Turkey renews military mandate for Iraq, Syria
Turkish MPs have voted to extend, for a year, the authorisation of…
The industrialisation of reconciliation: Iran, Saudi Arabia and IS
I came across a curious news item the other day on Reuters…
Turkey launches first coalition airstrikes against IS
Turkish fighter jets have hit "Islamic State" targets in Syria - for…
Turkey ready for anti-IS strikes: Pentagon
Turkish officials have said they are now ready to fully participate in…
UN Security Council discusses Islamic State violence against gays
The UN Security Council has discussed violence against gays committed by the…
‘Islamic State’s’ destruction of Palmyra temple ‘war crime’: UNESCO
The UN's cultural agency UNESCO has called the destruction of a famed…
‘Islamic State’ blows up Baal Shamin temple in Syria’s Palmyra
'Islamic State' (IS) militants have blown up the temple of Baal Shamin…
IS no. 2 killed in US airstrike: White House
The senior deputy to the leader of 'Islamic State' has died in…
Why Iraq failed and IS emerged: A way out
Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi, the leader and the self-proclaimed caliph of the “Islamic State” (IS), was created…
Islamic State ‘beheads’ archaeologist in Palmyra
The extremists have already destroyed famed archaeological sites in Iraq, and there…