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How many western hostages are still out there?
So far Islamic State has seized territory in Iraq and Syria that is about the size of Belgium, but their plans to expand the caliphate don’t appear to end there.
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Lieutenant General Sir Graeme Lamb tells Channel 4 News the key to progress in Iraq is the US relationship with Iraqs government – and that governments relationship with Sunni tribes.
With America’s most senior general calling for the military offensive against Islamic State to be broadened, some are asking if our enemy’s enemy – Syria’s President Assad – should now be our friend.
General Martin Dempsey and US Secretary of Defence Chuck Hagel say IS militants pose the greatest threat to the US: tackling the group in Syria as well as Iraq is the only way to defeat them.
In her final speech to the UN Security Council, UN human rights chief Navi Pillay says a focus on short-term interests stopped the group from preventing large scale human suffering.
State Department Deputy Spokeswoman Marie Harf says that the US will not work with Assad to fight IS. “Isis has been able to grow strong in Syria in Iraq because Assad has allowed them to grow.”
So far Islamic State has seized territory in Iraq and Syria that is about the size of Belgium, but their plans to expand the caliphate don’t appear to end there.
David Cameron will return to Cornwall later after interrupting his holiday over events in Iraq. Who is in charge while he is away from Downing Street?
Islamic State is distributing a document seen by Channel 4 News which explains how to avoid being excluded from social media.
US forces tried to rescue James Foley and other hostages held by Islamic State militants during a recent secret mission in Syria, say officials, but the captives were nowhere to be found.
As western leaders express shock and outrage at the beheading of US journalist James Foley, British Islamic State fighters use social media to express their support, describing his killer as a “lion”.
Islamist activist Bilal Abdul Kareem tells Channel 4 News that it’s not true that Britain is now the biggest exporter of jihadis to Iraq and Syria. “However, the threat of Isis is real,” he says.
The gruesome video of the murder of journalist James Foley by Islamic State militants is a terrorist publication say UK police, and those viewing or sharing it risk prosecution.
Nothing is happening by chance. If we characterise militants from Islamic State as simply barbaric and savage we are failing to understand their strategy or the extent of the danger they pose.
We don’t need to see the brutal footage of the murder of journalist James Foley to know that his death was wrong. But by refusing to share it, we can diminish its propaganda value.
Extremist group the Islamic State may claim ancient roots, but its barbaric actions and propaganda machine have made it the most searched for and tweeted about terror group on the modern web.