A pregnant 15-year-old Swedish girl is being held by the Islamic State group in Syria after running away from her foster home with her boyfriend to join Al-Qaeda, Swedish media reported Monday. The Swedish foreign ministry remained tight-lipped about the case, confirming only minimal...

A fierce fighting is taking place between ISIS and Syrian army in Mhin town near the Christian village of Sadad east Homs, activists said on Monday. The clashes have followed the fallout of al-Qaryatayn town, (90 km) 60 miles east central city of Homs, five days ago by the hardline Sunni...

Dozens of Syrians staged a rare protest in the coastal city of Latakia, bastion of President Bashar al-Assad, calling for the punishment of a member of his family they accuse of killing an army officer over a traffic dispute, monitors said. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human...

The prominent free speech campaigner Mazen Darwish was released from prison in Syria Monday after more than three years behind bars, pending a verdict in his case at the end of this month, his wife and activists said. “We are not saying he is free. There is still a trial,” his wife, Yara...