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Twelve-year-old shot dead in Turkey's Kurdish southeast

(Reuters) - A 12-year-old boy was shot dead in Cizre in southeast Turkey on Wednesday, the sixth person to be killed in the largely Kurdish town in the last three weeks, security sources said. Local witnesses said police teams were traveling through the area at the time he was...

Five Canadians killed in Syria fighting with ISIS

(AFP)- Five Canadians have died fighting alongside ISIS militants in Syria, including a man who called for lone wolf attacks in Canada, local media reported Wednesday. The National Post said Ottawa-born John Maguire, who joined ISIS jihadis in Syria in January 2013, died...

Eighteen airstrikes target ISIS in Syria, Iraq: US

 U.S.-led forces launched 18 airstrikes against ISIS in Syria and Iraq in the past 24 hours, the U.S. military said Wednesday. Twelve of the strikes were in Iraq, mostly in northern areas where the militants have seized territory, and targeted tactical units, buildings...

Nusra kills woman accused of adultery in Syria: activists

(Reuters)- Al-Qaeda's Syria wing, Nusra Front, shot dead a woman in the northwest of the country after accusing her of adultery, an activist group said Wednesday, saying it showed such execution-style killings were not confined to the militant ISIS. ISIS, which split from...