Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has overwhelmingly confirmed Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu as its new chairman and the country’s prime minister-designate.
The so-called Islamic State militants have executed Syrian army soldiers and are holding a group hostage after capturing an air base in northeast Syria at the weekend, pictures posted on social media by supporters show.
A US F-15C fighter jet has crashed in a Virginia forest and it was unclear if the pilot ejected before the plane went down, officials say.
Units of the Syrian armed forces have killed many militants and destroyed their equipment and heavy weaponry during operations that targeted their gatherings and dens in several areas across the country.
Iraqi fighter jets have targeted several hideouts of the so-called Islamic State terrorists besieging Shia Turkmen town of Amerli, security sources say.
At least fifteen Australian citizens are killed in Iraq and Syria while fighting along the Takfiri militants in the Arab countries.
Takfiri ISIL militants have reportedly threatened to attack Saudi Arabia during Eid-Adha (the Feast of Sacrifice) that marks the culmination of the annual Hajj pilgrimage, a report says.
Iran says Palestinian resistance fighters had emerged the victors and brought their Israeli foe "to its knees" during the bloody 50-day Gaza conflict.
An American man, believed to be fighting alongside ISIL terrorists in Syria, has been killed, the White House has confirmed.
Washington has denied that it was sharing intelligence with Damascus in a bid to confront the Al-Qaeda splinter group ISIL, as US aircraft reportedly began reconnaissance flights over Syria.