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    • Russian foreign minister claims Britain staged gas attack in Syria using chemicals 'made in Salisbury'
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      Matilda Long

      Russian foreign minister claims Britain staged gas attack in Syria using chemicals 'made in Salisbury'

      Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov has said Moscow has ‘plenty of evidence’ that Britain staged the alleged chemical attack in the Syrian city of Douma. Mr Lavrov even claimed that chemicals made in Salisbury were used by the UK.

    • Russia carries out cyber attack targeting 'critical infrastructure' across the world
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      Ellen Manning

      Russia carries out cyber attack targeting 'critical infrastructure' across the world

      A joint UK-US warning says Russia has carried out a cyber attack targeting critical infrastructure around the world.

    • Russia sends warships laden with tanks towards Syria as Putin threatens 'chaos' if another attack is launched
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      Matilda Long

      Russia sends warships laden with tanks towards Syria as Putin threatens 'chaos' if another attack is launched

      Russia has sent two warships carrying tanks and military equipment towards the Middle East following co-ordinated military action in Syria.

    • Theresa May set to tell MPs she was right to back Syria air strikes as anger grows over lack of vote
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      Andy Wells

      Theresa May set to tell MPs she was right to back Syria air strikes as anger grows over lack of vote

      The Prime Minister is facing mounting anger from MPs over a lack of Commons vote.

    • Syria airstrikes: Experts predict what could happen next
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      Ellen Manning

      Syria airstrikes: Experts predict what could happen next

      Experts predict what will happen next following airstrikes by the US, UK and France on Syria.

    • Diane Abbott says she would only support military action in World War Two
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      David Harding

      Diane Abbott says she would only support military action in World War Two

      Labour frontbencher Diane Abbott criticised after saying she would only support military intervention in World War Two during Radio 4 interview with Nick Robinson

    • Conspiracy theorists think the alleged chemical attack in Syria is a false flag to start World War Three
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      Ellen Manning

      Conspiracy theorists think the alleged chemical attack in Syria is a false flag to start World War Three

      Conspiracy theorists say the chemical attack in Syria is a "false flag" to start a war.

    • Donald Trump: 'Missiles will be coming' following Syria 'chemical' attack
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      Ellen Manning

      Donald Trump: 'Missiles will be coming' following Syria 'chemical' attack

      Donald Trump has responded to Russia's warnings over a US military strike on Syria, saying: "missiles will be coming".

    • Air traffic controllers warn of missiles in the sky as US and allies consider Syrian airstrikes
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      Ellen Manning

      Air traffic controllers warn of missiles in the sky as US and allies consider Syrian airstrikes

      The European Aviation Security Agency (EASA) has warned pilots and airlines to expect missiles in the sky as the US and allies consider air strikes into Syria.

    • British woman Anna Campbell killed after fighting Isis in Syria with all-female Kurdish group YPJ
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      Ross McGuinness

      British woman Anna Campbell killed after fighting Isis in Syria with all-female Kurdish group YPJ

      Anna Campbell, 26, had joined an all-female Kurdish armed unit.

    • PHOTOS: Syrian death toll rises
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      Yahoo News Photo Staff

      PHOTOS: Syrian death toll rises

      Assad forces pound Syria's Eastern Ghouta. Over 200 civilians have been killed in the last 2 days and 57 are children according to Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. The UN has repeatedly called for a ceasefire according to AFP.

    • Home Secretary insists Isis 'Beatles' could be brought back to the UK to face trial
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      Andy Wells

      Home Secretary insists Isis 'Beatles' could be brought back to the UK to face trial

      Opinion is currently divided on where and how Alexanda Kotey and El Shafee Elsheikh should be tried.

    • Defence Secretary says he does NOT want ISIS ‘Beatles’ back in the UK to stand trial
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      Andy Wells

      Defence Secretary says he does NOT want ISIS ‘Beatles’ back in the UK to stand trial

      Gavin Williamson has resisted suggestions that Alexanda Kotey and El Shafee Elsheikh should return to the UK.

    • Remaining two members of British 'Beatles' Islamic State execution group captured by Kurds in Syria
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      Ellen Manning

      Remaining two members of British 'Beatles' Islamic State execution group captured by Kurds in Syria

      Alexanda Kotey and El Shafee Elsheikh, members of an Islamic State execution group dubbed The Beatles, have reportedly been captured by US-allied Kurdish militia fighters.

    • British Isis fighter dubbed 'new Jihadi John' after being placed on US terrorism list
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      Nick Reilly

      British Isis fighter dubbed 'new Jihadi John' after being placed on US terrorism list

      Siddhartha Dhar left his home in Walthamstow, East London, to travel to Syria,

    • British men among international volunteers joining Kurdish militia fighting Turkish forces in Syria
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      Ellen Manning

      British men among international volunteers joining Kurdish militia fighting Turkish forces in Syria

      The British men among the volunteers preparing to fight against Turkish-led forces in north-west Syria include British-Chinese Huang Lei, 24, from Manchester.

    • Manchester jihadi jailed for 10 years for being a member of Islamic State
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      David Harding

      Manchester jihadi jailed for 10 years for being a member of Islamic State

      British jihadi Mohammed Abdallah, 26, has been jailed for 10 years after being found guilty of belonging to a group linked to the Manchester Arena bomber and for being a member of Islamic State.

    • US Supreme Court allows Donald Trump’s travel ban: A timeline of the President’s most controversial policy
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      Andy Wells

      US Supreme Court allows Donald Trump’s travel ban: A timeline of the President’s most controversial policy

      The controversial policy means residents from six mostly Muslim countries will be denied entry to the United States, after months of legal wrangling.

    • Government suspends foreign aid scheme after taxpayers' cash 'diverted to extremists' in Syria
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      Andy Wells

      Government suspends foreign aid scheme after taxpayers' cash 'diverted to extremists' in Syria

      Officers from the Free Syrian Police have also been working with courts accused of torture and summary executions, BBC One's Panorama alleged.

    • Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia vows to rid the world of Islamic terrorism
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      Andy Wells

      Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia vows to rid the world of Islamic terrorism

      Mohammed bin Salman signalled his intent to increase the fight against terrorism just days after jihadists slaughtered over 300 people at a mosque in Egypt.

    • Straight-A student, 22, who told undercover officer he would carry out suicide attack in UK is jailed
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      Andy Wells

      Straight-A student, 22, who told undercover officer he would carry out suicide attack in UK is jailed

      A former straight-A student has been jailed for six years after telling an undercover officer he would blow himself up in Britain if he could not fight for Islamic State in Syria. Mubashir Jamil, 22, from Luton, offered to put on a suicide vest and “press the button on the same day”, before his arrest in April last year, the Old Bailey heard.

    • Son of White Widow Sally Jones ‘still alive’ despite claims he died in drone strike that killed his mother
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      Andy Wells

      Son of White Widow Sally Jones ‘still alive’ despite claims he died in drone strike that killed his mother

      Joe ‘JoJo’ Dixon was initially believed to have been killed by the US drone strike that killed ‘White Widow’ Jones in June this year.

    • New Defence Secretary wants to use drones to target and kill all British Isis fighters
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      Andy Wells

      New Defence Secretary wants to use drones to target and kill all British Isis fighters

      Gavin Williamson has started his new job as Defence Secretary with a tough stance on British traitors who travel to Syria to fight for Isis.

    • British man who travelled to Syria to fight Isis died from blast injuries
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      Andy Wells

      British man who travelled to Syria to fight Isis died from blast injuries

      Luke Rutter, 22, from Wirral, Merseyside, died in the city of Raqqa on July 5 after joining the Kurdistan People's Protection Units (YPG).

    • Syrian Army retakes last major stronghold of Islamic State after campaign with allied forces
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      Ellen Manning

      Syrian Army retakes last major stronghold of Islamic State after campaign with allied forces

      The Syrian Army and allied forces have liberated the last major stronghold of the Islamic State terror group, taking the city of Deir el-Zour after a lengthy campaign.