A man who says he is a pharmacist from Birmingham has been detained in Syria on suspicion of being a member of Islamic State....

A Brit who claims to be a pharmacist from Birmingham has been detained in Syria on suspicion of being a member of IS.

Two British extremists who have lived in the country for years, on why they won't lay down their weapons.

The man, who says he is from Birmingham, has been captured in Syria on suspicion of being an IS member.

A boy has drowned after a boat carrying Syrian refugees sank off the coast of Lebanon today.

A senior figure in Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards said on Saturday a shooting attack on a military parade in southwestern Iran that killed 24 people was a continuation of the activities of Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.

Moscow and Ankara announced they reached an agreement to establish the borders of a demilitarized zone surrounding Syria's last remaining rebel enclave of Idlib on Friday, according to The AFP. Russia's top diplomat said the deal could put a hold on the assault for Idlib. "Just yesterday or the day before, the militaries of Russia and Turkey agreed on the concrete frontiers of the demilitarised zone," Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said after talks with his Bosnian counterpart Igor Crnadak in Sarajevo on Friday."We are already drawing conclusions, doing all necessary not to depend on those countries that are acting that way with their international partners," Interfax quoted Lavrov...

The BBC speaks exclusively two British extremists who have lived and fought in the country for years.

Terrorist groups operating in the last stronghold of opposition to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad are signalling reluctance to abide by an ambitious pact aimed at protecting millions of civilians.

Kurdish-led forces in Syria say captured jihadists are a "heavy burden" to be held indefinitely.