(Al Jazeera)- Syrian government air raids on the city of Raqqa, which the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) has proclaimed as its capital, have killed at least 87 people, activists have said. About 100 more people were reported to have been injured in the air...

(BBC News)- At least 36 civilians have been killed in air strikes by Syrian government warplanes on the Islamic State-held northern city of Raqqa, activists say. Most of the casualties were caused by two strikes in quick succession on an industrial area, the UK-based...

(Reuters) - Islamic State insurgents battled Iraqi forces in the center of Baiji on Tuesday, a week after the army broke their prolonged siege of the country's largest oil refinery just outside the town, an army officer and residents said. The renewed fighting in Baiji by the...

(Al Jazeera)- Heavy fighting has been reported in a suburb of Damascus as government forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad try to wrest the area from control of rebel fighters. The suburb of Jobar on Saturday was the scene of some of the heaviest fighting the rebels...