(ICIJ)- One morning in mid-2014, before the summer sun had reached its peak, two elderly men in Aleppo, Syria, sat on plastic chairs, chatting quietly and drinking black coffee. From his perch outside his food stall, Sabri Wahid Asfur and his friend Abu Yassin watched their neighbors go...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syria's al Qaeda branch, the Nusra Front carried out a surprise attack on regime barracks in Khanayfes village near al-Salamiya southeastern Hama province, media activists said Monday. Homs Media Center stated that al-Nusra Front fighters infiltrated to the stronghold and...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Islamic State released a new footage accusing al-Nusra Front of using religion and Jihad describing it as a poisonous dagger stabbing Jihad and jihadists. Zaman al-Wasl could not confirm the footage published on Youtube if it is produced by Isis. The footage which includes...

U.S. President Barack Obama and NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Monday that NATO could help Libya counter Islamic State militants as well as train and assist troops in Iraq, Jordan and elsewhere to fight the insurgent group. "We are continuing to cooperate on an...