejects calls for national unity government
PM calls for forces to reconcile but says inclusive coalition would go against election results
Iraq government forces fight off rebels north of Baghdad
Signs from US indicate administration is hesitant about being drawn into new war
Obama considers air strikes in Iraq to halt militants
Iran sends Revolutionary Guard to help Iraqi government take back Tikrit from Isis
At least 16 killed as bombers target Iraq security forces
Violence in northwest of country comes ahead of crucial election later this month
Iraqi women held illegally and tortured says rights body
Iraq’s judiciary described as ‘weak and plagued by corruption’ in report
Blast outside Pakistan mosque kills eight
Police say suicide bomb in city of Peshawar wounded at least 28 other people
Iraqi forces kill 57 Islamist militants in Sunni province
Deaths occurred near Ramadi, where anti-government tensions are running high
Suicide bombs kill 39 near Shi’ite mosques in Pakistan
More than 70 others wounded in latest wave of sectarian violence
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