ISIS DESTROYS MORE ARTIFACTS IN SYRIA AND IRAQ

But Thursday was the first time that the Islamic State said it had destroyed Palmyra statues... READ MORE›

THREE SPANISH JOURNALISTS MISSING IN SYRIA, FEARED KIDNAPPED BY ISLAMIC STATE

Antonio Pampliega, JosA C Manuel LA?pez and A?ngel Sastre were last heard from on 12 July in Aleppo, says Spanish Federation of Journalists... READ MORE›

ISIS HELD US AID WORKER AS SEX SLAVE BEFORE DEATH

DOHUK Iraq Somewhere in territory controlled by the Islamic State Kayla Mueller an American aid worker was chained in a room with other female captives... READ MORE›

OFFERING SERVICES ISIS DIGS IN DEEPER IN SEIZED TERRITORIES

ERBIL Iraq In northern Syria the jihadists of the Islamic State have fixed power lines dug sewage systems and painted sidewalks... READ MORE›

MAP: THERE ARE 10 WORLD HERITAGE SITES IN IRAQ AND SYRIA. NINE ARE IN DANGER.

Islamic State group jihadists seized Syria's Palmyra on Thursday, as UNESCO warned that the destruction of the ancient city would be an enormous loss to humanity... READ MORE›

FIRST U.S.-TRAINED SYRIA REBEL BELIEVED KILLED IN FIGHTING

Defending the U.S.-trained fighters could become a growing job for United States, which has been waging air strikes against Islamic State targets in Syria... READ MORE›

GERMANY'S MERKEL SEES NEED TO COOPERATE WITH RUSSIA ON SYRIA

Syrian envoy Staffan de Mistura's plan to create a Syrian contact group... 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›

HAVE US TACTICS ONLY HELPED TO MAKE ISLAMISTS MORE POWERFUL?

Isis, a year of the caliphate Have US tactics only helped to make Islamists more powerful?... READ MORE›

SYRIAN GIRLS 'SOLD' INTO FORCED MARRIAGES

Many of the young girls are sourced from refugee camps in Jordan that house more than 120 000 Syrian refugees... READ MORE›

TOP SECRET INFORMATION ABOUT FIGHTER JETS, NAVY SHIPS STOLEN AFTER DEFENCE CONTRACTOR HACKED

The compromise was extensive and extreme, Mr Clarke told the Australian Information Security Association national conference in audio obtained by a freelance journalist called Stilgherrian... READ MORE›

TRUMP, WITH PRAISE FOR BOEING CEO, HINTS AT BIG FIGHTER-JET DEAL

We are looking seriously at a big order, Trump said Friday of the fighter jet, with another Boeing plane, the newest 787 Dreamliner, looming in the background... READ MORE›

GOOD RIDDANCE TO REYAAD KHAN AND RAHOUL AMIN

But as the crisis in Syria gets worse by the day, doing nothing is simply no longer an option for the Government... READ MORE›

PENTAGON SAYS CHINESE PILOT FLEW TOO CLOSE TO US PLANE

WASHINGTON -- A Chinese fighter jet performed an unsafe maneuver last week while close to a United States spy plane, Defense Department officials said Wednesday... READ MORE›

It was not clear whether the Arab commitment to take all necessary action against Islamic State and other militant groups would include direct military involvement in Iraq or Syria... READ MORE›

U.S. POISED TO APPROVE BOEING FIGHTER JET SALES TO QATAR, KUWAIT

The last hurdle now is getting approval from the National Security Council and the White House, said one of the sources... READ MORE›

ASSAD 'CONFIDENT' OF RUSSIAN SUPPORT FOR SYRIA REGIME

The Syrian president Bashar al-Assad has expressed strong confidence that Russia will continue supporting his embattled regime... READ MORE›

RAF BOMBERS COULD STRIKE AGAINST ISIS IN SYRIA WITHIN WEEKS

RAF bombers could strike against ISIS in Syria within weeks to stem the flow of refugees into Europe... READ MORE›

BOEING FIGHTER JET, FEARED DEAD, GETS NEW LIFE FROM TRUMP TWEETS

Boeing has dropped plans to encase the Super Hornet's weapons systems in a pod aimed at reducing its radar footprint, Gillian said... READ MORE›

ISLAMIC STATE AND AL-QAEDA 'AGREE DEAL' IN SYRIA

Isil and Jabhat al-Nusra have battled bitterly for more than a year to dominate the rebellion against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad... READ MORE›

OBAMA CONFIRMS DEATH OF US HOSTAGE PETER KASSIG AFTER ISIS RELEASES VIDEO

After being deployed in Iraq as a US army ranger, Kassig set up a medical charity to run aid to Syrian refugees in 2007... READ MORE›

INTEL ANALYSTS SIFT SPY PLANE FEEDS FOR ISIS TARGETS

16, Air Force warplanes have conducted about two thirds of the 956 airstrikes in Iraq and Syria, Air Force figures show... 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›

SYRIANS PLEAD FOR RELEASE OF US AID WORKER HELD BY ISIS MILITANTS

Friends of Peter Kassig, who became Muslin in captivity and changed his name to Abdul-Rahman, say he is helping victims of the Syrian civil war... READ MORE›

TIME FOR BRITAIN TO SAVE HUMANITY AND HERITAGE FROM ISIL

The destruction of palmyra and europe's resultant migrant crisis both demand a british military response... READ MORE›

US-LED FORCES CONDUCT 23 AIR STRIKES AGAINST ISIS POSITIONS IN SYRIA AND IRAQ

Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga have helped take some villages around Kobani but the lines of control in the town remain the same... READ MORE›

SYRIA PLAN IS 'MADNESS' AND WON'T WORK

Any broader strategy for Syria would certainly require the removal of Dr Assad, who has waged a brutal war against his own people... READ MORE›

TWO ISLAMIC STATE LEADERS KILLED IN SYRIA AIR STRIKE

BEIRUT Two senior Islamic State leaders were killed in an air strike in northeastern Syria on Monday the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported... READ MORE›

REPORTS: TOP ISLAMIC STATE LEADER KILLED IN JUNE AIRSTRIKE

Al-Harzi worked to raise money and recruit foreign fighters for the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria... READ MORE›

ISLAMIC STATE DESTROYS PART OF SYRIA'S TEMPLE OF BEL

BEIRUT The hardline Islamic State group has destroyed part of an ancient temple in Syria's Palmyra city a group monitoring the conflict said on Sunday... READ MORE›