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Yemen

ISIL-claimed suicide bomb attack kills at least 60 in Aden, Yemen

Hospital officials in the Yemeni port city of Aden say at least 60 people have died and dozens were injured in an ISIL-claimed suicide bomb attack on a military…

Syria

Turkish PM says Syria border must be cleansed of threats

Turkey’s prime minister says any Kurdish entity at its border will not be tolerated.

Syria

Kerry and Lavrov arrive in Geneva for talks on Syria

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Geneva ahead of talks on Friday to work through an agreement on fighting the so-called Islamic State group in…

Syria

Turkey vows to push back PYD fighters from Syrian border

Turkey’s Defence Minister says its armed forces are hoping to push the Syrian Kurdish PYD fighters further east in Jarablus within a week.

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Syria

Syrian government troops behind two toxic gas attacks, report concludes

It has long been suspected and now an official investigation reportedly concludes that government troops were behind two toxic gas attacks in Syria.

Syria

Turkey sends tanks into Syria

A Turkish-backed operation has begun to rid Syria’s northern border of ISIL militants and the Kurdish PYD, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has confirmed.

Iraq

Iraqi forces inch closer to ISIL-held Mosul

Iraqi forces meet resistance in an operation to re-take the town of Qayyarah as they move ever closer towards the ISIL stronghold of Mosul

Syria

Turkey bombards ISIL positions in northern Syria

Turkey has bombarded ISIL and Kurdish militia positions in northern Syria, following a wedding suicide bombing which killed more than 50 people.

Germany

Trial begins in Germany of "ISIL fighter" accused of mutilating a corpse

The trial has begun in Frankfurt of a German man accused of being a member of ISIL and of taking part in the mutilation of a body while on Syrian soil.

Iran

Russia stops using Iranian airbase to launch Syria air strikes

Russia has suddenly stopped using an Iranian airbase to launch airstrikes in Syria.

Syria

French forces bombard ISIL as new fighting complicates Syria's war

French forces have bombarded ISIL targets in the Syrian city of Raqqa, apparently destroying a heavy weapons storage and maintenance centre.

France

France destroy's ISIL weapons storage facility in Raqqa

France has carried out airstrikes against an ISIL target in the Syrian city of Raqqa.

World News

Iraq executes 36 men for massacre of military recruits near Tikrit

Iraq has executed by hanging 36 men who were convicted over the killings of up to 1,700 military recruits at former US base Camp Speicher near Tikrit in 2014.

World News

Kurdish wedding devastated by bomb attack in SE Turkey

At least 50 people have died and dozens have been injured after a bomb ripped through a Kurdish wedding party in Gaziantep, south-eastern Turkey.

United Kingdom

How could extremist Anjem Choudhary speak to the media so freely?

Extremist Islamic cleric StateAnjem Choudary has been convicted of exhorting people to support so-called Islamic State, but why was he given a platform by parts of Britain's media for years?

Syria

UN 'gravely concerned' over situation in Aleppo

In a statement the UN said it was concerned for the safety of civilians, including 100,000 children due to an upsurge in fighting between government forces and rebels in the eastern rebel-held area of

United Kingdom

Radical UK cleric guilty of supporting ISIL

Anjem Choudary, one of Britain's most high profile 'hate preachers' was sentenced to 10 years in jail after being found guilty of inviting support for the militant organisation.

Syria

War in Syria: Russia uses Iran airbase for the first time

Russian military jets have taken off from a base in Iran, targeting ISIL fighters and other militant groups in Syria.

Libya

Libyan forces "liberate" more of Sirte from ISIL control

Libyan forces trying to oust ISIL militants from their stronghold of Sirte have made further advances into the city.

Syria

London schoolgirl who joined ISIL killed in Syria

Kadiza Sultana, 17, was one of three British schoolgirls who left London last year to join ISIL.