Many thousands were killed in intense fighting, but US experts believe some foreign fighters have survived.
Updated 17 Dec, 2017 09:52am
Extremist groups urged followers to use all means at their disposal as part of a “death by a thousand cuts” strategy.
Updated 19 Aug, 2017 02:49pm
The journalist, a Muslim using the pseudonym Said Ramzi, carried out the investigation for a documentary.
Updated 03 May, 2016 11:01am
Thirty per cent are said to be married, while 61pc are single, with another 8pc unknown.
Updated 21 Apr, 2016 08:36am
PARIS: From the blood spilled in the streets of Paris to the San Bernardino shootings, the world in 2015 showed its...
Published 21 Dec, 2015 06:53am
PARIS: If France launches air strikes on self-styled Islamic State targets in Syria, it will follow the United ...
Published 12 Sep, 2015 06:59am
PARIS: France’s scramble to confirm the reported killing in Syria of a key self-styled Islamic State recruiter...
Published 12 Aug, 2015 06:38am
PARIS: Calls have mounted for a military response to the Mediterranean migrant crisis, but experts say such plans ...
Published 23 Apr, 2015 06:51am
DONETSK: Pro-Russian militants who have overrun public buildings in more than a dozen towns in eastern Ukraine have...
Published 02 May, 2014 06:59am
American intelligence officials and experts point to the growing number of jihadists fighting in Syria's civil war.
Updated 16 Dec, 2013 01:33pm
