Syria

Triyono Utomo, his wife and three children were arrested on 16 January after his return from Turkey.

However, it is unclear whether a meeting between Abdullah and Trump is scheduled.

The US president has promised to fight the terror group.

British foreign secretary told peers that Russian involvement in the civil war is a 'fact of life'.

Naval war of words sparked after Michael Fallon criticised the Russian ship that left Syria.

Russia's only aircraft carrier is returning to the Barents Sea after two months off the coast of Syria.

The jihadist group is said to have beefed up security to prevent further escapes.

Bana Alabed and her family were evacuated from east Aleppo in December 2016.

The joint operation involved 9 Russian attack aircraft and 8 Turkish warplanes.

Syria's top negotiator Bashar Jaafari said opposition groups went outside agreed frameworks.

The YPG and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces are advancing towards Raqqa, an Isis stronghold in Syria.

The US-led coalition also continued air strikes in Iraq and Syria against the Islamic State group.

Russia is increasing its military spending in response to increased Nato deployments near its borders.

The resumption of executions in Palmyra is a conspicuous propaganda effort by Isis.

The air strike targeted Abu Ibrahim al-Tunsi, a Tunisian jihadist in Idlib governorate.

Bashar al-Assad's strategy has enabled Islamic State to regain ground.

Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov renewed invitation for US to attend Astana peace talks on 23 January.

The Syrian Democratic Forces launched an offensive to liberate the Isis stronghold in November 2016.

Egyptian government seeks to appease principal backers in the region by giving up the two islands.

Turkey recently threatened to attack Manbij, currently under Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces' control.

Donald Trump's security advisers want the CIA to be more involved with the special operations forces.

Syria has been ravaged by a civil war between anti-government rebel forces and the Assad regime.

Parliamentary committee denounced confusion around terms of government's resettlement programme.

Qahtani, who fought with al-Qaeda alongside the architect of 9/11 attacks, was killed in a drone strike

The Russian military confirmed the deployment of four fighter jets to its Syrian airbase.

Khalifa Haftar, the head of Libya's armed forces, spoke with Russian defence minister aboard the vessel.

Ryan Lock's body believed to have been held by Isis before it was recovered and taken to north-east Syria.

The air strikes were part of an ongoing offensive launched by Syrian government forces against Islamic State.

The Austrian-born SS commander was allegedly responsible for the deaths of more than 128,000 Jews.

The State Department believes Alexanda Amon Kotey engaged in group's executions and 'exceptionally cruel' torture methods.