The ISIS media wing, Amaq, claimed "fighters with the Islamic State" carried out the assault. It was the first time that ISIS, a Sunni Muslim group fighting Iranian-backed militias in Syria, has claimed responsibility for an attack in Iran and the choice of locations were also highly symbolic.

Syria has entered a new chapter in its history following the sudden collapse of its long-standing government. After 24 years in power, rebel troops took over Damascus. The president of Syria fled the capital amidst the takeover,

The SDF’s top commander in Syria, General Mazloum Abdi, told CNN on Wednesday that the SDF has had to begin relocating ISIS detainees because the prisons have been threatened. “With the increasing threats that faced the city of Manbij, we relocated ISIS detainees from the prisons there to other, more secure detention facilities,” Abdi said.

The 87th minute came around at the Allianz Riviera on Saturday and, as is tradition, the stadium lit up as a tribute to the 86 people who died during the ISIS terrorist attack in Nice on 14th July 2016. It is a tribute that has been going on for several ...