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Syria

Islamic State group 'admits defeat' in Kobani

Video emerges of masked fighter claiming ISIL withdrawal from Kobani was largely due to US-led air strikes.

Japan

Kenji Goto's mother's grief after the news of her son's murder

The mother of Japanese journalist Kenji Goto tearfully pledged that she would continue her son’s efforts towards making “the world a place without

Japan

ISIL posts video of the beheading of second Japanese hostage Kenji Goto

Japan

ISIL posts video of the beheading of second Japanese hostage Kenji Goto

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Syria

Syrian Kurds return to Kobani to city 'destroyed' by fighting

As thousands of Syrian Kurds return to Kobani, celebrations felt bitter sweet, as the level of destruction from more than four months of conflict became apparent.

Jordan

Jordan 'ready' to swap jihadist bomber for pilot held by ISIL

Jordan has said it is willing to hand over an Iraqi would-be suicide bomber – if a Jordanian pilot captured by the so-called Islamic State is freed

Japan

Japan and Jordan join forces to secure release of two of their nationals from the hands of ISIL

Japanese officials are working closely with those in Jordan as efforts to win the release of two ISIL held hostages intensify. . After an emergency

Iraq

ISIL demands $200m for release of two Japanese captives

The Islamic State armed group which issued a video online on Tuesday purporting to show two Japanese hostages.

Israel

Seven Israeli Arabs accused of terrorism and links with ISIL

Israel has charged seven people with aiding terrorism, belonging to an illegal group and contacting foreign agents

Iraq

Yazidis freed by militant Islamic State

At least 200 members of the Yazidi religious community in northern Iraq have been released. They had been held by the Islamic State militant group

Syria

[WATCH] Video emerges claiming to show fresh fighting between Syrian Kurds and Assad forces

New footage purports to show Syrian Kurdish People's Protection Units in action

World

"ISIL is the baby of George W Bush"

German journalist and author Jürgen Todenhöfer is perhaps best known for supposedly being the first Westerner to have embedded with Islamic State

USA

US military social media accounts hacked by pro-ISIL group

CENTCOM social media shutdown after hackers break into Twitter and YouTube accounts

France

'Zero tolerance on terror', urges Israel's Naftali Bennett

As France comes to terms with two deadly attacks in Paris, international leaders converged on the capital to march in solidarity with the victims

France

French PM Manuel Valls seeks to reassure Jewish community

About three thousand people gathered on Saturday evening outside the kosher supermarket in eastern Paris, where four shoppers were murdered the day

Iraq

The rise of female jihadists

As French police search for a female suspect in connection with the terrorist attacks in Paris, euronews spoke to an expert about women being

France

France terror sieges end in bloodshed

Three days of terrorist violence in France came to an end late on Friday afternoon when security forces launched two simultaneous assault operations

Syria

Kobani remains key battleground for ISIL as Kurds push the militants out

Peshmurga fighters are continuing their assault to retake the Syrian town of Kobani from ISIL fighters, but the Islamic extremists are making the

Jordan

'Treat him well', says father of Jordanian pilot captured by ISIL

The father of a Jordanian pilot captured by the self-proclaimed Islamic State group in Syria has appealed to the militants to treat his son well

Syria

Kurds regain most of Kobani but ISIL fights on in Syrian border town

The Kurds now claim to have wrested control of about seventy percent of Kobani from the self-styled Islamic State, but heavy fighting continues for