Turkey has tightened security and closed some border crossings with Syria after around 130,000 Kurdish refugees entered the country over the past 48 hours.
A new propaganda video has published online by militants from the Islamic State (formerly ISIS) showing kidnapped British journalist John Cantlie.
Terrorism is theatre and over the last few weeks, the brutal videotaped beheadings of British and American hostages by Islamic State militants have proved remarkably successful for the Islamic State
The US has resumed air strikes against positions held by militants from the Islamic State, hours after 30 countries pledged to support US plans in destroying the jihadi group.
The White House has decided that the Islamic State is now a major threat to the region and will expand its troops on the ground to 1,700, as full-scale war becomes almost inevitable.