BBC - Libyan forces say they have re-taken control of the port in the city of Sirte, after fierce fighting against militants from so-called Islamic State.

BBC- Five people have been killed in an attack on Jordanian intelligence officers at a Palestinian refugee camp on the outskirts of the capital, Amman, government officials say.

BBC - The Iraqi army says it has begun an operation to storm Falluja, a bastion of so-called Islamic State (IS).

At least 75 people have been killed in multiple blasts in Syrian government coastal strongholds, BBC reports.

BERLIN (Reuters)– Islamic State posted pictures on the Internet calling on German Muslims to carry out Brussels-style attacks in Germany, singling out Chancellor Angela Merkel’s offices and the Cologne-Bonn airport as targets, the SITE intelligence group reported.

Syrian activists say Islamic State militants have seized parts of the central town of Palmyra, two days after they were pushed back by government forces there.

An Algerian group linked to Islamic State jihadists threatened to kill a French hostage within 24 hours unless Paris halts air strikes on the IS in Iraq, in a video posted Monday.