Raqqa

Walid Shekhi, 40, opened the restaurant in Kobani, which was liberated by Isis in January 2015.

Oil is a crucial source of revenue for the Islamist militant group which uses the funds to carry out terrorist attacks.

Ryan Lock's death near Raqqa makes him third Briton to fall battling Isis.

The militant had reportedly been deployed to shore up defence of Tabqa Dam.

Iraqi army admit battle for Mosul could take months despite latest setback for Jihadists.

Stephen Townsend said assisting Iraq army without causing them insult is their biggest challenge.

Recapture of Palmyra is reminder of threat the militant group still poses despite suffering setbacks.

Control of the ancient city has been going back and forth between militants and government forces.

French and Tunisian dual citizen hailed murders of Tunisian politicians in Daesh propaganda videos.

Defense Secretary Ash Carter said 'sooner we crush ISIL's barbaric ideology, the safer we'll all be'.

Islamic State has grown increasingly paranoid as senior commanders are killed.

Major-General Rupert Jones expects an even larger information trove when Mosul falls.

Ten other Turkish soldiers were wounded in the early-morning air strikes.

French speakers in the video can be heard calling for a French-made anti-tank missile to be reloaded.

Raqqa is now being targeted to prevent jihadists fleeing there from Mosul in Iraq.

The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have clashed with Islamic State in the north of Raqqa.

Tensions are high as Arab and Kurdish military forces don't want Turkey to interfere in the campaign.

The hackers abused Telegram's reporting mechanism to shut down the channel.

The involvement of Shia militias has shifted the focus of the battle.

General Joseph Votel says Isis still has a heavy presence around Iraq's second city.

The operations to retake the Isis-controlled city will begin while the Islamists are under attack in Mosul.

US Defence Secretary Ash Carter said the operation would follow recent military action in Mosul, Iraq.

As the assault on the city has begun, convoys of Iraqi, Kurdish and US forces moved east of Mosul.

The militants are also pressuring mothers into 'selling' their daughters into marriages with foreign fighters.

IBTimes UK interviews a Syrian refugee at an informal refugee camp in Lebanon's Bekaa valley.

Washington says that Wa'il Adil Hasan Salman al-Fayad or 'Dr Wa'il' was killed in a 'precision strike'.

Erdogan says Barack Obama floated the idea at the G20 Summit in Hangzhou.

The US aid worker apparently looked after younger hostages before her death in February 2015

Residents burn their burqas and shave their beards after more than two years of Isis control.

The 17-year-old is thought to have died earlier this year after travelling to Syria in February 2015.