An investigation by Amnesty International and Airwars has revealed that more than 1,600 civilians were killed as a direct result of US, UK and French airstrikes and US artillery strikes during the Coalition’s military assault on the Syrian city Raqqa in 2017.
Almost exactly one year after South African freelance photojournalist Shiraaz Mohamed was abducted by gunmen in northwestern Syria, his colleagues have obtained proof that he is still alive.
The Defence Secretary, Gavin Williamson, has said that Britons who go abroad to fight for Islamic State should be hunted down and killed. He suggested that armed forces fighting IS in Iraq and Syria may now be targeting British jihadis.