Syria

Canadian-born Isis militant tweets engineers-turned-Islamists are working on advance UAVs.

Bashar al-Assad regime signals cooperation with US to fight Sunni insurgents.

Beheaded US journalist shares childhood memories and hoped to be freed by Islamic captors.

Curtis, who had been held captive for nearly two years, was finally freed with the help of Qatari negotiators.

SAS and Special Reconnaissance Regiment troops are hunting Isis in Iraq and Syria using hi-tech equipment.

Isis is reportedly selling stolen crude oil at less than half the global market rate in black markets.

Up to April more than 191,000 people have been killed in conflict, UN human rights chief says.

Irish intelligence officers closely watching 30 jihadi fighters travelling to Iraq and Syria

First known case of stoning by terror group takes place in Iraq

Freed French journalist Didier François speaks of beatings and fake executions at hands of Isis.

Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono calls on Islamic leaders to unite against Islamic State terror group.

Pentagon admits it had carried out a failed rescue operation to rescue journalist James Foley and other hostages in Syria.

John Foley said he is proud of his son, who he described as 'a martyr to freedom.'

The Prime Minister said is looks increasingly likely that a British Jihadist is responsible for the beheading of James Foley.

Syrians of Kafranbel, in Idlib, pay tribute to James Foley for fighting to expose Assad and Isis terror group.

German development aid minister Gerd Mueller accuses Qatar of funding Isis.

Profile of American journalist James Wright Foley executed by a Sunni insurgent in Syria.

United Nations' World Humanitarian Day launches campaign 'The world needs more…'

Hundreds of people gathered in central London on Saturday, calling for action to protect the people of Sinjar from attacks by the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, formerly known as Isis.

Maliki paves way for successor, Haider al-Abadi, in order to 'preserve unity' in Iraq.

Doubts cast over Australian station's 'exclusive' interview with Islamic State military chief talking about 'caliphate'.

President Francois Hollande announces arms supply to Kurds "in the coming hours".

Isis brainwashing people with female vigilante squads and 'Osama bin Laden Cub Camps'

Yazidis flee across Iraqi-Syrian border despite civil war which has claimed more than 170,000 lives.

Supporters of radical Islam split between love of actor's films and dislike of his hertical stand-up.

Company allegedly paid bribes to doctors and officials in cash and kind.

A Yazidi MP warned that the women, held at a school in Mosul, are being sold into slavery.

Latest battles have brought air strikes, suicide bombs, and the bodies of women and children.

Lebanese forces clash with Islamists in Arsal after al-Qaida-linked gunmen seize police station killing five.

Military base on the outskirts of the city of Raqqa seized during night raid by Isis fighters.