A contingent of Iraqi security forces has been tasked with tracking down the kidnappers

Fahad Suleiman Abdulmohsen al-Gabbaa flew into country on day of attack

Deaths included women and children who ‘did not follow orders’, state media says

Rights group says 3 of those executed were arrested before alleged crimes took place

Tens of thousands of Yazidis fled when Islamic State captured town of Sinjar

Shia militia play leading role in bid to reverse ultra-radical insurgents’ advances

Nigerian forces seize northeastern border town of Baga from Islamist militant group

Elections set for February 14th in spite of Boko Haram red zones where there can be no polling stations

Egyptian president is returning to to Cairo after four separate attacks in North Sinai

Egypt’s most active militant group claim responsibility for attacks which left 27 dead

Iranian official denies responsibility for air attacks 10 days ago in Diyala, Iraq

Military action against Islamic State could fuel extremism, says UN

Move comes as serie sof attacks in Baghdad kill at least 28 people

Group monitoring war claims airstrikes have hit civilian as well as jihadist targets

Scores killed as warplanes and ship-launched Tomahawk cruise missiles strike

Bloodbath marks setback for PM seeking support to take on Islamic State insurgency

Attorney general announces criminal investigation into killing of journalist

IS insurgents reportedly ‘massacred’ 80 Yazidis in a village in north of country

Nuri al-Maliki gives up fight to remain prime minister of Iraq

Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (Isis) give Mosul’s Christians a choice: ‘convert to Islam, pay a religious tax, or face the sword’