The United States warned on Thursday of the need to find Syrian or Arab ground forces to take on Islamic State, saying the militant group would not be defeated by air strikes alone. "I think we know that without the ability to find some ground forces that are prepared to take on...

British bombers made their first strikes on Syria on Thursday, just hours after Britain's parliament voted to target Islamic State targets in Syria, a government source said. Tornado bombers took off from the RAF Akrotiri air base in Cyprus and made strikes on targets in...

(BBC)- MPs have overwhelmingly voted by 397 to 223 to authorise UK air strikes against so-called Islamic State in Syria after an impassioned 10-hour Commons debate. The BBC understands 67 Labour MPs sided with the government in backing military action as David Cameron secured a...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 25 civilians have been killed on Wednesday in Russian air strikes on rebel-held town northern Aleppo as Moscow steps up air strikes on areas close to the Turkish border in its unstoppable-retaliation to the downed jet, local monitoring group said. The air strikes on...