Syria

A group of teenagers from London had planned to travel to Syria via Turkey only for their school to notify anti-terror police.

William Watkinson Jan 11, 2018

A top leader in the US military refused to mince his words when he issued a violent threat to terrorist group Isis.

Ben Skipper Jan 11, 2018

Tamaulipas on the US border and Sinaloa, Colima, Michoacan and Guerrero on the Pacific coast are the states that have been put under the most dangerous places.

Divya Kishore Jan 11, 2018

Emir was one of six children killed by Syrian and Russian air strikes on Eastern Ghouta on Monday. Since 29 December, 126 people, including 29 children, have lost their lives.

David Sim Jan 09, 2018

A total of 13 unidentified, rudimentary drones, carrying IEDs and guided by GPS, attempted to attack a Russian airbase.

Immanuel Jotham Jan 09, 2018

The UK has lost track of hundreds of British jihadist fighters who travelled to the Middle East to join radical Islamic groups, the security minister admitted.

Roger Baird Jan 05, 2018

Monitoring group Syrian Observatory for Human Rights warns children among dead following bombings in rebel-held towns.

Ewan Palmer Jan 04, 2018

Syrian Refugee Support Group of Calgary members will donate blood and recruit new donors on New Year's Day to help during the Canadian blood shortage.

Charlotte Tobitt Dec 28, 2017

Isis fighters fleeing Iraq and Syria are thought to have headed towards Turkey, the route many British travelled to join the group.

James Tennent Dec 27, 2017

A few desperately sick children have been evacuated to hospitals in Damascus from the besieged rebel-held enclave of Eastern Ghouta, but many more remain.

David Sim Dec 27, 2017

Ismael Watson, formally Jack Watson, from Walsall, has been jailed for planning to join Isis before his pregnant wife told the authorities.

William Watkinson Dec 21, 2017

Syrians are covering one eye in photos to support #SolidaritywithKarim after baby lost one eye in artillery attack on eastern Ghouta by Bashar al-Assad's regime.

Isabelle Gerretsen Dec 20, 2017

Scotland houses 2,000 Syrian refugees three years ahead of schedule through the Syrian Vulnerable Person Resettlement Programme, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announces.

Isabelle Gerretsen Dec 18, 2017

IBTimes UK looks back at how the fight to rid Iraq and Syria of the jihadists played out across the year, in 100 powerful photos.

David Sim Dec 15, 2017

Russian money made its way to Assad regime's chemical weapons programme and the oil trade with Isis, BuzzFeed investigation into slush funds reveals.

Isabelle Gerretsen Dec 14, 2017

"I have taken a decision: a significant part of the Russian troop contingent located in Syria is returning home to Russia," Putin said.

Vasudevan Sridharan Dec 11, 2017

New UNHCR report reveals 10-year-old Syrian refugee boys and gay, transgender, intersex individuals are being raped and tortured in Syria, Lebanon, Iraq and Jordan.

Isabelle Gerretsen Dec 07, 2017

Ollie Hall, who volunteered with Kurdish People's Protection Units, dies in explosion in recently liberated Raqqa.

Isabelle Gerretsen Nov 30, 2017

Isis bride Tania Georgelas, wife of John Georgelas, opens up about converting to Islam and life as jihadi wife in Syria.

Isabelle Gerretsen Nov 28, 2017

The son of British Isis recruiter Sally Jones, who was killed in a US airstrike, is believed to be alive and fighting for Isis.

Nicole Rojas Nov 15, 2017

Baghdadi, who has rarely made any public appearance since announcing the creation of Isis in 2014, has often been reported dead or injured in the past three years.

Ludovica Iaccino Nov 12, 2017

Hours after the Syrian army liberated the city of Deir al-Zour from Isis, came the news that Iraqi forces had entered al-Qaim.

David Sim Nov 03, 2017

A six-month pregnant American teenager, who was taken to Syria against her will by her father, is set to return home to Kansas.

Nicole Rojas Nov 02, 2017

The bride wore white, the female guests wore colourful clothes, and men and women danced together as music rang out across the war-ravaged Jazra area of the city of Raqqa.

David Sim Oct 30, 2017

Jac Holmes, 24, had been fighting alongside Kurdish troops to force the Muslim extremists from their stronghold in Raqqa.

Roger Baird Oct 24, 2017

Photos of the shattered Syrian city of Raqqa after a fierce four-month battle to expel Islamic State (Isis/Daesh).

David Sim Oct 24, 2017

Al-Omar oilfield is located in the east bank of the Euphrates River in eastern Deir ez-Zor province.

Ananya Roy Oct 23, 2017

Even at these taxing times, the urge only to punish has to be curbed. If it isn't, a liberal democracy will become an elected autocracy. And then no one is safe.

Yasmin Alibhai-Brown Oct 19, 2017

A steady stream of Syria-focused rhetoric from Al-Qaeda shows that the organization has not at all given up on Syria, but is rather trying to reestablish itself.

Rita Katz Oct 19, 2017

The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) announced they have defeated Islamic State (Isis, Daesh) in its former capital after a four-month battle.

David Sim Oct 17, 2017