A Bosnian Muslim who pleaded guilty to terrorism charges was sentenced to four years in prison on Friday for organising a terrorist group and fighting for Islamic State (IS) in Syria, a Bosnian court said.

Bosnia jails former Islamic State fighter for four years

A Yazidi women's association said Wednesday it has sued two German ministers for failing to repatriate German citizens who had fought for the Islamic State group in Syria to stand trial at home.

Yazidis sue Germany for failing to repatriate Islamic State fighters for trial

Islamic State fighters who waged a bloody campaign in Syria and Iraq are heading to Afghanistan to continue their jihad and help plot "spectacular" attacks against America, a US official has told AFP.

After 'caliphate' collapse, jihadists head to Afghanistan to plot attacks: US officials

US-backed forces in Syria are holding more than 2,000 suspected Islamic State fighters, US defence officials said, at least double previous estimates and an obstacle to Trump administration plans to withdraw American forces from Syria, Dow Jones Newswires reported in an article provided to EFE on Wednesday.

US-backed forces are holding 2,000 suspected Islamic State fighters in Syria

US President Donald Trump plans to raise concerns with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan in a phone call expected on Wednesday

Turkey kills at least 260 Kurdish, Islamic State fighters in Syria offensive

Dozens of Islamic State group fighters have surrendered over the past day in their one-time bastion Raqqa, the US-led coalition said

IS driven out of Raqqa, 100 fighters surrender in 24 hours

Aid agencies fear thousands might be used as human shields by the Islamic State militant group to protect its last major Iraqi stronghold

Iraqi forces make gains in bid to retake Mosul as humanitarian crisis looms

Government fighters recapture the last district held by Islamic State in the city

Battle over, say Iraqi forces in Fallujah