Syria

Attack on judicial building is latest in spate of bombings targeting government-held areas.

The UN's Independent International Inquiry on Syria said Assad's forces carried out war crimes in December.

Vintage cars owned by Mohammad Mohiuddin Anis, 70, have been reduced to twisted hulks of rusted metal, just as Aleppo has been reduced to piles of shattered glass and dusty debris.

Inside Mosul's antiquities museum, which once housed priceless Mesopotamian artefacts dating back thousands of years.

The attack at Bab al-Saghir cemetery in the Old City of Damascus killed 40 people.

The increase will bring the number of US forces on the ground in Syria to about 900.

Iraqi forces are facing increasingly stiff resistance from Islamic State militants, who are using suicide car bombs and snipers to defend their last major stronghold in Iraq.

As the world's population grows, the vault serves as a 'backup' system for crops from genebanks around the world.

Pentagon has not confirmed new deployment that has been 'in the works for some time'.

The Mosul 'healer' Mala Ali Kalak wants to beat him on the soles of his feet to get the jinni out of his body.

Alabed, a Twitter sensation has previously written to Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin and Bashar al-Assad.

This was the second time the ancient Syrian city, a Unesco heritage site, had been recaptured from the militants in the course of Syria's six-year war.

Iran says its forces are in Syria to defend holy Shi'ite shrines.

The man travelled to the Middle East on a number of occasions.

UN concludes both sides in final push by Assad forces for control of east Aleppo committed war crimes.

Forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad lost the ancient city to Isis for a second time late last year.

Patrick Kabele from Willesden in London was stopped at Gatwick airport on way to Istanbul.

UN Security Council resolution on sanctions against Syria was drafted by US, UK and France.

Documents, found by Reuters, include some of the first first-hand accounts from Isis suicide bombers to be made public, offering an insight into the mindset of young recruits.

Al-Masri was implicated in the 1998 bombings of two US embassies in Tanzania and Kenya.

Raed Salah said in a statement that the world should help end the bloodshed in Syria.

America's support of demographically inappropriate allies has aided jihadi recruitment.

It was not immediately clear if the Isis was behind the attacks.

At least 60 dead after northern town liberated on 23 February by Turkey-backed Syrian rebels.

The town of al-Bab in Northern Syria was one of the jihadists' strongholds in the country.

Col. John Dorrian said air strikes by coalition forces have set the conditions for Iraqi forces to retake the Mosul airport.

President's ban targeting Muslim-majority nations will see continuing court challenges, say lawyers.

NGO accuses western governments of ignoring corruption and allowing Islamic State to thrive across the world.

Federal police and elite interior ministry units known as Rapid Response are leading the charge toward the airport, just south of the city.

Rebel groups have warned that continued government strikes against them have put ceasefire in jeopardy.