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Syria

Kerry says ISIL has been damaged by US-led coalition but battle may take 'years'

The US-led coalition fighting ISIL has inflicted serious damage on the extremists, carrying out around 1,000 airstrikes so far in Syria and Iraq

03/12/2014

Iraq

Confusion over claims Iranian jets are attacking ISIL in Iraq

Despite US claims co-ordination with Iran in Iraq would be "inappropriate", and Iran ruling out American influence in Iraq post-ISIL, Iranian F4 jets have reportedly bombed ISIL in Iraq

03/12/2014

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Kurdish peshmerga forces clash with ISIL in Kirkuk

26/11/2014

Iraq

Iraq's defence minister holds talks with Yazidi

24/11/2014

Iraq

Airstrikes continue while Muslim parents worry at ISIL propaganda on home front

21/11/2014

Turkey

Turkey promises support for Kurdish Peshmurga in anti-ISIL front

21/11/2014

Iraq

US announces deployment of extra troops to train Iraq forces

21/11/2014

Iraq

Deadly suicide bomb attack in the capital of Iraq's Kurdistan region

19/11/2014

My Europe Series

NATO operations have ended in Afghanistan. What and where should its next role be?

14/11/2014

My Europe Series

Standing firm: the Kurds' frontline battle with ISIL

14/11/2014

World News

Which country in Europe has the most jihadists in Syria and Iraq?

04/11/2014

USA

US says ISIL makes $1 million-a-day selling oil – even to enemies

23/10/2014

My Europe Series

Sweden's Södertälje shelters Christian refugees from Syria and Iraq

10/10/2014

My Europe Series

Social media: the frontline for British Muslims battling ISIL

03/10/2014

Business Series

Striking at ISIL's black lifeblood

30/09/2014

Cyprus

British fighter jets fly over Iraq, ready to strike

27/09/2014

My Europe Series

Should NATO have a leadership role in world affairs?

19/09/2014

Syria

Militants release video of British hostage

18/09/2014

World

Egyptian cleric condemns terror acts

12/09/2014

USA

US Counterterror Chief Olsen: “ISIL is not invincible”

04/09/2014