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Ben Swann explains that it was also direct US action, and not only inaction, that led to creation of IS

Sociologist says 'France is the country with the most frustrations linked to Islam'

Pentagon spokesperson says Abu Nabil was an Iraqi national and an al Qaeda operative

The grave contains the bodies of some 78 women aged between 40 to around 80

The other wanted suspects were believed to be fighting in Iraq or Syria for the Islamic State

A group of unknown men stabbed a police officer to death on Wednesday just outside the capital Dhaka

A gunman began firing at a Shia gathering in eastern Saudi Arabia, injuring nine others

Bashar al-Assad's fate is key bone of contention between Washington and Syrian leader's Russian and Iranian allies

Tajikistan launches air and ground operation against rebels, accusing them of attempting to overthrow the government

Demands strong response from authorities during her briefing to the British parliamentary committee

Mohammed B.'s lawyer has in the past told judges his client pretended to be a militant to impress women

French president confirms he will not send ground troops into Syria, saying it will be inconsequential and unrealistic

Monitor says IS has taken parts of Jazal oilfield, but regime is preventing it from taking the rest

Maamoun Abdulkarim says sources confirmed destruction of three tombs including Elahbel which was built in 103AD

They journalists have been accused of assisting extremist group Islamic State

Extremists have carried out sustained campaign of destruction against heritage sites in Syria and Iraq

Many believe it has something to do with Independence Day celebrations

Pentagon chief speaks in Kurdish capital Arbil in front of members of US-led coalition deployed in Kurdistan

US Senate panel deputy chief Dianne Feinstein calls for close cooperation between Washington and Islamabad

Kobani has come under repeated assault from Islamic State and been a rallying point for Turkey's Kurdish minority

The article was based on a poll by the Daily Mirror

The children have been suspended by ropes from a pole since noon, and they were still there in the late evening

The group has lost about a quarter of the populated areas it once held in Iraq

Foreign fighters are training Taliban insurgents in a restive Afghan province, according to an official said