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Iraqi forces surround Fallujah in battle against Islamic State

Iraq's special forces troops have surrounded Fallujah ahead of an operation to retake the Islamic State-held city west of Baghdad. The Iraqi government teamed up...

Islamic State militants seize villages close to Turkish border

Militants from the Islamic State group have seized a string of villages from Syrian rebels near the Turkish border. The rapid advances forced the evacuation...

Syria talks: World powers agree to bolster truce and deliver aid

World and regional powers have agreed to try and turn a fragile truce in Syria into a comprehensive ceasefire. Meeting in Vienna, the global powers...

US Navy Seal killed in Islamic State attack in Iraq was part of rescue team

A US Navy Seal killed during a firefight in Iraq was part of a team that moved in to rescue military advisers from an...

Bashar Assad assures Vladimir Putin of his commitment to proposed truce

The Syrian president has assured Russia's Vladimir Putin of Damascus's commitment to a Russia-US proposed truce. However, a spokesman for a Saudi-backed alliance of Syrian...

Tunisia unveils anti-jihadi fence on border with Libya

Tunisia’s defence minister has visited an anti-jihadi fence that is being built on the country’s border with Libya to stop Islamist militants from entering...

Taliban talks set up in bid to end Afghan war

talks in Pakistan aimed at ending Afghanistan’s 15-year war have concluded with a call for direct talks between the government and the Taliban by...

Foreign troops entering Syria ‘would return in coffins’

Syrian foreign minister Walid al-Moallem has warned that foreign ground troops entering Syria would “return home in wooden coffins”. His comments came after Saudi Arabia...

Air raids kill dozens in eastern Syria

Air raids on two villages in eastern Syria have killed at least 40 people and wounded scores more, according to opposition activists. The Britain-based Syrian...

Nearly 19,000 civilians killed in under two years in Iraq

A report has unveiled a “staggering” civilian death toll in Iraq, with nearly 19,000 people killed in less than two years. At least 18,802 civilians...

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