IS militants open fire on Turkish soldiers near Syria border: Anadolu
IS militants opened fire on Turkish military personnel near the Syrian border in the southeastern town of Karkamis on Feb. 3, the state-run Anadolu agency reported.
The gunfire came from the IS-controlled town of Jarabulus as the soldiers were engaged in mine clearance activities, the report says.
Syrian opposition leader Riyad Hijab has arrived in Geneva, the Syrian opposition High Negotiations Committee says.
Arab fighters, Kurdish forces retake northern Iraq village from IS
Sunni Arab fighters backed by Kurdish forces and U.S.-led air strikes have retaken the village of Kudila in the Makhmour district of northern Iraq today from the IS group, Reuters reports, calling it an "example of effective military cooperation on the ground" against IS.
Via Twitter, Russia's Foreign Ministry drives home FM Lavrov's insistence that Russian air strikes will not stop until all "terrorists" are defeated.
Germany investigates Syrian grad student suspected of making IS video
Prosecutors in Frankfurt, Germany are investigating a 35-year-old Syrian doctorate student suspected of involvement in an IS propaganda video.
The unnamed man is believed to have explained his reasons for supporting IS in a nine-minute video in Arabic posted on the internet on Jan. 7.
The man is also suspected of posting a symbol resembling the IS flag on his personal page on a social media site.
Iraq building security wall around Baghdad to prevent IS attacks
Iraqi security forces are building a concrete security wall around Baghdad in an attempt to prevent attacks by the IS group, a military statement has said, Reuters reports.
The U.S.-led coalition against IS tweets that it destroyed 300 IS targets between Jan. 26- Feb. 1:
Syrian rebels backed by U.S.-led air strikes recaptured IS village: coalition
The spokesman for the U.S.-led coalition against the IS group, U.S. Army Col. Steve Warren, says that Syrian opposition forces backed by U.S.-led air strikes retook the IS-held village of Al-Bali in Syria on Jan. 30.
Warren is giving a briefing to update on the progress of the coalition in Iraq and Syria.
U.S. sends more F-16s to Baghdad
The United States Embassy in Baghdad has announced on its Facebook page that the United States has sent additional F-16 bombers to Iraq.
These will be used in the fight against the IS group.
Recapturing Raqqa a top priority: coalition
U.S. Army Col. Steve Warren, spokesman for the U.S.-led coalition against IS, says that recapturing the IS stronghold of Raqqa in Syria is a priority.