NATO WARNS RUSSIA AFTER WARPLANE ENTERS TURKISH AIRSPACE

But Russia, which began its air campaign in Syria last Monday, showed no sign that it was backing down... READ MORE›

'SPEND MORE' ON SAS AND DRONES

More money should be spent on the SAS and drones to combat the threat of Islamic State IS extremists, David Cameron has told defence chiefs... READ MORE›

RUSSIA SENDS IN SPETSNAZ SPECIAL FORCES TO PROP UP ASSAD

It also warned against violating Turkey's airspace, saying in a statement after the meeting that the allies 'note the extreme danger of such irresponsible behaviour.'... READ MORE›

RUSSIA-BACKED SYRIAN TROOPS MOUNT MAJOR OFFENSIVE

The Islamic State group has strongholds in Raqqa and Aleppo, while the Nusra Front has a strong presence in Idlib... READ MORE›

IN SIGN OF U.S. ALARM, WASHINGTON AND MOSCOW BEGIN TALKS OVER SYRIA CONFLICT

Carter and Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu caps weeks of concern about Moscow's moves to make its military support to Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad more effective... 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›

NATO WARNS RUSSIA OVER AIRSPACE VIOLATIONS AS SYRIA AIRSTRIKES WIDEN

He called the Free Syrian Army a phantom group, adding that nothing is known about it... READ MORE›

RUSSIA MILITARYS ACTIONS IN SYRIA CAUSE RIFT WITH TURKEY

The new tensions between Russia and Turkey over Syria have highlighted a deeply complex relationship between the two countries... READ MORE›

'WEST DISMEMBERED SYRIA, CREATED INCUBATOR FOR RADICAL GROUPS'

The Russian ambassador's murder won't affect the Syrian peace process, says commentator Abdel Bari Atwan... READ MORE›

RUSSIA BEGINS MILITARY OPERATIONS IN SYRIA AS PUTIN SENDS 28 JETS

All Russian policy in Syria is very clearly directed at overcoming international isolation because of Ukraine, he said... READ MORE›

LACK OF FUNDS: WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME DROPS AID TO ONE-THIRD OF SYRIAN REFUGEES

Jordan hosts about 630,000 Syrian refugees, including more than half a million in communities and the rest in camps... READ MORE›

RUSSIA PREPARING AIR STRIKES ON ISIL IF US DOES NOT BACK DEAL TO KEEP ASSAD

Mr Putin is a staunch ally of Mr Assad and has supplied him with weapons and military advice throughout the four-year civil war... READ MORE›

4 US MILITARY EFFORTS ON ISIS AND SYRIA YIELD MIXED RESULTS

The emergence in recent weeks of a muscular Russian intervention in Syria to support Mr. Assad has raised new complications for the United States... READ MORE›

VLADIMIR PUTIN ORDERS CREATION OF NEW RESERVIST FORCE

There are roughly 750,000 troops in the regular Russian armed forces... READ MORE›

SYRIA EXTENDS MAJOR OFFENSIVE TO RETAKE TERRITORY IN WEST

Sources in the region say Iran has sent hundreds of troops to back Syrian forces in a ground campaign coordinated with Russia's air assault... READ MORE›

TURKEY 'CANNOT ENDURE' RUSSIAN VIOLATION OF AIRSPACE, PRESIDENT SAYS

A war of words has broken out between Russia and Nato over Moscow's military intervention in Syria and its violation of Turkish airspace... READ MORE›

RUSSIAN STRIKES KILLED CIVILIANS: SYRIAN OPPOSITION LEADER

General Assembly meeting said the civilians had been killed in five different areas... READ MORE›

BASHAR AL-ASSAD: FAILURE TO BEAT ISIS WILL 'DESTROY MIDDLE EAST'

Assad's comments came as airstrikes by suspected Russian jets hit targets around the town of Talbiseh, north of Homs in western Syria on Sunday... READ MORE›

US-BACKED KURDISH FORCES 'COMMITTING WAR CRIMES AGAINST SYRIAN CIVILIANS'

US-backed Kurdish forces 'committing war crimes against Syrian civilians'... READ MORE›

RUSSIA DENIES MISSILES AIMED AT SYRIA LANDED IN IRAN

The UK-based Syria Observatory for Human Rights on Friday said Isis had captured several Syrian villages from rival insurgents near Aleppo... READ MORE›

IMMIGRATION VIEWED NEGATIVELY BY HALF OF DEVELOPED WORLDS POPULATION

The proportion who agree immigration is causing their country to change in ways they don't like is below 30 in China South Korea Brazil and Japan... READ MORE›

SYRIA CRISIS: FOOTAGE APPEARS TO SHOW AFTERMATH OF RUSSIAN AIRSTRIKES

General Assembly, he said that the Russian Air Forces are cooperating with the Syrian pro-government military to target exclusively Islamic State targets... READ MORE›

PUTIN VS. OBAMA AND THE OTHER MAIN STORYLINES AT THE U.N. GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Putin's power play President Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin were set to meet on the sidelines of the General Assembly on Monday... READ MORE›

NATO DENOUNCES RUSSIAN INCURSION INTO TURKISH AIRSPACE

A Russian warplane again violated Turkish airspace on Sunday a Turkish foreign ministry official said late on Monday prompting Ankara to summon Moscow's ambassador... READ MORE›

AT LEAST 47 KILLED IN CLASHES BETWEEN ISLAMIC STATE AND SYRIAN REBELS

Islamic State said late Friday it had waged a fresh assault on Marea killing dozens of Syrian rebels fighting against it... READ MORE›

FROM POLITICAL PRISONERS TO MEDIA BANS

Of the 35 heads of state attended the opening ceremony only four represented the European Union Bulgaria, Luxembourg, Monaco and San Marino... READ MORE›

ISRAELI AND US ALARM AS RUSSIA GIVES ASSAD REGIME ANTI-AIRCRAFT MISSILE SYSTEM

Russia is a key ally of Bashar al-Assad's regime Getty The Syrian President was given a forum on Russian media to make the same argument... READ MORE›

NETANYAHU SAYS ISRAEL'S RELATIONSHIP WITH RUSSIA IS GOOD

Netanyahu signaled that Russian deployment would not deter Israel from continuing to take occasional military action in Syria... READ MORE›

Mr Haines has worked in humanitarian aid since 1999, helping victims of conflict in the Balkans, Africa and the Middle East... READ MORE›

ISIL CAN BE SMASHED IF WEST WORKS WITH KURDS

Isil forced themselves on to the world stage when they took Mosel and began their relentless march across Syria and Iraq... READ MORE›