Islamic State group jihadists using tunnels and suicide bombers were mounting a desperate defence Thursday of their last square kilometre in eastern Syria. Kurdish-led forces closed in on the small town of Baghouz where IS fighters and their relatives were hunkered down and met hundreds of famished and dishevelled people turning themselves in.

Syria jihadists trapped in last square kilometre

US-led coalition air strikes on the last jihadist pocket in Syria on Monday killed 16 civilians, including at least seven children, a war monitor said. Eight women and one elderly man were also among the civilians killed while trying to flee towards the Iraqi border, said Rami Abdel Rahman, the head of the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

Seven children among 16 killed in strike on Islamic State Syria holdout: War monitor

Australia failed to make basic checks before stripping a suspected Islamic State fighter of his citizenship, a senior official said Wednesday, an admission likely to call into question the legality of the move.

Australia admits misstep over Islamic State suspect

Over 600 people were evacuated Saturday from the Islamic State group's remaining holdout in eastern Syria, a monitor said, as US-backed fighters prepare for a final assault on the area.

600 people leave in first evacuation from Syria IS holdout: Monitor

The Islamic State group on Tuesday claimed responsibility for a car bomb attack that rocked the former jihadist stronghold of Tal Afar in northern Iraq and killed two people.

Islamic State claims responsibility for Iraq car bomb attack

Air strikes by the US-led coalition killed 13 jihadist fighters and 14 of their relatives Friday in eastern Syria, a war monitor said. The strikes came two days after US President Donald Trump's decision to pull troops out of Syria raised fears the Islamic State group would use the vacuum to regroup.

Air strikes by US-led coalition kill 27 in eastern Syria: War monitor

Groups aligned with the Islamic state have warned of further attacks on Australia and other Western nations in online posters featuring the deadly lone wolf stabbing rampage in Melbourne last week.

Australia, don't think you are away from our attacks: Islamic state groups

The bombing raids hit a string of towns and villages in the northwestern province of Idlib, which is almost entirely controlled by various jihadist and hardline rebels

Syria strikes kill 15 civilians after jihadist attack: Monitor

The villages of Fuaa and Kafraya represent a tiny pocket of regime-held territory in Syria's northwest Idlib province, which is otherwise almost entirely controlled by various jihadist and hardline rebels

Deadly clashes as jihadists attack two besieged Syria regime villages

Violent clashes were ongoing in Albu Kamal, which lies in the Euphrates Valley in eastern Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group said

IS jihadists lose ground in Syria town after major attack: Monitor

Syria's army said Monday it was in full control of the capital Damascus and its outskirts after ousting the Islamic State group, marking a major milestone in the seven-year war

Syria says capital 'completely secure', IS ousted

Syrian rebels and their families began leaving Syria's Eastern Ghouta on Thursday under the first evacuation deal in the shrinking opposition enclave outside Damascus

First rebels quit Syria enclave under Russia-brokered deal

The apparently coordinated attacks underlined the struggle the fragile West African nation faces in containing a bloody and growing jihadist insurgency

Dozens dead in attacks on Burkina military HQ, French embassy

The kidnapping has raised questions about the military's repeated claims that the Islamist militants are on the verge of defeat, after nearly nine years of bitter fighting

Nigeria confirms 110 girls missing after Boko Haram school attack

The Russian defence ministry confirmed that the Su-25 aircraft was shot down over Idlib province and said the pilot was killed "in fighting against terrorists"

Russian jet shot down in Syria, pilot killed by militants

Mohammed Abdallah, 26, who has dual British and Libyan nationality, joined the 'Tripoli Brigade' in 2011 along with his brother, Abdalraouf

British terrorist who fought in Syria gets 10-year jail

A senior state department official said the jihadist group is looking to partner with local extremist forces in the region

IS looking to expand reach in Southeast Asia: US

The shooting in Arbil came after the governor made controversial remarks about children being fathered by IS fighters in the province

Iraq governor's nephew gunned down

The second killer was Abdel Malik Petitjean, who was listed on France's 'Fiche S' of people posing a potential threat to national security

France church attack: Second suspect 'never raised suspicions for radicalisation'

12 hours, six terrorists and 29 dead, the Dhaka siege was one of the deadliest in a spate of violence that Bangladesh has been witnessing

Rising violence in Bangladesh: What's behind it?

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's secular government has long insisted that neither IS or Al-Qaeda have gained a foothold in Bangladesh

Bangladesh 'in denial' over jihadist attacks: analysts

His mother says Anouar had a change of heart after he realised the jihadists were 'monsters'

Tunisia to try son of Istanbul attack victim over joining IS

He died earlier in June but was made official in obituary by the jihadist outfit only yesterday

al-Shabaab confirms commander, who allegedly organised university attack killing 148, dead

Seven Islamist militants have been shot dead since Bangladesh started its crackdown on Jihadist groups

Bangladesh bloggers' murder:?Main suspect?dead in gunfight with police

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