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By the end of 2017, 74 countries were said to have joined the US-led coalition fighting IS in Iraq and Syria. In Syria, the air campaign began in September 2014.

The six maps below attempt to show how Iraq and Syria came into being as modern states and the internal and external forces that have shaped them since then. 1 - A SECRET DEAL ...

Iraq and Syria: the situation in six maps. Maher Mughrabi 08:13, Sep 03 2014. In recent weeks the long-running Syrian civil war - which began after a brutal crackdown on protests against Syrian ...

The radical Sunni Muslim group has seized many towns and cities in both Syria and Iraq since last year. Here's an animated map showing its gains since the start of 2013.

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) lists 10 world heritage sites in Syria and Iraq. Of those 10, it says nine are currently in danger – and not just ...

"Thomas's maps are one of the best published on what's going on in Syria and Iraq." At the start of their correspondence, Van Ostaeyen didn't know Van Linge's age and was impressed when he found ...

The number of foreign fighters traveling to Iraq and Syria, mostly to fight alongside the Islamic State, has grown to 20,000 — up more than 5,000 from previous estimates made in October ...

A series of rocket and drone attacks from Iranian-backed proxies in Syria and Iraq have demonstrated how violence in Gaza threatens to tip into conflict elsewhere. In all, there have been at least ...

Iraq has officially reopened the Qaim border crossing with Syria for trade and passenger traffic, a spokesman for the Iraqi ...