ISIL

The US military claims to have killed an ISIL (ISIS) leader in eastern Syria with a drone strike. The strike on Friday killed Osama al-Muhajer, according to a statement issued by the US Central Command on...

Twin blasts in the Afghan capital Kabul killed at least 26 people on Monday, including nine journalists who had arrived to report on the first explosion and were apparently targeted by a suicide bomber, officials said....

News Hour: The death toll in a suicide car bomb attack on an army training camp in Yemen’s port city of Aden has risen to 70, according to medical sources. The incident took place at a...

News Hour: The US defence secretary has called on Turkey and Kurdish forces in northern Syria to stay focused on fighting the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group and not to target each...

News Hour: US-backed forces have taken control of 40 percent of Manbij after new advances against areas controlled by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in the key Syrian city near the Turkish border,...

News Hour: A suicide bomber has attacked the Saudi city of Medina, close to the Prophet’s Mosque, one of Islam’s holiest sites, according to local media reports. The bomber detonated his device as security officers were breaking...

News Hour: Iraqi forces recaptured the last district held by Islamic State militants in the city of Falluja on Sunday and the general commanding the operation declared the battle complete after nearly five weeks of fighting,...