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Journalist John Cantlie, captured by ISIS in 2012, 'is still alive'

The journalist was last seen in a propaganda video at the end of 2016

Europe News

Lawyers: Defendant in Brussels terror attack should be acquitted

No DNA of Mehdi Nemmouche found on door of Jewish Museum or revolver, they claim

USA

Top US envoy in fight against ISIS resigns after Trump Syria pullout

Brett McGurk submitted his resignation amid disagreements over US troop presence in Syria

Yemen

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The Houthi threat has not been given due attention in Western capitals. They are not proscribed as a terrorist group by the US State Department, NATO, or the EU. This means it is perfectly legal to support, or even fundraise for them.

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Germany

I met my ISIS captor on a German street

Teenager says she encountered her ISIL captor, who kept her as a sex slave, in Germany

World

Stories of brutality and survival in Mosul

We met the people who survived the 9-month battle of Mosul, but also the three hard years of ISIS' occupation. Each of the people you will find on this page has been seriously injured and gone through trauma. Like them, there are another 54,000 in Mosul alone.

Tajikistan

Islamic State claims responsibility for deadly attack in Tajikistan

Its claim runs counter to a statement by the Tajik government which accused a banned Islamist opposition party of being behind the attack.

Iraq

Mosul bridge re-opens

The bridge - known as the 'old bridge' or 'iron bridge' - is an essential artery linking the two sides of the Tigris river in central Mosul

World News

More mass graves discovered in northern Iraq

Mass graves discovered near Hawija, recently taken from ISIL, are believed to contain around 400 bodies.

Syria

Syria rejects UN chemical attack report

The report blames the Assad regime for a chemical strike that killed dozens in an opposition-held town

Syria

Syrian Democratic Forces’ ‘donut stunt’ marks end of Islamic State siege over Raqqa

Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) echoed the Islamic State’s ‘donut stunt’ after liberating Raqqa, Syria from the militants on October 17. The stunt was previously performed by the Islamic State (ISIS) when they captured Raqqa three years earlier.

Syria

Raqqa falls to US-backed coalition forces

US backed Syrian forces celebrate after they take Raqqa from so-called Islamic State fighters.

Syria

SDF claims ISIL surrendering en masse in Raqqa and city's fall is imminent

An SDF assault on final ISIL positions in Raqqa has led to mass surrenders says the Kurdish-led, US-backed force.

Iraq

Iraqi forces recapture Hawija from ISIL

That means the only area the Islamic State group still control in Iraq is a stretch alongside the western border with Syria.

France

Marseille knife attack: two women killed, assailant shot dead

French media report one woman had her throat slit and another was stabbed to death, in what is being treated as a likely terror attack.

Turkey

Erdogan and Putin face to face in key regional talks

Relations have strengthened despite Ankara and Moscow supporting opposing sides in Syria's civil war

Iraq

50 dead in ISIL suicide attack in Iraq

The self-proclaimed Islamic State group has taken responsibility for suicide attacks that killed at least 50 people and injured more than 80 in a southern Iraqi city

Syria

US air strikes block convoy transferring ISIL fighters

The militants were being evacuated from the Lebanese border as part of a controversial truce deal with Hezbollah.

Spain

Father of three-year-old Barcelona attack victim hugs imam

The father of a three-year-old boy that was killed in the Barcelona attack shared a tender moment with Rubi's imam.

Spain

Spain steps up security as ISIL issues more threats

Spain deploys more police as well as bollards and barriers to protect public from attacks