US and Arab allies have bombed Islamic State (IS) targets in Syria for a third night, the US Central Command has confirmed.
Senior Imams and Islamic scholars around the world have written an open letter to Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi explaining that many of IS’ actions are forbidden under Islamic law and scripture.
The US and five Arab states have launched the first air strikes against Islamic State (IS) targets within Syria.
Turkey has tightened security and closed some border crossings with Syria after around 130,000 Kurdish refugees entered the country over the past 48 hours.
Terrorism is theatre and over the last few weeks, the brutal videotaped beheadings of British and American hostages by Islamic State militants have proved remarkably successful for the Islamic State