Suicide bombings claimed by the Islamic State group, clashes and mortar fire killed at least 22 people in Iraq on Monday, security and medical officials said.
Syrian troops on Sunday seized the key Islamic State group bastion of Al-Qaryatain, dealing the jihadists a new blow in the country's centre a week after expelling them from Palmyra, state television said.
The Syrian army has found a mass grave containing the bodies of 42 civilians and soldiers executed by the Islamic State jihadist group in Palmyra, a military source said Saturday.
A view of the remains of Baalshmin temple, which was destroyed by the Islamic State (IS) group in 2015, in the Syrian ancient city of Palmyra. AFP
US President Barack Obama met his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Washington, the White House said, amid tensions over press freedom and the war in Syria.
Bomb-damaged Brussels airport held a drill for a partial restart on Tuesday but warned it could take months to reopen fully.
Syrian forces strengthened their hold on Palmyra and pushed forward against the Islamic State group after dealing it a major blow by retaking the ancient city.
Pakistani authorities hunted on Monday for breakaway Taliban militants who once declared loyalty to Islamic State after the group claimed responsibility for an Easter suicide bomb targeting Christians, that killed at least 70 people.
An Algerian held in Italy as part of a probe into fake ID documents used by the Paris and Brussels attackers was interrogated on Sunday but refused to answer questions, a judicial source said.
An Iraqi man hauled off an easyJet flight in Vienna just before takeoff after a passenger thought he might be an Islamic extremist, has been released, officials said on Sunday.
Syrian government forces drove Islamic State fighters out of Palmyra on Sunday, the army said, inflicting a major defeat on the militants who seized the desert city last year and dynamited its ancient temples.
Syrian troops backed by Russian ground and air forces on Saturday pushed deeper into the Islamic State group stronghold of Palmyra, as Washington considered boosting its anti-jihadist fight in neighbouring Iraq.
