Istanbul / AFP Turkey on Wednesday pointed the finger of blame at IS extremists after a triple suicide bombing and gun attack at Istanbul’s main international airport killed at least 41 people, including foreigners. Witnesses described scenes of terror and panic on Tuesday evening as the attackers opened fire and then blew themselves up at the entrance to the …

  Sydney / AFP A firebomb attack outside an Australian mosque while worshippers were at prayer was condemned on Wednesday by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, with one Islamic leader calling it a “hate crime”. No one was injured in Tuesday night’s blast which destroyed a car parked outside a mosque and Islamic college in the Perth suburb of Thornlie. “It …

  Beirut / AFP US-backed rebels advanced on a key IS group supply line between Syria and Iraq overnight, seizing a small airbase near the border, a monitor said on Wednesday. The New Syrian Army said the operation—launched on Tuesday—is aimed at the severing the supply line through the Albu Kamal crossing that links areas under IS control in eastern …