Alex Thomson
After plane crash, pressure grows for ground troops to be used against IS
Expect Gen Dempsey and many other voices to grow louder in the coming weeks that more must be done with ground forces if IS is to be dislodged.
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Syria’s lights go out – satellite images show devastation
Four years of civil war have plunged the country in to darkness – with new analysis of satellite imagery showing that 83 per cent of lights in the country have gone out.
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Aleppo’s devastation: before and after images
One of the oldest and most beautiful cities in the world is now in ruins after four years at the centre of Syria’s bloody war. Drag the cursor across each image to see the destruction.
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‘There are no barrel bombs’: Assad’s Syria ‘facts’
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad began his interview with the BBC’s Jeremy Bowen by saying: “We need to talk about facts” – but very little else he said was grounded in reality.
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This is how new year’s eve was celebrated in Syria
Bashar Assad makes a rare visit to the front line, activists light candles in Aleppo and new years cakes are baked in Sheikh Maksoud – this is how 2015 was ushered in war-torn Syria.
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Alex Thomson
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Teenager, widow, photographer: Syrian refugee Fatima
At 19 years old, Fatima is already a widow, mother of three, victim of the Syrian war and refugee. At the Za’atari refugee camp in Jordan she has been using a camera to capture her view of the world.
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Lindsey Hilsum
Saudi Arabia’s Prince Turki: time to step up the war in Syria
It’s startling to hear someone advocate all out warfare: no negotiations with Iran, a campaign to defeat Assad by military means, faith in a “moderate” opposition.
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British foreign policy ‘fosters ideologies of hate’
A father whose two teenage sons died “fighting Bashar al-Assad” defends his third son – who is still in Syria.
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The battle for Aleppo
International Editor Lindsey Hilsum is given a tour around Aleppo, Syria. Some areas are still in the hands of the Free Syrian Army, but they are squeezed between IS militants and the Syrian regime.
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Could IS really have its own air force?
Iraqi pilots are defecting and training Islamic State to fly MiG fighter planes, observers say. But how real is the prospect of an IS air force?
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Kobani about to fall to Islamic State, says Turkey
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan says the strategic Syrian border town of Kobani is about to fall to Islamic State militants.
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Islamic State moves to take Kobani on Syria-Turkey border
More than 2,000 Syrian Kurds are evacuating the Kurdish town of Kobani, near the border between Syria and Turkey, as Islamic State militants advance towards the city centre.
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Jonathan Miller
Iraq: why this isn’t 2003 all over again
The legality of any future British air strikes on Iraq may be clear – but the justification for US intervention in neighbouring Syria is much less obvious.
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Muslim leaders condemn Islamic State’s Alan Henning threats
The kidnap and threatened murder of British aid worker Alan Henning by Islamic State (IS) militants is not permissible under sharia law, prominent Muslim clerics have warned.
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Pro-Islamic State Brit challenged on beheadings
Last week, we spoke Abu Rumauysah about British citizens who have travelled to Iraq and Syria to join the Islamic State. During the interview, we challenged him on the use of beheading videos by IS.
