BEIRUT (AFP) - The jihadist Islamic State (IS) has taken over a string of towns and cities in Syria's oil-rich province of Deir Ezzor and now also controls most of the countryside, a monitor said Thursday.   The province, which abuts Iraq, forms part of the IS's...

    A leading Jordanian jihadist ideologist on Wednesday denounced the declaration of a “caliphate” by Sunni militants in Iraq and Syria, warning against more bloodshed. “Can every Muslim and weak person find refuge in this...

Iraq's leadership was under increased pressure Wednesday to form a new government to deal with a Sunni militant onslaught that has threatened to tear the country apart, after parliament's first session ended in disarray. Following a break called to calm soaring tempers, so many...

DUBAI (Reuters) - The leader of the al Qaeda offshoot now calling itself the Islamic State has called on Muslims worldwide to take up arms and flock to the "caliphate" it has declared on captured Syrian and Iraqi soil. Proclaiming a "new era" in which Muslims will ultimately...