As the world rightly decries the savagery committed in eastern Aleppo, in the west of the city there is also suffering as 'rebel' shells rain down, writes Robert Fisk

The entire Isis caliphate army could be directed against the Assad government and its allies – a scenario which might cause some satisfaction in Washington

Masri was a former leading figure in al-Qaeda and became a prominent member of Jabhat al-Nusra

Abu Omar Saraqib was a founding member of al-Qaeda's former Jabhat al-Nusra group

Three crew and two officers returning to base as helicopter brought down by ground fire

The group has been been in the firing line of international powers in Syria who deem it a terror organisation - and declaring its independence from al-Qaeda will seemingly not change that 

The destabilisation of Turkey is good news for Isis as Turkish security organisations devote their efforts to hunting down Gulenists

According to the group, the split is to remove a pretext used by world powers to attack Syrians

The FBI interviewed Mateen over his links to Moner Mohammad Abu-Salha but took no action

The jihadist force's reputation is being cleaned up, to suggest it is deserving of CIA support

Opposition fighters say they have taken control of the village of Khan Touman

Analysts warn that its affiliate Jabhat al-Nusra has been quietly gathering power in its rival's shadow

Demonstrations have been returning to the streets amid a lull in fighting but the al-Qaeda linked group is cracking down

The camouflage fatigues were smuggled in aid containers marked as 'second hand clothes'

Russia and Syria say they will still bomb 'terrorist organisations' - but their definition of  'terrorist'  is different to ours

Abu Mohammad al-Jolani calls on armed groups to intensify their attacks against President Bashar al-Assad and his allies