US-TRAINED DIVISION 30 REBELS 'BETRAYED US AND HAND WEAPONS OVER TO AL-QAEDA'S AFFILIATE IN SYRIA'

Pentagon-trained rebels are reported to have betrayed us and handed weapons over to jabhat al-nusra immediately after entering syria... READ MORE›

VLADIMIR PUTIN CONFIRMS RUSSIAN MILITARY INVOLVEMENT IN SYRIA'S CIVIL WAR

Last week Syrian state television released images showing an advanced Russian-built armoured personnel carrier, the BTR-82a, in combat... READ MORE›

TURKISH TROOPS KILLED IN CLASHES WITH ISIL IN SYRIA

The operation to control Al-Bab, which is being besieged under the Euphrates Shield Operation, is ongoing, the army said in a statement... READ MORE›

'RUSSIA KILLS US-BACKED SYRIAN REBELS IN SECOND DAY OF AIR STRIKES AS IRAN PREPARES FOR GROUND OFFENSIVE'

The same sources say the Russian air strikes will soon be accompanied by Syrian army and allied ground advances... READ MORE›

GRIEF CONTINUES FOR DEAD SYRIAN REFUGEE BOY AYLAN KURDI

Outpouring of grief continues for dead Syrian toddler Aylan, three... READ MORE›

WHY I TWEETED THE PHOTO OF THE DEAD SYRIAN TODDLER

How many photos of dead Syrian children show up on social media every day?... READ MORE›

AYLAN KURDI'S FATHER IS A PEOPLE SMUGGLER, WOMAN CLAIMS

Mr Kurdi has now returned to Syria and the ruins of the city of Kobani the home he and his family had fled... READ MORE›

SYRIAN TODDLER AYLAN'S FATHER DROVE CAPSIZED BOAT, OTHER PASSENGERS SAY

Abu Hussein told me that he Kurdi was the one who organized this trip, he said... READ MORE›

EU MIGRANT CRISIS: FATHER DESCRIBES MOMENT CHILDREN SLIPPED AWAY AS CAMERON SAYS UK WILL TAKE SYRIAN REFUGEES

The current refugee crisis is putting the European Union and all of its member states to a historic test... READ MORE›

England 25 October 2014 Last updated at 14 52 Share this page Fourth Portsmouth man Mehdi Hassan killed in Syria Please turn on JavaScript... READ MORE›

DESPERATE REFUGEES ESCAPE CAMPS AND START A 110-MILE TREK TO AUSTRIA

Yesterday night we reported that UK Prime Minister David Cameron is planning to announce that the UK will take up to 10,000 Syrian refugees... READ MORE›

DAVID CAMERON: BRITAIN WILL ACCEPT 20,000 REFUGEES - LIVE

David Cameron is expanding on his commitment to bring 20 000 refugees to Britain... READ MORE›

AMNESTY DECLARED FOR 83 ISIL MEMBERS IN SYRIA'S RAQQA

The amnesty may be one small step towards easing tensions that run deep in Raqqa after three years of ruthless ISIL occupation, followed by war... READ MORE›

PKK URGES US TO MEDIATE IN ITS WAR WITH TURKEY AND ADMITS TO SECRET TALKS WITH WASHINGTON

PKK urges US to mediate in its war with Turkey and admits to secret talks with Washington... READ MORE›

THE WORLD'S DETERMINATION TO DEFEAT ISIL IS A MYTH

The worlds determination to defeat Isil is a myth... READ MORE›

THE WEST SHOULD JOIN WITH PUTIN TO DEFEAT ISIL

Should we focus on overthrowing Bashar al-Assad, or defeating Isil?... READ MORE›

U.S. PLANS TO CAPTURE THE ISLAMIC STATES CAPITAL ALREADY GO AWRY

Members of a Syrian armed group hold positions in the frontline against the Islamic State group outside Ain Issa, in the countryside of Raqqa province... READ MORE›

SAUDI ARABIA SAYS THERE IS 'NO FUTURE' FOR ASSAD IN SYRIA

Laurent Fabius, France's foreign minister, derided Russian claims to be leading the anti-terrorist campaign in Syria, as media strikes rather than real strikes ... READ MORE›

ISIL 'BEHEADS TOP ARCHAEOLOGIST IN PALMYRA'

Isil extremists behead antiquities scholar khaled al-asaad in ancient syrian city of palmyra a government official said... READ MORE›

A FOURFOLD INCREASE ON OFFICIAL ESTIMATES

07 Sep 2014 Evidence from one posting on a social networking site last week suggested that as many as 20 British jihadists have been joining Isil forces every day... READ MORE›

IF WE DO NOTHING ABOUT SYRIA, THEN THE REFUGEES WILL KEEP ON COMING

A few years ago I went to Palmyra, and other places in Syria, and realised that it was a place of unbelievable cultural richness... READ MORE›

IRAQI CIVILIANS MAY FACE ABUSE, TORTURE IN MOSUL BATTLE

Iraqi government must ensure appalling abuses against civilians do not happen in Mosul battle, report says... READ MORE›

I'M A SYRIAN AND I FIGHT ISIL EVERY DAY. IT WILL TAKE MORE THAN BOMBS FROM THE WEST TO DEFEAT THIS MENACE

Almost two years ago the House of Commons met to decide whether to take military action against Bashar al-Assad... READ MORE›

MACER GIFFORD WE COULD DEFEAT ISLAMIC STATE WITHIN A YEAR I KNOW BECAUSE I FOUGHT THEM

I was under no illusion that my presence on the frontline was going to win the war against Isil... READ MORE›

ISIL LAY MINES IN SYRIA'S ANCIENT PALMYRA RUINS

Palmyra has been looted by government forces damaged in fighting and last week a section of its north defensive wall was hit by a regime airstrike... READ MORE›

WALKING WITH MIGRANTS: THE DIARY OF A JOURNEY FROM GREECE TO BERLIN

3pm, Piraeus I have met an Iraqi family who are pretending to be Syrian... READ MORE›

SYRIAN ARMY TAKES ISIL-HELD TOWN OF AL-SUKHNA IN HOMS

Syrian government troops and allied forces have taken the last major ISIL-held town in Homs province, according to a monitor... READ MORE›

BRITISH CHARITIES INVESTIGATED FOR TERROR LINKS

Charity Commission British charities investigated for terror links... READ MORE›

ISLAMIC STATE DESTROYS 2,000-YEAR-OLD ARCH OF TRIUMPH IN PALMYRA

The Syrian presidency issued a rare condemnation of the destruction, describing it as Isil's revenge against a pluralistic history that threatens the extremist group's grand project... READ MORE›

ISIL THREATENS SLAUGHTER IN THE STREETS OF THE WEST

He said Mr Kassig was a selfless humanitarian worker who had gone to the region to help care for those fleeing the Syrian conflict... READ MORE›