Translation by Yusra Ahmed HOMS (Zaman Alwasl)- 5 people will be executed over allegations of committing crimes, robbery and looting in al-Waer neighborhood in Homs this week, according to a joint statement by key rebel groups in Homs. Al-Nusra...

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Islamic State, the al Qaeda splinter group which has seized parts of Syria and Iraq, has told activists in Syria's Deir al-Zor province they must swear allegiance to it and submit to censorship, a monitoring group said on Friday. The militant group imposed...

Al Jazeera- The powerful Islamic State group has reportedly withdrawn from several villages dominated by a Sunni tribe in Syria's eastern Deir Ezzor province after clashes with tribal fighters. Fighters of the self-declared jihadist group were pushed out from Abu Hamam,...

(Vatican Radio)  The family of Italian Jesuit Father Paolo Dall’Oglio have appealed to those responsible for his kidnapping one year ago in Syria to release him or give them news about his fate. 59 year old Father Dall’Oglio went missing on July 29, 2013 in Raqqa in the...