Mohammed Emwazi, dubbed ‘Jihadi John’ for his role as executioner in a number of Islamic State (IS) propaganda videos, has been described as a cold loner with anger issues by those that knew him.
Iraq has launched a military operation to regain control of the key city of Tikrit, 87 miles northwest of Baghdad, from the Islamic State (IS).
The widow of a British aid worker beheaded by Islamic State militant “Jihadi John” says she wants him caught alive and brought to justice.
The masked Islamic State militant dubbed “Jihadi John”, who appeared in the beheading videos of Western hostages, has been identified.
Egypt has bombed a number of Islamic State targets across Libya in response to the release of a video showing the mass beheading of 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians by members of the Islamist group.