Syria

Twin terror attacks in Paris book-ended a year dominated by the fight against Islamic State in Syria and the resulting exodus of refugees.

Syrian government backed by President Bashar al-Assad lost 16% of its land.

My Treedom prompts sharing of photos of Christmas celebrations in Iran, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia.

Air strikes believed to have been carried out by Russian warplanes killed scores of people in the centre of Idlib.

Video has been circulated by Yazidi activists but its origin is unknown.

The UN agreement calls for a ceasefire and sets out a timetable for political talks.

EXCLUSIVE: Families pay Muslim middle-men to free captives held by IS in Syria.

RAF yet to target Daesh positions in Syria two weeks after air strikes vote by Parliament

"This picture of a flesh-eating disease spread by Isis terrorists isn't entirely accurate."

In his annual Q&A, Russian leader also says Fifa boss Sepp Blatter 'deserves Nobel Prize'.

Citizen journalist group was awarded by the CPJ in New York

Ankara has introduced a curfew in the Kurdish south-east, deploying 10,000 troops.

The three prisoners were accused of participating 'directly and indirectly' to a suicide bombing in November.

British foreign secretary says jihadists have gained ground in Syria because of the attacks.

Britain is poised to provide support to the newly-formed coalition of Muslim nations against Daesh.

Two markets in Idlib and Aleppo were struck by the jets.

Mark Oberholtzer spotted Daesh fighters in his Ford F-250 pick-up emblazoned with his company's logo.

EXCLUSIVE: Yazidi boy tells of horror of being press-ganged into nightmarish world of Isis child soldiers.

Marj al-Sultan in Eastern Ghouta falls to government troops after heavy fighting.

The group uses taxation, extortion and confiscation to derive income, in addition to oil.

Trump said the foreign policy of the Obama Administration had left the Middle East a 'total disaster'.

The women from the Syriac Christian group created the 'The Female Protection Forces of the Land Between the Two Rivers' and has around 50 members.

Warplanes have carried out air strikes on rebel-held suburbs in the Syrian capital, killing dozens of people.

Private defence contractors are busy looking into the financial benefits of another conflict in the Middle East.

Security guard, whose comment went viral, says he fears Isis will kill him.

As the Smile Cafe continues to function in the war zone, they find that people will always want cake

Homs endured a four and a half year siege as rebels battled Syrian army forces

Banksy unveiled a set of new works in the Calais Jungle refugee camp.

Defiant Corbyn calls Stop the War Coalition a 'vital force' despite pleas by Left wingers not to attend.

More than 8,800 refugees have applied to be relocated to Canada from Jordan.