Four British RAF Tornado jets have carried out their first strikes against IS targets in Syria after MPs voted last night to approve bombing.
The strikes targeted the Omar oil fields in eastern Syria and were "successful," Defense Secretary Michael Fallon said.
That concludes our live-blogging of the Islamic State militant group and related crises, including the ongoing tensions between Russia and Turkey. Check back here tomorrow morning for more of our continuing coverage.
Poland is considering how it might support the U.S.-led anti-IS coalition, Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski has said.
Waszczykowski said: "We will certainly exchange political and intelligence reports. Everything depends on the abilities of the Defense Ministry."
It is unlikely that Warsaw will send troops.
The U.S. special forces being deployed to Syria will be involved in combat but not "major combat," U.S.-led coalition spokesman Steve Warren has reportedly said.
The U.S.-led anti-IS coalition spokesman Steve Warren has dismissed Russia's claims that Turkey is buying oil from the IS group.
"We flatly reject the notion that Turkey is working with [IS]," Warren said.
New U.S. Force Being Sent To Iraq To Number 'About 100'
U.S. military spokesman Steve Warren has said that the new force of special operations troops that the United States is deploying to Iraq will number around 100.
"It's really going to be a majority support personnel, everything from ... aviators to collectors. So actual forces who will do offensive or kinetic operations, it's a very small number, double digit," Warren, a spokesman for the U.S.-led military campaign against IS, said.
U.S. military spokesman Steve Warren says that the United States has assessed that Russia's S-400 anti-aircraft system is now operational in Syria's Latakia province.
Turkey May Cut Russian LPG Imports By 25 Percent
Reuters has more on its exclusive about Turkey's possible plans to cut imports of liquified petroleum gas (LPG) from Russia by 25 percent next year.
Two sources told Reuters that the move was prompted by a chill in ties between Russia and Turkey following the downing of a Russian war plane near the Syrian border last week.
Al-Qaeda militants have taken over two towns in southern Yemen today, residents and local fighters have said, Reuters is reporting.
The militants, from the local Al-Qaeda affiliate Ansar al-Sharia, took over the Abyan province capital Zinjibar and neighboring town of Jaar in an early morning surprise attack. At least seven local militiamen were killed as well as five militants.
Moscow is not currently considering a complete cessation of air links with Turkey, Transport Minister Maksim Sokolov has said.