Yazidis, like other minorities in Iraq, are the target of abductions and executions by Islamic State militants.

Background In May 2011, about 300 Islamic militants attacked and captured the coastal city of Zinjibar (population 20,000).

But how worried should the Pakistani authorities really be in the face of growing US pressure to root out Islamic militants?

Battle of Zinjibar On 27 May 2011, about 300 Islamic militants attacked and captured the coastal city of Zinjibar (population 20,000).

In October 2015, Ibrahim Abd al Qader was killed by Islamic State militants, along with fellow journalist Fares Hamadi, in Urfa, southeastern Turkey.

Mubarak s first internal war was with Islamic militants during his early years in power, but he now finds himself caught in three more domestic wars.

Iraq's second largest city Mosul fell into the hands of Islamist militants today (June 10). Reports say the militants are from the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), a splinter group of the notorious Al Qaeda, which is also fighting in Syria.

The Hamas overthrow of the Palestinian Authority in Gaza during that year was accompanied by violent attacks against Christians and Christian holy sites by Islamic militants.

As with China today, there would have been some feeble international condemnation, and some speculation about possible links between Kazakh militants and exile groups, or Islamic fundamentalists.

A system based on sharia (Islamic law) has been imposed, human rights abuses are legion, and cross border movement of weapons and militants has undermined the security of Libya s neighbors.

For example, when US Vice President Dick Cheney arrived in Islamabad in early March, threatening an aid cut and direct US action against Islamic militants, his message was not lost.

Seven Hamas militants were killed.

Given the long standing relationship between Pakistan s Islamic militants and the military, it became clear there were limits to how far Musharraf was prepared to go in the war on terrorism.

26 soldiers and 17 militants were killed in the fighting and the militants eventually took control of the stadium.

In a two part video series released earlier this year, Islamic State militants claimed responsibility for the kidnapping of al Mousa's father and four other Syrians accused of being members of the group.

The hostage was killed by the militants.

Around 10 militants killed today and all the rest are normal people who have nothing to do with firing rockets and militants.

During the fighting, 30 militants, 15 soldiers and two civilians were killed and at least 12 soldiers and four militants were wounded.

Coalition militants deliberately endangered the lives and property of foreign nationals residing in Togo as well as those of RPT militants and sympathizers.

Instead of remaining bogged down in Afghanistan and seeking to cajole and bribe the Pakistani military into ending their support for Islamic militants, the US would become free to pursue a broader, more balanced counterterrorism strategy.

The violence included attacks by Palestinian militants against Israelis, clashes between Israeli security forces and Palestinian protestors and Israeli arrest operations against wanted militants.

Yemeni militants are reportedly also sending fighters in return.

Rocket and mortar attacks by Palestinian militants had intensified.

Militants belonging to the opposition were responsible for a number of actions which, whether planned or provoked, led to reactions from the security forces and RPT militants.

Militants of all stripes must be decommissioned completely and transparently.

From the series Sinai's most wanted militants , by Mosa'ab Elshamy.

Will Tunisia uphold liberty and freedom while it battles militants?

The Guardian Israel and Gaza militants in deadly exchanges live updates

AQIM militants in the Algerian desert via wikimedia commons Public Domain

The border between Iraq and Syria is evaporating, as the Sunni militants of the Islamic State capture a widening swath of territory. And the rise of Kurdish military forces against them raises the possibility that a full fledged Kurdish state will eventually emerge.

At least two militants were killed during the fighting on the outskirts.

Militants on both sides remain strong, and they exert much influence politically.

We have also condemned violence by Palestinian militants against Palestinian security personnel.

Yazidis are an Iraqi ethno religious minority, who fled their homes in the ancient town Sinjar close to Iraq's autonomous region of Kurdistan and the Iraq Syria border, after militants from the Islamic State (IS also known as ISIS) defeated Kurdish forces there on Sunday.

The militants argue that a two stage strategy is needed to defeat Israel.

Three of the four Bahraini ISIS militants who called Bahrainis to take arms.

Though the army has reaped a financial windfall from US military aid, and has targeted many foreign militants allied with al Qaeda in the region, its performance against Pakistani militants has been mixed at best.

Islamist militants were crowd sourcing information in the virtual world to target real people.

Eight additional people are reported wounded, including five soldiers, two militants, and a civilian.

It charges the Palestinian Authority with not taking serious action against violence and militants.

Israel resumed its practice of extrajudicial executions, killing seven Hamas militants on 15 July.

I have referred to recent efforts following the increase of rocket firing from Gaza by militants against Israeli targets, which saw a number of casualties among Palestinian security forces, militants, and the civilian population in Gaza.

It offers master's degrees in Islamic finance, contemporary Islamic studies and Islamic public policy.

Christmas day was a day of double drone strikes in Yemen, killing five 'suspected' militants.

Chants of islamiyya, islamiyya (Islamic, Islamic) were enough.