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Syrian towns retaken from ISIL

A pro-rebel Syrian news agency (SMART) reported the southern town of Tasil has been retaken by rebel groups linked to the Free Syrian Army. The town

Iraq

The Kurdish Peshmerga women soldiers who are fighting on the frontline

North of Iraq, on the frontline with the female soldiers. In their sights the jihadist fighters from the so-called Islamic State. The troop of women

Iraq

Kerry salutes Iraq's progress in retaking ground from ISIL

The US Secretary of State John Kerry has been in Baghdad to show support for Iraq especially over its battle against the so-called Islamic State

Syria

Fighting rages along Syria's northern front

No news on the whereabouts of scores of workers seized from a cement works by ISIL

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Cleaning up after ISIL

The Russian Defence Ministry released a video on Wednesday (April 6) showing teams of military sappers searching for mines in the historic part of

Libya

ISIL has doubled its numbers in Libya says US

Western governments fear the group is trying to exploit Libya's ongoing political chaos.

World News

Weapons seized as Denmark arrests four suspected ISIL recruits

Police in Denmark say four suspected ISIL recruits were arrested on Thursday at different addresses near Copenhagen and a haul of ammunition and

Syria

Syria: ISIL alleged to have kidnapped 250 factory employees

Approximately 250 Syrians are feared kidnapped following an alleged ISIL attack east of Damascus. The cement factory employees have been unreachable

Syria

Inside the city of Palmyra and what is left after the defeat of ISIL there

The battle for Palmyra is over but the reminders of the dangers are ever present as a team from France 2 discovered. They spent time there with the

Syria

Islamists down Syrian government aircraft capturing pilot

Islamist rebels have shot down a Syrian government aircraft over Aleppo. Reports suggest that militants from the Nusra Front have captured the pilot

Iraq

Exclusive: under fire during an advance on ISIL

Shells target Euronews reporting team during offensive by Kurdish forces on Iraqi village.

Iraq

ISIL suicide bombers kill dozens in revenge attacks across Iraq

Dozens of people are said to have been killed in a series of suicide and other attacks across Iraq. So-called Islamic State said it was behind the

Iraq

In Iraq, fighting ISIL's ideology in mosques, prisons and schools

The war against the group calling itself Islamic State, or ISIL, is also a war against its beliefs.

Iraq

Pictured: ISIL's remote controlled machine gun

Kurdish forces in Iraq have captured a remote controlled machine gun from ISIL. The weapon, shown to Euronews, was operated by jihadi fighters safely

Syria

Mass grave discovered near recaptured Syrian town of Palmyra

The Syrian army says it has found a mass grave containing about 40 bodies near the city of Palmyra, recently recaptured from ISIL fighters. The

World News

Palmyra's past 'not beyond repair'

Syria's antiquities chief announces some of the ancient city can be rebuilt what had previously thought destroyed by ISIL militants.

Iraq

Iraq exclusive: aftermath of an ISIL occupation

Euronews gets exclusive access to a village recently retaken from ISIL militants

Belgium

Brussels airport 'operationally ready' for partial reopening

Belgian airport police threaten strike action over airport reopening due to 'lax security'.

World News

Belgian court says Salah Abdeslam should be extradited to France

A Belgian court has decided that Paris terror suspect Salah Abdeslam should be extradited to France, federal prosecutors have said. A lawyer for

Iraq

Front line view of Mosul offensive as Iraq appeals for help against ISIL

The Iraqi government has appealed for more international help to liberate the country’s second-largest city Mosul from the clutches of the