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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

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ISIL forced to fight on several fronts in Iraq

French mirage fighter jets have once again been in action against ISIL militant targets this time in Iraq. According to French military authorities

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Climate deal needs legally binding periodic reviews, says Obama

US President Barack Obama has said that for nations to be accountable on greenhouse gas emissions, legally binding “periodic reviews” are needed

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

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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

France

Obama pays tribute to Paris attacks victims

Barack Obama paid tribute to the Paris attack victims shortly after arriving in the city at midnight. Accompanied by the French President Francois

Spain

'Don't bomb Syria' say demonstrators in London and Madrid

Anti-war activists took to the streets of London on Saturday as Britain weighs up whether to take military action against ISIL in Syria

France

Paris terror attack victims honoured at national memorial service

France has paid tribute to the 130 people killed in the terrorist attacks in Paris, exactly two weeks ago today. At a solemn ceremony at the city’s

France

French Foreign Minister foresees Syrian forces in the fight against ISIL

RTL, a French private radio in France, has reported that France’s Foreign Minister has opened the door to possible cooperation with Syrian forces to

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

United Kingdom

Britain's parliament debates Cameron's call to air war in Syria

Westminster was packed on Thursday as Prime Minister David Cameron laid out his case for intervention in Syria. A vote will be held on extending the

France

Hollande adds Italy to his coalition before heading to Moscow

Holland heads to Moscow with his coalition package after adding Italy to his list of anti-ISIL partners, but will the package please Vladimir Putin?

Syria

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

Tunisia

ISIL claim suicide blast on Tunisia presidential guard bus

The group calling itself Islamic State, or ISIL, has claimed responsibility for a deadly explosion on board a bus carrying presidential guards in

Tunisia

Tunisia tourists, presidential guards... safety of nation threatened

Immediately after the deadly bombing of his presidential guard in the heart of the capital on Tuesday (Nov. 24th), Tunisian President Beji Caid

USA

France and US urge Russia to change tactics in fight against ISIL

Barack Obama and Francois Hollande have repeated their call for a renewed international effort to degrade and destroy Islamic State militants. The

Syria

French bombers target so-called Islamic State facilities in Raqqa

French jets taking off from the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier along with six bombers from an air base in Jordan have hit targets occupied by the

France

Hollande to hold talks with Obama over revamping efforts to defeat ISIL

French jets from the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier have begun striking ISIL targets in Iraq while Britain offered France the use of an air base