Now playing Next Syria ISIL extends power in Syria; supply route to Aleppo cut, rights group claims ISIL jihadists have extended their self-styled caliphate in northern Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports. Soran Azaz and Aleppo 01/06/2015
Now playing Next Syria At least 27 killed in Syria clinic explosion A fire in a clinic in northeastern Syria has claimed the lives of 27 people, most of them children. Thirty others were being treated for burns, among 31/05/2015
Now playing Next world news Newly-released video alleges Turkey is sending weapons to Syria A video has emerged purporting to show artillery, hidden among medical supplies, in a convoy of trucks said to be operated by Turkish intelligence 29/05/2015
Now playing Next Syria Syrian rebels seize last city in Idlib province, eye Damascus Nusra Front, the Syrian affiliate of al Qaeda, said on Thursday it had taken over Ariha, the last city in the northwestern province of Idlib that was 29/05/2015
Now playing Next Syria For Western female jihadis, Syria is one-way journey For hundreds of Western girls joining Islamist groups, Syria is a one-way journey. Only two in approximately 600 are known to have made it out of the 28/05/2015
Now playing Next Europe News EU calls for 40,000 asylum seekers from Italy, Greece to be relocated EU member states should take in some 40,000 asylum seekers, mainly from Syria and Eritrea, who land in Italy and Greece over the next two years, the 27/05/2015
Now playing Next Syria ISIL release video of ancient Palmyra 'still intact' Islamist extremists have released a video which appears to show the ancient ruins in the city of Palmyra still intact. When the Sunni militants known 26/05/2015
Now playing Next Syria At least 400 killed by ISIL in Palmyra - Syrian TV Syrian state television has said at least 400 people, mostly women and children, have been killed by self-proclaimed Islamic State fighters in 24/05/2015
Now playing Next world news UN refugee chief: 15 million displaced from Syria and Iraq The United Nations refugee chief said on Saturday the growing humanitarian crises in Syria and Iraq were leaving aid agencies struggling to deliver 23/05/2015
Now playing Next Syria Syrian government 'loses ground' to Nusra Front and ISIL The Syrian government under President Bashar al-Assad is fighting a desperate battle against insurgents from different groups. Damascus has suffered 22/05/2015
Now playing Next Syria ISIL razing of Palmyra’s cultural heritage "not foregone conclusion" Western outrage over fears ISIL will raze Palmyra’s cultural patrimony has handed the radicalists valuable propaganda, an expert has claimed. But 22/05/2015
Now playing Next Syria Footage shows ISIL in control of Syrian city of Palmyra Unverified video uploaded to Social Media on Thursday appeared to show the Islamic State militant group in control of the Syrian city of Palmyra 22/05/2015
Now playing Next Syria ISIL controls more than half of Syria after seizing Palmyra More than 100 pro-Syrian government fighters have been reported killed as ISIL captured all of the historic city of Palmyra, according to the 21/05/2015
Now playing Next Syria ISIL militants reportedly seize Syrian city of Palmyra ISIL militants have seized almost all of the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra, according to the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. It 20/05/2015
Now playing Next Syria Syria: ISIL militants reportedly seize a third of historic city of Palmyra ISIL militants have seized around a third of the historic Syrian city of Palmyra, according to a monitoring group. It is further fueling fears that 20/05/2015
Now playing Next Iraq Shi'ite forces prepare to re-take fallen Iraqi city of Ramadi ISIL militants have produced another video this time claiming it was taken on the streets of the fallen Iraqi city of Ramadi. But within hours of it 19/05/2015
Now playing Next Syria UNESCO calls for Palmyra protection as ISIL withdraws from city UNESCO has said the historic city of Palymra in Syria must be protected. The call comes after intense fighting between forces loyal to President 18/05/2015
Now playing Next Iraq Shi'ite forces to battle ISIL militants in Iraq's Anbar province Shi’ite paramilitaries are to deploy to Iraq’s western province of Anbar after ISIL militants reportedly overran the provincial capital Ramadi. If 18/05/2015
Now playing Next Syria ISIL's cultural threat to Syria's ancient citadel of Palmyra Fierce battles raging near the historic city of Palmyra have raised questions over its significance and status in the Islamic world. Fears have also 18/05/2015
Now playing Next Iraq Battle to defend Palmyra intensifies while Ramadi 'falls to ISIL' Syrian army units are said to have inflicted heavy losses upon ISIL fighters in the hills surrounding the archaeological city of Palmyra. However it 17/05/2015