IS group News

British police on Monday made several arrests in two dawn raids following the London attack claimed by the Islamic State group which left seven people dead.

Eighty-nine militants have been killed in the fighting, and the gunmen have murdered 19 civilians.

The IS-linked Amaq Agency said yesterday's attack came "in response to calls to target citizens" belonging to countries in a US-led coalition bombing IS in Syria and Iraq.

US President Barack Obama said Tuesday that destroying the Islamic State (IS) group remains his "top priority" at a time when the jihadist group continues to lose ground in Iraq and Syria.

The target of the March 4 attack was Omar al-Shishani, a Georgian fighting with Islamic State in Syria, the Pentagon said in a statement.

Syrian government troops backed by Russian airstrikes recaptured a town in Aleppo province from Islamic State militants on Thursday in a key advance just two days ahead of a US and Russia-engineered cease-fire that is to take effect in Syria.

A Jewish teacher in Marseille was stabbed by three people expressing support for Islamic State group.

A man who allegedly asked Twitter users for their thoughts on whether he should bomb a shopping centre or the London Underground went on trial in Britain on Tuesday.

Germany's justice minister Monday warned that the IS group could be trying to exploit the debate over Europe's migrant influx.

The Arch of Triumph was one of the most recognisable sites in Palmyra, which the IS group seized in May. The monumental arch sat atop the famed colonnaded streets of the ancient city, which linked the Roman Empire to Persia.