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White House spokesman Josh Earnest. ©Reuters White House makes it official : US "at war" with IS The White House declared the United States was at war with Islamic State radicals, seeking to rub out another semantic flap over its Syria policy.
13 September 2014
White House insists Obama authorized to strike IS The White House insisted that President Barack Obama was authorized to strike the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria under a law passed by Congress.
12 September 2014
What will the US-led war against jihadists look like? Barack Obama's vow to take the fight to jihadists will expand a US-led air war already underway and likely require deploying more special forces.
11 September 2014
Islamic State beheads second US reporter The so-called "Islamic State" released a video showing a masked militant with a London accent apparently beheading an American journalist.
03 September 2014
Still of the video reported by KTK TV channel Video of Kazakhstanis in Syria is a manipulation: political expert Kazakh political analyst Yerlan Karin called the video purporting to show Kazakhstani citizens fighting in Syria an information manipulation.
02 September 2014
Snapshot from the video 16 Kazakhstanis join militants of Islamic State of Iraq At least 16 Kazakhstanis are know to have joined the extremist militants of the Islamic State of Iraq.
01 September 2014
Besieged UN peacekeepers in Syria ready to use 'deadly force' Filipino members of a UN peacekeeping force besieged by Syrian rebels on the Golan Heights are ready to use "deadly force" to defend themselves.
30 August 2014
Angelina Jolie calls for new bid to end Syria war Angelina Jolie called for a new bid to bring peace to Syria which she said was destabilising the whole region and bringing misery to millions.
30 August 2014
75 Philippine UN peacekeepers defy Syria rebels Dozens of heavily armed Philippine peacekeepers defied Syrian rebels in a Golan Heights standoff.
29 August 2014
A mother's appeal as fears mount for Syria hostages The mother of a US hostage who has been threatened with death by jihadist leaded for his life amid mounting fears for Americans captured in Syria.
28 August 2014
©Reuters Japanese man feared kidnapped by Syrian militants Japan's government said it was investigating a video that appears to show a kidnapped Japanese man being interrogated by Syrian militants.
18 August 2014
ISIL. ©Reuters UN takes aim at Islamist oil grab in Syria, Iraq The UN Security Council backed a Russian initiative to bar trade in oil with Islamists in Iraq and Syria.
30 July 2014
Arab states to mark end of Ramadan from Monday The Muslim festival of Eid al-Fitr that marks the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan will begin on Monday in Saudi Arabia and neighbouring states.
28 July 2014
De Mistura to succeed Brahimi as Syria peace mediator Italian-Swedish diplomat Staffan de Mistura will be the new UN mediator for Syria, taking on the Herculean task of finding a political solution to the devastating civil war, diplomats say.
10 July 2014
Syrian opposition elects Hadi el-Bahra as new leader The Syrian National Coalition, the main exiled opposition group seeking the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad, elected Saudi-based Syrian opposition figure Hadi el-Bahra as its new president.
09 July 2014
Shi'ite Muslims take part in a candlelight protest against the ongoing conflict in Iraq. ©Reuters/Anindito Mukherjee India nurses in Iraq conflict 'to be freed' A group of 46 Indian nurses trapped in Iraq are to be freed, one of them told AFP Friday, in a rare piece of positive news in a crisis threatening "Syria-like chaos".
04 July 2014
US President Barack Obama. ©Reuters/Kevin Lamarque Obama seeks $500 mn to train, equip Syrian rebels The White House has asked lawmakers for $500 million to train and equip vetted Syrian rebels, in what would be a significant escalation of US involvement in a conflict that has spilled into Iraq.
27 June 2014
Sigrid Kaag, special coordinator of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons-United Nations (OPCW-UN). ©Reuters/Khaled al-Hariri Last dangerous chemicals shipped from Syria: watchdog The last of Syria's declared chemical agents have been shipped from the war-torn country after months of delays and are en route for destruction at sea, the world's chemical watchdog said.
24 June 2014
More than 50 million driven from homes by war, crisis: UN The number of people driven from their homes by conflict and crisis has topped 50 million for the first time since World War II, with Syria hardest hit, the UN refugee agency said.
20 June 2014
©RIA Novosti Danish hostage freed in Syria after 13 months A Danish freelance photographer has been freed after being held hostage in Syria for 13 months, the Danish government said.
20 June 2014

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