Military offensives

The US-led coalition supporting Iraqi ground troops in Ramadi said about 700 fighters from the group calling itself Islamic State (ISIL) are holed up

The worst violence for twenty years?

From town to bloody battlefield, Cizre is one of dozens of areas affected by the fighting in Turkey’s restive southeast. Hundreds of thousands of

Iraqi forces in Ramadi have taken control of the city’s government complex from the group calling itself Islamic State, or ISIL. Ramadi fell to

In Syria, the US-backed Kurdish Arab rebel alliance has captured a dam on the River Euphrates from the group calling itself Islamic State, or

Iraqi forces say they have recaptured a number of southern neighbourhoods from the group calling itself Islamic State (ISIL) in the city of Ramadi

US-led airstrikes continue to pound Islamic State militants in Ramadi as the battle for the capital of Anbar province enters its fourth day. The

An offensive by the so-called Islamic State has reportedly led to the jihadist group taking over what was the government controlled district in the

Iraqi armed forces stormed the centre of Ramadi Tuesday as their bid to dislodge Islamic State militants continues. Some 300 militants remain in

The comments came from the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights at a session of the Security Council

The Iraqi army has begun a final offensive to retake Ramadi from the self-proclaimed Islamic State, according to state television and government

Damascus claims four jets from the US-led coalition carried out the bombing in Deir al Zor province

The German lower house will decide on Friday whether to support the international coalition targeting ISIL militants in Syria. If given the go-ahead

It has been announced that all combat roles in the US Army are to be opened to women. It means females will be eligible for around 220 thousand

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

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

As the UK and Germany consider joining the military campaign against ISIL militants in Syria, the US has called on other NATO countries to provide

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

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

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

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

Diplomacy has increasingly been mixing with war measures as allies redouble efforts to destroy the radical Islamic State movement ISIL — talking

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

Russia says its air strikes in Syria are destroying ISIL’s oil infrastructure. It comes as Moscow reveals that it has stepped up its military

France is intensifying its air raids against Daesh targets in their headquarters of Raqqa in Syria. Since October Paris has been taking part as a

Russia has carried out new air strikes against Islamic State militant targets in Syria. Moscow says its SU-34 bombers have started hitting ISIL’s oil