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.
The Islamic State has released a video showing the beheading of 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians in Libya.
Iranian aircraft have been used to bomb Islamic State positions within Iraq, a US official has confirmed, but the action was not coordinated with US forces.
Lebanese security forces have detained a wife and son of the secretive leader of the Islamic State (IS) Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, after they were discovered in a town near the Syrian border.