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.
A propaganda video showing the execution of kidnapped British aid worker David Haines by a militant from the Islamic States (formerly ISIS) has appeared on YouTube and other video sharing sites.
Chlorine was used as a chemical weapon in attacks on villages in northern Syria, according to a report by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW).
The Assad regime and militants from the Islamic State (formerly ISIS) have been accused of committing “mass atrocities” in Syria, in a report by the UN Human Rights Council.
Britain will not work with embattled Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to fight militants from Islamic State (formerly ISIS), the foreign secretary has said.