Mosul

Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL/Daesh) tested poisonous chemicals on prisoners in a bid to produce easily-obtainable chemical weapons for local use and potential terrorist attacks in the West, records recovered from Mosul by Iraqi soldiers and obtained by The Times show.

Islamic State supporters celebrated on social media after a blast at a Manchester concert venue in the north of England killed at least 19 people and wounded 59, although the militant Islamist group has not formally claimed responsibility. British police have said they are treating the blast at the Manchester Arena at the end of a concert by U.S.

Europe will have to come to grips with an exodus of "dangerous and disillusioned" Islamic State jihadists, defeated in Syria and Iraq earlier this year and possibly seeking revenge, the head of the UN Security Council's counterterrorism agency has warned.

As US-backed forces are on the brink of liberating Mosul in northern Iraq, reports are emerging that the advancing allied forces are executing captured ISIS fighters. Some ISIS jihadists are killed in front lines, while others are executed after being interrogated.

TANTA, Egypt—Like the Jews before them, Christians are fleeing the Middle East, emptying what was once one of the world’s most-diverse regions of its ancient religions.

They’re being driven away not only by Islamic State, but by governments the U.S. counts as allies in the fight against extremism.

Turkey has agreed to a request from the Australian government to extradite a citizen it believes to be a top recruiter for the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) jihadist group, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said on May 12.

Melbourne-born Neil Prakash has been linked to several Australia-based attack plans and has appeared in ISIL videos and magazines.

The little boy in the yellow jacket runs and jumps, alternatively waving and wiping the dust off his face. In his right hand is a strip of white cloth, intended to show he and his family are civilians. His parents are exhausted and wary, having left their home in west Mosul’s Mushairfa neighborhood, but the little boy can barely contain his excitement.

The Trump administration is ready to press ahead with a U.S.-backed military offensive to evict the Islamic State from its last remaining urban stronghold in the Syrian city of Raqqa over strong objections from Turkey.

President Donald Trump is expected to inform his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, of the U.S. plans when he visits the White House later this month.

Iraqi forces pushed further into Mosul from the north on the second day of a new push to speed up the nearly seven-month attempt to dislodge Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), commanders said on May 5.

U.S.-led strikes aimed against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) have "unintentionally" killed 352 civilians since the offensive began in 2014, according to the U.S. military.