US-led Syria strikes ‘kill hundreds’
US-led air strikes against Islamic State (IS) militants in Syria have killed 553 people since September, including 464 IS fighters, activists say. BBC News – Middle East
US-led air strikes against Islamic State (IS) militants in Syria have killed 553 people since September, including 464 IS fighters, activists say. BBC News – Middle East
The Islamic State group has released an undated video that appears to show an elderly Syrian man stoning his daughter to death for alleged adultery. BBC News – Middle East
Iranian police arrest four men following a string of acid attacks against women allegedly for not following the country’s strict dress code. BBC News – Middle East
Iraqi MPs approve new defence and interior ministers after weeks of delay, completing a unity cabinet as the government battles IS militants. BBC News – Middle East
Iraqi pilots who joined Islamic State are training its members in Syria to fly three captured fighter jets, a UK-based activist group says. BBC News – Middle East
The Islamic State militant group has been driven out of most of the northern Syrian town of Kobane, a Kurdish commander tells the BBC. BBC News – Middle East