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More than 25,000 foreigners have flocked to war-torn Syria and Iraq since 2011 to fight with Islamist terrorist groups including ISIS, according to US government estimates noted in the report.

The US and Russian Federation agree on the need to fight the Islamic State but not about what to do with President Bashar Assad.

The head of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, Rami Abdel-Rahman, confirmed the latest strikes, saying he believed they had been launched by Russian jets. Moscow is a long-standing ally of the Assad family, with Washington tired that Putin is using the cover of attacks on...

“Our presidents will be meeting tomorrow”, he told reporters, referring to talks between President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

He insisted Russian Federation won’t send troops to Syria.

Iran has sent military advisers to Iraq and worked closely with Shiite militias battling the IS group.

Russian Federation on Thursday insisted its warplanes in Syria were hitting at the same terrorists targeted by the United States and contradicted American criticism that its military failed to coordinate the airstrikes, describing the allegations as a “war of...

“Pervasive overseas security gaps make it easier for aspiring foreign fighters to travel to terrorist hotspots – and increase the odds that trained jihadists will be able to travel to America undetected”, the report said.

“The US-led coalition will continue to fly missions over Iraq and Syria as planned and in support of our global mission to degrade and destroy ISIL (Islamic State)”, US State Department spokesman John Kirby said.

At the White House, presidential spokesman Josh Earnest also expressed concern over the Russia’s actions. And the reason they’re trying to prop him up is because this is essentially the client state that they’ve had in the Middle East for quite a few time now,...

Its repeated vetoes, mainly on intervention in Syria or calling for investigations into alleged atrocities committed by President Bashar al-Assad’s forces, have led to criticism that the Kremlin is undermining the council.

The program to train and equip Syrian opposition forces has been suspended.

A Syrian rebel commander who recently completed a USA training program has told the Pentagon that he surrendered six coalition-provided trucks and ammunition to militants from the al-Qaida affiliate in Syria, known as the al-Nusra Front.

Iraq says the cooperation is a result of “increased Russian concern about the presence of thousands of terrorists from Russia undertaking criminal acts with the Islamic State”.

A spokesman for the U.S.-led coalition battling Islamic State in Iraq, Colonel Steve Warren, says the US objects to Syria being part of the intelligence-sharing group.