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SHELLING KILLS 6 SCHOOLCHILDREN IN BESIEGED SYRIA REBEL ENCLAVE
A shell fired by regime troops hit the entrance of a school in Jisreen just as children were leaving it, said Observatory director Rami Abdel Rahman... READ MORE›
IS CALIPHATE'S END 'IN SIGHT' AFTER RAQA FALL
IS caliphate's end 'in sight' after Raqa fall Trump... READ MORE›
G7 TECH GIANTS AGREE ON PLAN TO BLOCK JIHADIST CONTENT ONLINE
Minniti said the G7 ministers had discussed how to go about de-radicalising citizens returning from the IS frontline, to prevent them becoming security risks in jails... READ MORE›
DOZENS OF IS FIGHTERS SURRENDER AS RAQA'S FALL NEARS
A monitor said no Syrian members of the jihadist group remained in Raqa, and that negotiations on the fate of foreign fighters were ongoing... READ MORE›
CIVILIANS POUR OUT OF SYRIA'S RAQA AS BOMBING INTENSIFIES
As the end to the battle draws near, growing numbers of IS fighters are handing themselves in to SDF forces, according to unit commander Ali Sher... READ MORE›
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REBEL FORCE TARGETS IS 'CAPITAL' RAQQA
A US-backed Kurdish and Arab force says it has begun an operation to capture Raqqa, so-called Islamic State's capital in Syria... READ MORE›
ISIS SUPPORTERS SHARED IMAGES OF EIFFEL TOWER 72 HOURS BEFORE ATTACK
The messages reportedly appeared on four 'credible' accounts liked to ISIS some 72-hours before 132 people were slaughtered in a wave of attacks in Paris on Friday... READ MORE›
A MINUTES SILENCE IS HELD TO REMEMBER 132 PEOPLE MURDERED IN PARIS TERROR ATTACK
The world falls silent to honour the dead a minutes silence is held to remember the 132 people murdered in paris terror attack... READ MORE›
US-LED COALITION DOWNS IRAN-MADE DRONE IN SYRIA
Moscow has now suspended an incident hotline intended to prevent confrontations in Syria's crowded air space, and warned it could consider US-led coalition planes targets ... READ MORE›
KURDISH FIGHTERS CUT KEY SUPPLY LINE TO ISLAMIC STATE CAPITAL RAQQA
Khojer said Kurdish fighters backed by Syrian rebel groups had advanced on Tal Abyad in a two-front offensive from east and west... READ MORE›
US SECRETARY OF STATE REX TILLERSON VISITS AS TURKEY SAYS ITS SYRIA CAMPAIGN OVER
Turkey has suggested it wants to join any operation to capture the IS bastion of Raqa but without involvement of Syrian Kurdish militia... READ MORE›
US DRONE BOMBS ISLAMIC STATE TARGET IN SYRIA AFTER TAKING OFF FROM TURKEY
Last month Ankara said it would allow US warplanes to launch attacks from the Incirlik airbase in southern Turkey, which is just 200 km (125 miles) from Isis positions in northern Syria... READ MORE›
KERRY DENOUNCES SYRIA 'WAR CRIMES' AFTER NEW ROUND OF TALKS IN PARIS
Kerry said Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's indiscriminate bombing of Aleppo amounted to war crimes and called on his Russian backers to intervene... READ MORE›
RUSSIA DENIES ROLE IN BLOODY STRIKE ON SYRIA SCHOOL
Syrian and Russian warplanes regularly bomb Idlib, but air strikes have intensified in recent weeks, according to the Observatory... READ MORE›
TURKEY AND RUSSIA AGREE ON EXTENDED SYRIAN CEASEFIRE, AIRSTRIKES KILL CIVILIANS
Turkey and Russia will work for the plan to come into force at midnight, the agency said, without giving further details... READ MORE›
SYRIA FORCES RETAKE ALEPPO REBEL AREAS AS CIVILIANS FLEE
The army's rapid advance is due to its strategy of attacking east Aleppo on several fronts, weakening the rebels, Observatory chief Rami Abdel Rahman said... READ MORE›
US TO SEND 200 MORE TROOPS TO SYRIA
I can tell you today that the United States will deploy approximately 200 additional US forces in Syria, Carter told Gulf policymakers in the Bahraini capital Manama... READ MORE›
U.S. ACCUSES RUSSIA OF 'BARBARISM' OVER ALEPPO BOMBARDMENT
Security Council to demand Russia rein in its ally, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, and halt intense airstrikes, Moscow and Damascus were repeatedly accused of war crimes... READ MORE›
TURKISH MILITARY OPERATION IN SYRIA TO TARGET RAQQA, SAYS ERDOGAN
The operation dubbed Euphrates Shield has another purpose to halt the westward advance of the Syrian YPG Kurdish militia... READ MORE›
COALITION AIR STRIKES TARGET ISLAMIC STATE 'CAPITAL' IN SYRIA
The strikes have killed at least 963 people, including 838 IS jihadists and 72 members of Al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate Al-Nusra Front... READ MORE›
ISLAMIC STATE ATTACKS SYRIA BORDER TOWN OF KOBANE IN NEW OFFENSIVE
Islamic State attacks Syria border town of Kobane in new offensive... READ MORE›
FRANCE'S HOLLANDE WARNS MOSUL'S IS GROUP FIGHTERS COULD FLEE TO RAQQA
The French president urged the international community not to abandon the city once the multi-pronged military operation is over... READ MORE›
ISLAMIC STATE DOWNS WARPLANE OVER SYRIA, CLAIMS TO HAVE KIDNAPPED PILOT
Islamic state downs warplane over syria claims to have kidnapped pilot... READ MORE›
IS DESTROYS ANCIENT CATHOLIC MONASTERY IN SYRIA
Islamic State militants have destroyed an ancient monastery in the central Syrian province of Homs, according to a monitor and pictures published by the jihadist group... READ MORE›
SCHOOLCHILDREN AMONG 35 DEAD IN SYRIA RAIDS
Syrian and Russian warplanes regularly bomb Idlib, but air strikes have intensified in recent weeks, according to the Observatory... READ MORE›
ISLAMIC STATE ATTACKS SYRIA BORDER TOWN OF KOBANE IN NEW OFFENSIVE
Islamic State attacks Syria border town of Kobane in new offensive... READ MORE›
TWIN ASSAULTS IN SYRIA IRAQ PILE PRESSURE ON ISLAMIC STATE
Kurdish-Arab forces launched a major assault against the Islamic State group in Syria's Raqqa province and Iraqi forces advanced in Fallujah on Tuesday, pi... READ MORE›
ELITE IRAQ FORCES PUNCH INTO MOSUL, FACE TOUGH RESISTANCE
The CTS's Mosul Regiment, the last to leave the city when the jihadists overran it in June 2014, immediately faced tough resistance, commander Muntadhar Salem told AFP... READ MORE›
ISLAMIC STATE FREES HUNDREDS OF 'HUMAN SHIELDS' IN SYRIA
The SDF began an assault in May on Manbij, on a key jihadi supply route between the Turkish border and IS's de facto Syrian capital Raqa... READ MORE›
STRIKES HAVE KILLED 1,600 ISIL JIHADIS, SAYS REPORT
Washington and a small coalition of Arab countries began strikes against Isil in Syria last year, expanding US-led operations with a broader coalition already under way against Isil in Iraq... READ MORE›
BOMBS ROCK DAMASCUS AS WAR ENTERS SEVENTH YEAR
In northern Syria, 14 children were among 21 people killed in an air strike on Idlib city, a monitor said... READ MORE›
ISLAMIC STATE ABDUCTS 2,000 SYRIANS AS 'HUMAN SHIELDS' AS IT FLEES STRONGHOLD OF MANBIJ
Islamic State group fighters seized 2,000 civilians to use as human shields as they fled their stronghold of Manbij in northern Syria on Friday, U.S.-bac... READ MORE›
IS TRUCK BOMB IN IRAQ SOWS CARNAGE AMONG SHIITE PILGRIMS
Iraqi forces launched a major offensive on October 17 to retake Mosul, where jihadist supremo Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi proclaimed a caliphate in 2014... READ MORE›
THOUSANDS FLEE ANTI-IS OFFENSIVES IN IRAQ SYRIA
Many have sought refuge in areas around Manbij, a town controlled by the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces... READ MORE›
IRAQI FORCES RETAKE GOVERNMENT HQ, MUSEUM IN MOSUL
Supported by the US-led coalition bombing IS in Iraq and Syria, Iraqi forces began their push against west Mosul on February 19... READ MORE›