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Canadian expert Rafal Rohozynsky claims that the Islamic State has already recruited thousands of Central Asian nationals.

• 27 октября 2014, 13:09

US President Barack Obama called his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan and they pledged to step up the fight against the Islamic State group in Syria.

• 20 октября 2014, 12:29

A Kurdish woman fighter is leading the battle against Islamic State jihadists in the Syrian battleground town of Kobane.

• 13 октября 2014, 11:57

The White House denied it was planning to create a safe haven along Turkey's border with Syria.

• 09 октября 2014, 17:20

Turkish Prime Minister said no one has the right to criticise Ankara on Syria, after US Vice President accused Turkey of financing and even arming jihadists.

• 06 октября 2014, 12:10

Turkey warned it would not hesitate to strike back at Islamic State jihadists if they attacked Turkish troops stationed at Ankara's exclave inside Syria.

• 04 октября 2014, 14:33

The Turkish government said it has asked parliament to authorise military action in Iraq and Syria to halt the advance of Islamic State (IS) jihadists.

• 01 октября 2014, 11:03

Turkey deployed tanks and armoured vehicles to reinforce its border with Syria amid escalating violence by the Islamic State group.

• 30 сентября 2014, 11:52

US aircraft were flying "near continuous" bombing raids against Islamic State militants in Syria.

• 27 сентября 2014, 11:25

Islamic State militants closed in on Syria's third-largest Kurdish town as tens of thousands fled in terror across the border into Turkey.

• 22 сентября 2014, 11:51

Blamed by some for prompting the rise of the Islamic State insurgency, Turkey has finally taken steps to tighten its borders with Iraq and Syria.

• 20 сентября 2014, 14:16

French President Francois Hollande said that "France does not pay ransoms" for hostages, nor does it exchange prisoners.

• 19 сентября 2014, 14:47

Barack Obama and US lawmakers ratcheted up the pressure on the IS, the president declaring there was no hiding place for the jihadists.

• 18 сентября 2014, 13:00

According to some open Syrian sources, the Islamists troops comprise around 250 Kazakhstan-born, 100 Kyrgyzstan-born, 190 Tajikistan-born, 500 Uzbekistan-born and around 360 Turkmenistan-born militants.

• 17 сентября 2014, 00:23

Francois Hollande said there was "no time to lose" in fighting jihadists in Iraq and called for a total backing for moderate rebels in Syria.

• 15 сентября 2014, 14:34

The UN Security Council condemned the "heinous and cowardly murder" of British aid worker David Haines by an Islamic State militant.

• 15 сентября 2014, 13:20

The family of James Foley, the US reporter murdered by Islamist militants in Syria, launched a foundation in his name to support kidnap victims.

• 13 сентября 2014, 14:57

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 сентября 2014, 11:13

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 сентября 2014, 13:59

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 сентября 2014, 15:09