Syria

Dr Wasem Maaz was among at least 27 killed in Syrian government bombings.

Rob Wainwright said many women now had hardened battlefield experience.

The Labour proposal for the UK to offer asylum was voted against by 289 Conservative MPs.

The cash strapped extremists offer bonuses to fighters if they have children, wives and sex slaves.

The deployment would take the number of US personnel there to 300.

Three people killed in the Turkish town of Kilis on Friday, as Daesh fired five rockets from the nearby Syrian border.

Daesh video shows downed MIG-23 jet near Damascus.

Germany's leader is trying to save a controversial deal over housing failed asylum seekers.

Sotloff's family accuse Assad's government of providing support to Isis before beheading.

At least 44 have died with scores injured after two airstrikes in Maarat al-Numan and Kafranbel.

Biden criticises the Netanyahu-led Israeli government saying they are moving in the wrong direction.

West Midlands Police's Counter Terrorism Unit say that no passengers were in danger at the time of the arrest.

Ibrahim al-Khatib is a journalist with UAE-based Orient News.

In his annual Q&A, the Russian president fielded questions on the economy and foreign policy.

The attacks near the Turkish border come as the Assad regime prepares for an assault on the city of Aleppo.

There have been more than 11,500 air strikes so far against IS in Syria and Iraq.

So far, 1,194 people have been accepted by the UK under the Vulnerable Persons Relocation scheme.

Hacktivists Cyber Justice Team claims responsibility for attacking Syrian government servers and dumping data online.

Archaeologists say artefacts pillaged from heritage sites in war-torn country traced to London.

State media reported the workers had been kidnapped from an area close to Damascus

Video shared on social media appeared to show the Syrian pilot surrounded by rebels.

Soulieman Marouf was fixer who went shopping at Harrods for Asma, Bashar al-Assad's wife.

Syrian troops captured the town located 100km west of the ancient city of Palmyra.

Explosions are being carried out to safely detonate bombs at the world famous ancient ruins.

Saga al-Dulmaimi married al-Baghdadi in 2008 when he was a university lecturer and they have a daughter

Don't let Boris Johnson's deliberate myopia on Assad's destruction across Syria fool you - it's not all Isis.

Of 470,000 Syrians who have been killed, an overwhelming majority have been by Assad and his allies

Johnson calls Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's recapture of Palmyra a 'victory for archaeology'.

Aerial footage shows areas of ancient city recaptured by Syrian soldiers in battle against the Islamic State (Isis).

UN chief calls for an end to Syria conflict and appeals for 'peace in the Middle East'.