Militants from the Islamic State (IS) have begun destroying the ruins of the ancient city of Hatra in northern Iraq.
Archaeologists and historians are outraged after militants from the Islamic State (IS) bulldozed the excavation site of the ancient Assyrian city of Nimrud.
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).
Britain and France have dismissed any suggestion of renewing a relationship with embattled Syrian president Bashar al-Assad despite sharing an enemy in the Islamic State.