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Turkish tanks roll over the Syrian border to launch assault on Isis-held city of Jarablus
Advance preceded by air strikes and artillery bombardment in Turkey's largest intervention in Syrian civil war.
How Isis used and abused early Islamic history
We must Daesh with ideas as well as bombs.
Russia and Syria will face consequences if our troops threatened says US commander
Townsend makes comments after Syrian warplanes attack area where US forces were operating.
Germany overwhelmed by 1,000 refugee child brides as call for ban grows
Girls, some 13, have arrived in Germany married to men more than twice their age.
Omran is just one of thousands of children hurt in Syria's war, says medic who saved him
Images of Omran Daqneesh, 5, after he was pulled from rubble stunned the world.
Photos show IS militants fleeing Manbij using women and children as 'human shields'
More than 100 jihadists escaped the city in a convoy of cars and trucks carrying civilian hostages.
The lives and tragic deaths of children caught up in Syria's civil war [Graphic images]
Scenes like the air strike that wounded Omran Daqneesh are all too common in Syria.
Countless children are victims of war - while adults pretend they're making the world safer for them
Over my long life I have seen this look of shock before - you never forget a face that has seen the horrors of war.
Sadly, the world will soon forget about Omran Daqneesh just as it forgot about Alan Kurdi
Social media is a powerful weapon, but hashtags can create a false sense of doing something meaningful.
Owen Smith's call for talks with Isis is a dangerous fantasy - Daesh is not the IRA
It is Syrian people - not their tormentors - which are lacking in negotiations to end Syria's war.
Detainees in Syrian prison describe torture and mass killings: 'I saw the blood, it was like a river'
Amnesty International estimates 17,723 people have been killed in detention since March 2011
Libyan forces liberate central Sirte district as noose tightens on Isis
Pro-government forces have encircled the militants in a shrinking section of the centre of Daesh's former North African stronghold.
Turkey supports Islamist groups in Middle East, says German government leak
A leaked response shows German officials acknowledge Raccip Tayyip Erdogan's support for militants.
Russia and United States 'closer to a plan' of joint military action against rebels in Aleppo
Children have been traumatised and the scale of the suffering is immense says the Red Cross.
War on Isis: Russia accuses Washington of not cooperating with Moscow in Syria
Russia's defence minister Sergei Shoigu complains US not sharing information about extremists.
50 US nuclear weapons at Turkish base near Syrian border at risk of being stolen by terrorists
A Washington think-tank has said amid growing security instability in Turkey that US nukes may be at risk.
Manbij: Women uncover faces and men cut beards off as they are rescued from Isis
Scenes of joy as the Syrian town on Manbij is liberated from Daesh control.
Thousands of former human shields freed from Isis as Syrian city of Manbij is liberated
Residents burn their burqas and shave their beards after more than two years of Isis control.
Iraq: Isis executes five men for smuggling people into 'lands of disbelief'
It is believed the group also posted photos of the execution on social media.
Syria: Isis militants fleeing besieged Manbij abduct 2,000 civillians
US-backed forces said earlier they are on the verge of seizing northern Syrian town.
Syria's mysterious internet blackout solved: Government switches off entire web to stop exam cheats
Internet and mobile networks go offline over a series of days in dramatic bid to foil cheaters.
Former cheerleader Jaelyn Young gets 12-year jail term for trying to join Isis
Young planned to travel to Syria with her fiancé by disguising the trip as their honeymoon.
Robert Fisk won't tell the truth on Syria because, like Bashar al-Assad, he fears it
At every major point of the war, Fisk has trumpeted Assad regime and Russian propaganda.
Isis on the run: Islamic State shrinking and retreating on all fronts
Photos of the military campaigns to recapture major Isis strongholds in Syria, Libya and Iraq.
Russia announces daily ceasefires in Aleppo to allow passage for humanitarian aid
Russia said the three-hour long ceasefires would begin on 11 August.
Britain prepares to send hundreds of elite troops to Middle East to help rebel force wipe out Isis
The British forces will train rebel group, the New Syrian Army to defeat Daesh.
Russian mercenaries reportedly hired to fight Isis in Syria despite Kremlin's denials
Sky News says it has interviewed mercenaries recruited by an obscure Russian military company.
Two arrested in Coventry for 'Syria-related' terror offences
Men, 32 and 26, held in 'intelligence-led' investigation on suspicion of financing terrorism.
Elite British forces pictured on Syria's front line 'to decapitate the head of terror'
A New Syrian Army spokesman also confirmed the rebel group is getting weapons from the Pentagon.
Bradford teen taken to Syria by mother posts weapons cache and pledges Isis allegiance on Facebook
Ibrahim Iqbal disappeared from Bradford in 2015 after being taken to Syria by his mother