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Initial findings suggest that Islamic State (IS) group is behind Monday's blast in the southeastern Turkish town of Suruc that killed at least 30 people,  Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has said.

"This is a terrorist attack by a suicide bomber. The target of this attack is Turkey," todayszaman.com quoted Davutoglu as saying at a news conference on Monday.

U.S. President Barack Obama has said sending more troops to Iraq signals a “new phase” in the fight against the Islamic State og Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group, amid unconfirmed reports its leader has been wounded.

BELGRADE - German daily Sueddeutsche Zeitung reported on Monday that Kosovo and Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH) top Jihad recruitment sources in the Balkans, adding that Serbia is adopting amendments to the criminal law in order to hinder and prevent perspective fighters from joining the radical Islamic groups.

US Secretary of State John Kerry held talks with Iraq's new leaders Wednesday on their role in a long-awaited strategy against Islamic State jihadists to be unveiled by President Barack Obama.
      

US warplanes have pushed back Islamic State fighters threatening Iraq key Haditha dam, witnesses have said.

Reuters quoted Sheik Ahmed Abu Risha, leader of a pro-Iraqi government paramilitary force in western Iraq, as saying Sunday's air strikes were very accurate and there was no collateral damage.

A video showing the purported beheading of US journalist Steven Sotloff held hostage by Islamic State has been released online, the Washington Post reported on Tuesday.

Jihadists from the Islamic State group have seized the Tabqa military airport, the last remaining Syrian army base in northern Raqa province, a monitoring group and state media said Aug. 24.
      
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said there were still clashes taking place on the outskirts of the airport, but that it was under control of the militants.
      

One of the commanders of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), which has reflagged itself to a more compact “Islamic State” (IS), has thanked Turkey for growing strong enough to conquer large swathes of Syria and Iraq.

The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), who now refer to themselves as the Islamic State (IS), has threatened to "liberate" Istanbul, while accusing Turkey of cutting off the flow of the Euphrates River, drying up northern Syria, including Raqqa, "the capital of the Islamic State."

Both the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) and the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) have increased their condemnation of Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu over to his approach toward the Islamic State (IS).