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Iraq

ISIL tunnel network unearthed in Sinjar

Kurdish peshmerga forces in the north of Iraq have discovered a secret underground tunnel network allegedly used by ISIL fighters to protect

Syria

UK government says first airstrikes against ISIL targets in Syria were successful

The British government has described the UK’s first airstrikes against ISIL targets in Syria as ‘successful’. The bombing came just hours after the

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British bombers launch first airstrikes against ISIL in Syria

British bombers have carried out their first air strikes against ISIL in Syria, just hours after MPs voted in favour of UK action against the

United Kingdom

Britain's parliament approves airstrikes in Syria

British lawmakers have voted to launch bombing raids against ISIL extremists in Syria. After more than 10 hours of parliamentary debate, MPs voted by

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World News

Syria's Assad says Russian support has tipped balance on the ground

Syria’s President has praised Russia’s role in his country’s conflict. In an interview aired on Czech Television, Bashar al-Assad said Turkey’s

World News

Protesters urge UK lawmakers not to back a 'bomb Syria' vote

Thousands of anti-war protesters gathered outside parliament in London on the eve of a vote by lawmakers over extending airstrikes against

World News

US to send elite troops to Iraq to fight ISIL

The US’s Defence Secretary Ashton Carter has told a committee in Congress that a new force of special operations troops is to be deployed to Iraq to

Lebanon

Prisoner swap frees Lebanese soldiers and ISIL leader's ex-wife

16 Lebanese soldiers and policemen held captive by Al Qaeda’s Syrian wing, the Nusra Front, have been released. The group was kidnapped during an

Germany

Merkel's cabinet backs German role in fight against Islamic State militants

The German cabinet has agreed to join the military campaign against Islamic State militants in Syria. The Bundestag lower house of parliament will

World News

Putin: Turkey shot down jet to protect ISIL oil trade

Russia says NATO must share responsibility with Turkey for the shooting down of one of its fighter jets last week because it gave Ankara political

United Kingdom

Britain to vote on extending airstrikes into Syria on Wednesday

British Prime Minister David Cameron is confident he will win a parliamentary vote on bombing Syria which he has announced will be held on

Syria

Syria: 40 reported dead in air strikes on market, blamed on Russian jets

It is claimed Russian jets have struck a market in Syria’s Idlib province, with reports of at least 40 people killed. Witnesses say, in a second, the

World News

Lavrov hits Turkey with more penalties, doubts commitment to war on "secret allies" ISIL

Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has used a meeting with his Syrian opposite number in Moscow to launch a stinging attack on the Turkish

Russia

Putin and Hollande agree on greater cooperation over Syrian air strikes

The presidents of France and Russia have been meeting in Moscow to discuss strengthening cooperation in the fight against Islamic State militants

Turkey

Russian co-pilot says his plane downed "without warning" by Turks

Claims and counter-claims fly between Ankara and Moscow over downed SU-24 on Turkish-Syrian border

Syria

Infographic: ISIS strikes 6 countries in a month of terror attacks

Russia

Protesters pelt Turkish embassy in Moscow, call it the "Islamic State Embassy"

Itar-Tass reported some 900 people turned up outside the Turkish embassy on Wednesday to pelt it with eggs, tomatoes and stones in protests. The

Turkey

Turkey insists it seeks no fight with Russia on its Syrian border as Russia boosts air base defences

Tuesday’s shooting down by Turkey of a Russian jet on its Syrian border is the worst incident between a NATO member and Moscow in half a century

Russia

Russia says second SU-24 crew member safe and back at base in Syria

Russia’s Defence Minister confirmed on Wednesday morning that the second crew member from the SU-24 that was shot down by Turkish F16s on Tuesday is

Canada

Canada reduces refugee intake to 10,000 by the year's end

Canada is to reduce the number of Syrian refugees allowed into the country to 10,000 by the year’s end. Originally Ottawa planned to accept 25,000