Syria fighters say IS still holds civilians, slowing attack
IS faces defeat in the last shred of its main territory in Syria and Iraq, suffering years of steady retreats after arousing global fury through grotesque displays of cruelty
Islamic State deploys car bombs in defence of last enclave
The jihadists' self-styled "caliphate" once covered roughly a third of Syria and Iraq.
On brink of Syria defeat, Islamic State unleashes car bombs
The jihadists' self-styled "caliphate" once covered roughly one third of Syria and Iraq.
Islamic State faces final territorial defeat in eastern Syria battle
Thousands of IS fighters and followers have poured out of a cluster of hamlets and farmlands in Deir al-Zor province in recent weeks.
Wounded and alone, children emerge from last Islamic State enclave
Many of the children evacuated from the last IS bastion in Syria have seen their parents die or be detained by rival forces.
Chemical weapons agency: "toxic chemical" used in attack on Syrian rebel town last April
The attack on April 7, 2018, killed dozens of civilians and prompted air strikes against the Syrian government by Britain, France and the United States
Yazidis freed from Islamic State captivity in Syria, returned to Iraq
The women and children returned to Iraq more than four years after Islamic State militants launched an assault on Sinjar, the Yazidi heartland, on Aug. 3, 2014
Yazidis returned to Iraq, thought to be released IS captives - witnesses
The group includes three women and 18 children, thought to have been held in Islamic State captivity in Syria
At least 84 die fleeing Islamic State in Deir al-Zor in east Syria - UN
Al-Hol camp, in northeastern Hasaka province, now holds at least 45,000 people, including 13,000 people who fled Deir al-Zor last week
Mass grave found in last Islamic State bastion - SDF
Many of the bodies found in the Baghouz area were those of women