Military offensives

French fighter jets have taken off from the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier on a mission targeting the so-called Islamic State in its Iraqi stronghold of…

The Syrian army’s new offensive in the rebel-held east of Aleppo has intensified.

The Syrian Army, has announced a new offensive in the rebel-held east of Aleppo, days after a week-long ceasefire crumbled.

Four medical workers from the Union of Medical Care and Relief Organizations were killed overnight by an airstrike in Syria.

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

Turkish tanks have been in action inside Syria, taking part in an offensive to try to drive the self-proclaimed Islamic State from the border area.

In a joint operation with the US military Turkey has launched its largest incursion into Syria yet, with the aim of taking control of the border town of Jarablus away from…

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

Images of Russian jets bombing Syria have become commonplace since Russia decided to enter the war in support of the Assad regime last September.

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has rejected US suggestions that it might be violating a UN resolution by using an Iranian air base to launch air strikes in Syria.

At least 20 people, mostly young women, have been killed following Saudi-led coalition airstrikes in Yemen.

The US is launching precision air strikes against ISIL targets in the coastal city.

President Barack Obama has hailed the progress he says the United States and its allies have made in the military campaign against ISIL.

Syrian rebel fighters, linked to jihadists, have begun a major assault on government-held areas of Aleppo.

For the first time since last Friday's failed coup, state media says Turkish warplanes have carried out air strikes against the PKK in northern Iraq.

For the first time, six Belgian F16s are to be used in strikes against ISIL positions over Syrian Territory.

US backed Kurdish and Arab militias in Syria have reportedly advanced into the strategically important ISIL stronghold of Manbij.

As US-led air power pounds ISIL in Syria, dozens of State Department officials want the Assad regime to feel the force of American military might.

In Iraq, civilians trapped inside Fallujah have continued to flee over the weekend.

The decision comes two days after elite forces set up on the outskirts, preparing for what would be the most ambitious attempt to oust the extremist group since ISIL overran much of the city in June 2

ISIL launches a counter-assault against Iraqi Army soldiers at dawn as they advanced through the southern part of the city.

Shells target Euronews reporting team during offensive by Kurdish forces on Iraqi village.

Kurdish forces in Iraq have captured a remote controlled machine gun from ISIL. The weapon, shown to Euronews, was operated by jihadi fighters safely

It is what is hoped to be the final assault in the battle to retake the city of Mosul. Security forces, Sunni tribal fighters launched the offensive

"After heavy fighting during the night, the army is in full control of Palmyra -- both the ancient site and the residential neighbourhoods," a military source said.