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Syria

US-backed troops advance into Raqqah's Old City

The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) has breached the Old City of Raqqah

Iraq

Families flee Mosul as Iraqi troops close in on ISIL

US-backed troops say they're just days away from fully retaking Iraq's second-largest city but the battle is a tough one, with die-hard ISIL fighters and snipers dug in among civilians.

Iraq

Liberation of Mosul is 'imminent'

Iraqi forces and their allies say they're just days away from fully liberating the city of Mosul, which the Islamic State militant group made its capital three years ago.

Iraq

Watch: Drone captures ruins of landmark Mosul mosque

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Syria

SDF make inroads into Raqqa

IS de facto capital Raqqa under heavy assault

Turkey

Syrian refugees return home from Turkey for Eid

Thousands of Syrians have been lining up at the border to go home for the first time in two years

Iran

Sick boy rescued from Iran attack will receive vital treatment

When two-year-old Emad's mother took him to the Iranian parliament in Teran to request treatment for his illness, the pair found themselves caught up in a deadly terror attack in which gunmen killed 17 people.

Iraq

Shocking images of al-Nuri devastation

In a statement posted online, ISIL says the iconic mosque and its 840-year-old minaret were destroyed by a US airstrike.

Iraq

Universal condemnation follows ISIL's destruction of Mosul's al-Nuri mosque

"An admission of defeat" is how Iraq's PM greeted the news ISIL had destroyed the al-Nuri mosque in Mosul.

Syria

Russia warning after US shoots down Syrian jet

Russia’s Defence Ministry said the Russian military will consider any flying objects within reach of its war planes as possible targets after the US shoots down a Syrian military jet near Raqqa.

Sweden

Number of radicalised Islamists in Sweden has risen from 'hundreds to thousands'

Iraq

Final assault on Mosul raises fears for 100,000 trapped civilians

Iraqi forces have begun to push into Mosul's Old City, ISIL's last stronghold there, but 100,000 civilians are trapped inside.

World News

Dead or alive: What we know about Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi

We know that we know little about him. He has been reported dead by the media several times.

Syria

Allies launch final assault on Raqqa, ISIL's self-styled Syrian capital

Kurdish, Democratic Syrian and US forces have begun what they hope will be the fianl assault on ISIL's Syrian stronghold, Raqqa.

United Kingdom

London police identify two attackers

Philippines

ISIL's attack on Marawi a signal of intent in the Philippines

Iraq

Fierce battle over last ISIL-held enclave in Mosul

United Kingdom

Does this photo sum up Manchester's post-attack unity?

United Kingdom

Criticism after British military write 'Love from Manchester' on ISIL-bound missile

Egypt

Deadly ambush on Coptic Christians in southern Egypt