Syria

Some reports suggest Munther al-Assad arrested for involvement in kidnapping gang.

Commissioner General of UNRWA Pierre Krahenbuhl calls on the world to stop ignoring the plight of Palestinian refugees in Syria.

Islamic State only destroys the artefacts of Iraq and Syria that it cannot smuggle out of the country to sell.

Young British Muslims need support and engagement from the whole of society not Muslims alone.

After a bumper year in 2014, the Islamic State economy is on the ropes in Iraq and Syria

The doctors were shot in the head because they were unwilling to support the terror group's activities.

'International dimenson' to killing Acton Imam who hated Syrian President Assad

British extremists and jihadis are flocking to Iraq and Syria to join Isis despite the risk of jail sentences or death.

Slain Muslim preacher 'spoke up for the oppressed'

For five decades Yarmouk was a thriving Palestinian suburb of Syria's capital Damascus - now it lies in ruins

Thousands of residents in Yarmouk, south of Damascus, are without food, water or medicine.

Up to 300 Kurdish civilians kidnapped in Syria.

PLO official says Palestinian refugees fled Yarmouk camp after street battles between Isis, Hamas and regime forces.

The teenagers were arrested on suspicion of planning acts of terrorism, following police raids on their homes.

30-year-old regularly communicated with Isis fighters in Syria and planned to travel there.

Police officers are attempting to establish why Waheed Ahmed travelled to the Syrian border, with a family, including young children.

One of the nine Britons arrested after trying to cross over into Syria has been identified as Rochdale councillor Shakil Ahmed's son.

Militants storm Syrian side of border as Bashar Al-Assad responds with barrel bombs, reports claim.

The Islamic State has taken control of large parts of the Palestinian camp after violent clashes between groups inside the camp and the militants, according to officials.

Three men, two women and four children who are British nationals were arrested after allegedly trying to illegally cross the border into Syria, according Turkish military.

Islamic State has occupied parts of Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp in Syria

Much progress has been made in recent years but the veil of silence can still be difficult to penetrate.

Islamist groups including al Qaeda's Nusra Front have seized the city of Idlib.

The shocking video shows teenage boys taking eight Syrian captives to be beheaded by masked IS fighters.

Defence Ministry spokesman in Tikrit says that Islamic State (Isis) fighters have fled underground in the face of a fierce advance by the army and militias

Two radical militias fighting alongside the Iraqi army have pulled out of the fight against Isis

Posting as 'Brit in Shaam', the young Briton discusses fighting - and dying - to defend Muslim blood

In rare visit from foreign minister, Iraq's Ibrahim al-Jaafari declares relationship between countries "will continue to evolve."

New and comprehensive Isis manual has surfaced on social media websites.

9 British medical students and doctors have travelled to Syria to work in Islamic State strongholds