David Cameron has started to present his case for the UK to join the air strikes on Islamic State targets in Syria.
Al-Qaeda’s Syrian affiliate Jabhat al-Nusra has freed 16 Lebanese troops held captive for more than a year in a prisoner swap with Lebanon.
Russia is preparing to launch a range of sanctions against Turkey after a Turkish F-16 shot down a Russian jet near the Syrian border on Tuesday.
The Russian pilot who went missing after his plane was shot down by Turkey near the Turkey-Syria border is “alive and well” after a rescue operation by Russian special forces.
The US will send special forces into Syria to support rebel groups fighting the Islamic State, officials have revealed.