The West’s failure to support Kurdish independence will condemn this people to further oppression by hostile forces, writes Shlomo Avineri.

While it is fair to argue that many of Iran’s actions are a legitimate cause for concern, there are not sufficient reasons to reintroduce sanctions, argues Richard N Haass.

Islamic State suicide bombers have attacked one of the bases of the US-led coalition in northern Iraq, but without causing any Iraqi or foreign casualties.

A man believed to be an American citizen who was fighting with Islamic State militants has surrendered in Syria and is being held in American custody.

More than 1,300 foreign women and children, the families of Islamic State fighters, are being held at a camp for displaced people in northern Iraq, Iraqi officials said.

Nato Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has affirmed that the alliance will join the international coalition fighting Islamic State (IS) - but will not wage direct war against the extremists.

While most of the world has agreed to destroy these deadly weapons, the attack in Syria this week shows the urgency of the situation, writes Caroline Alexander

A Syrian family tells Joyce Fegan all they have endured since fleeing Aleppo after Islamic State burnt their house down. They have slept rough in Turkey and lost a sister on a raft to Greece before arriving here in December.

Turkey’s president has declared a three-month state of emergency after last week’s failed coup.

France's intelligence chief believes Islamist extremists like those who carried out two waves of attacks in Paris last year will look to use booby-trapped cars in the future.

In the aftermath of Brexit, the upcoming Nato summit in Warsaw, offers the West a chance to work towards greater unity which is exactly what is needed at this time, says Bogdan Klich

The Pentagon is moving to increase the number of American troops in Iraq in the wake of new strikes that killed the Islamic State's finance minister and other top leaders of the terror group.

Turkey's military has carried out air strikes against Kurdish rebel targets in northern Iraq hours after a deadly bombing in Ankara, the state-run news agency said.

Government forces and allies launch major offensive on Aleppo.

Turkish tanks and artillery have attacked Islamic State positions in Iraq and Syria in retaliation for the suicide bombing in Istanbul which killed 10 tourists, Turkey’s Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said.

Turkish police have arrested five people suspected of direct links to the suicide bombing that killed 10 Germans in Istanbul's main tourist area.

Ruling sheds new light on how IS is trying to reinterpret teachings

Islamic State’s crude interpretation of the Quran has seen it try to justify the actions of followers who have raped young girls and sold them into sex. Ken Phelan looks at the mindset that allows it

US special operations forces are to be deployed to northern Syria to work with local troops in the fight against Islamic State militants, according to senior US officials.

The US military has freed a number of Kurdish captives in a rescue mission in northern Iraq and one American was killed in the operation, a US defence official said.

Russia continued to bomb Syria for a third day yesterday, mainly hitting areas held by rival insurgent groups rather than Islamic State (IS) fighters it said it was targeting.

Hundreds of Iranian troops have arrived in Syria to join a major ground offensive on behalf of President Bashar al-Assad’s government, a further sign of the rapid internationalisation of a civil war in which every major country in the region has a stake.

Iraq’s foreign minister has called on Ankara to co-ordinate with Baghdad in its military campaign against Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) positions in northern Iraq following accusations that Turkish forces crossed the border into Iraq last week.

Turkish jets hit Kurdish rebel targets in northern Iraq and the government said strikes would continue until the rebels lay down their arms, despite calls earlier by the pro-Kurdish opposition for an immediate end to the violence and the resumption of peace efforts.

The US and Turkey are finalising plans for a military campaign to push IS out of a strip of Syrian territory along the Turkish border.

Artefacts recovered by US Special Forces during a raid targeting so-called 'Islamic State' in Syria have been put on display at the Baghdad National Museum.

About 45 Islamic State (IS) militants have reportedly died in Mosul, Iraq, after breaking their Ramadan fast.

IS militants have reduced the amount of water flowing to government-held areas in Iraq’s western Anbar province, an official said.

US commandos have mounted a rare raid into eastern Syria overnight, killing a senior Islamic State commander in a firefight, capturing his wife and rescuing a Yazidi woman held as a slave, the Pentagon said.

Comedian John Oliver has sat down with National Security Agency contractor turned whistleblower Edward Snowden on HBO’s Last Week Tonight for a wide-ranging interview that was funny and, at times, surprisingly tense.

UNESCO appeals to global community to protect heritage

Oil fell for a third day yesterday, extending its drop from the lowest close since 2009, as record supplies from Iraq and Russia bolstered speculation a global glut that drove crude into a bear market will persist.

Cork-based Ali Raza is haunted by a childhood of expulsion and war in Iraq, writes Ellie O’Byrne