The defence secretary has urged MPs to consider fighting the Islamic State (IS) ‘at source’ by launching air strikes on militant targets in Syria.
A suicide attack by Islamic State (IS) militants has brought fierce fighting back to the Kurdish town of Kobane in northern Syria.
A people smuggler affiliated with the Islamic State (IS) has confirmed that the three Bradford sisters and their nine children have crossed the border from Turkey into Syria.
A mobile phone video has emerged online that appears to show Islamic State (IS) militants torturing and abusing a 14-year-old Syrian boy.
The leader of Jabhat al-Nusrah, al-Qaeda’s official offshoot in Syria, has ordered his network of Islamic militants not to use Syria as a base from which to launch attacks on the West.