Now playing Next Syria ISIL video shows mass killings in Syria's Palmyra Amateur video purportedly shows Islamic State militants carrying out a mass execution in Palmyra’s ancient amphitheatre 05/07/2015
Now playing Next Tunisia Tunisia: State of emergency declared after Islamist terror attack on tourists Just over a week after the sands of Sousse were turned red with the blood of tourists, a state of emergency has been declared in Tunisia, giving the 04/07/2015
Now playing Next Syria Syria: Fierce fighting as Assad army and rebels push to make key gains The army of President Bashar al-Assad and his allies, the Lebanese Shi’ite group Hezbollah, say they have launched a major ground and air assault to 04/07/2015
Now playing Next Egypt ISIL affiliate claims rocket attack on Israel ISIL-linked militants claimed they launched three rockets towards southern Israel from Sinai on Friday. Mobile phone footage showed an Israeli police 03/07/2015
Now playing Next Egypt Egyptian army drives back Islamist fighters in Sinai Intense fighting between Egyptian military and Islamist militants in North Sinai leaves 100 or more insurgents dead as troops take back control. 02/07/2015
Now playing Next Kuwait Kuwait: suicide attack kills many in mosque A suicide bomb attack at a Shi’ite mosque in Kuwait City has left several people dead. The group calling itself Islamic State says it was behind the 26/06/2015
Now playing Next Syria Pro-Kurdish party says Kobani 'massacre' reflects Turkish support for ISIL Turkey’s pro-Kurdish HDP party is describing an ISIL attack on the Syrian border town of Kobani as a “massacre.” It is blaming it on Turkish state 26/06/2015
Now playing Next Syria ISIL re-enter the Syrian border town of Kobani with twelve dead - reports The militant jihadist group ISIL has launched fresh attacks on the Syrian Kurdish border town of Kobani according to reports. Twelve people were 25/06/2015
Now playing Next Syria ISIL militants lay explosives in Syria's ancient city of Palmyra Fears are growing for the UNESCO world heritage site at Palmyra after activists claim Islamist extremists have mined the area. The Syrian city is 22/06/2015
Now playing Next Syria Syrian-Kurdish fighters seize control of Tal Abyad from ISIL Syrian-Kurdish fighters say they have driven ISIL militants out of the northern border town of Tal Abyad. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights 16/06/2015
Now playing Next Syria Thousands flee to Turkey as Kurdish forces push into ISIL's Syrian stronghold Kurdish forces are continuing their push into ISIL’s Syrian stronghold of Raqqa province. The YPG militia is setting its sights on Tel Abyad, which 15/06/2015
Now playing Next Syria Fighting intensifies between Kurds and ISIL militants in northern Syria Fierce fighting continues between ISIL militants and Kurds in Hasaka city, in north-eastern Syria. The region surrounding the city is strategic 03/06/2015
Now playing Next Iraq Iraq turns to psychology to win war against ISIL 'Psychological warfare is needed in the fight against jihadists,' Iraq tells an anti-ISIL coalition in Paris. 02/06/2015
Now playing Next Saudi Arabia IS militants claims deadly Saudi Arabia mosque attack Islamic State militants have claimed responsibility for a bombing that killed four people at a Shi'ite Mosque in Saudi Arabia, the second attack claimed by the Sunni extremist group in a week. 29/05/2015
Now playing Next Iraq Shi'ite militias 'in charge' of anti-ISIL campaign in Iraq Pro-government forces in Iraq say they have started a military operation to retake the western Anbar province from ISIL insurgents. It comes after 26/05/2015
Now playing Next Iraq ISIL forcing coalition to reconsider its strengths Islamic State militants have been steadily battering Iraqi government forces. Well-armed and resourceful, ISIL’s bombs are found buried in villages 22/05/2015
Now playing Next Syria Syrian government 'loses ground' to Nusra Front and ISIL The Syrian government under President Bashar al-Assad is fighting a desperate battle against insurgents from different groups. Damascus has suffered 22/05/2015
Now playing Next Syria UNESCO 'very concerned' about ancient Syrian city of Palmyra With Palmyra now in the hands of ISIL militants, UNESCO says it has serious concerns about the safety of monuments in the ancient Syrian city 21/05/2015
Now playing Next World News ISIL's radicalisation of foreign fighters Families of foreign fighters speak of how their children became radicalised and their fears for the future. 21/05/2015
Now playing Next Syria ISIL controls more than half of Syria after seizing Palmyra More than 100 pro-Syrian government fighters have been reported killed as ISIL captured all of the historic city of Palmyra, according to the 21/05/2015