Syria Kurdish fighters vow to go on fighting as long as the ISIL threat remains. Women Kurdish peshmerga are fighting alongside their male compatriots to repel the ISIL assault on Kobani on the Syrian border with Turkey. The siege there has a become a powerful international symbol 05/12/2014
Syria Kerry says ISIL has been damaged by US-led coalition but battle may take 'years' The US-led coalition fighting ISIL has inflicted serious damage on the extremists, carrying out around 1,000 airstrikes so far in Syria and Iraq 03/12/2014
Syria As funds dry up UN cuts aid to 1.7 million Syrian refugees Funds dry up as UN aid cuts place Syrian refugees in danger of starvation 02/12/2014