BEIRUT (Reuters) - Al Qaeda's affiliate in Syria, the Nusra Front, is facing mounting pressure from its own members to reconcile with its rival Islamic State and confront a common enemy after U.S.-led air strikes hit both groups this week. But that move would require pledging...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — As the Islamic State group battles across Syria and Iraq, pushing back larger armies and ruling over entire cities, it is also waging an increasingly sophisticated media campaign that has rallied disenfranchised youth and outpaced the sluggish...

By Dr. Awad Al-Sulaiman; Translation by Dani Murad (Zaman Al Wasl)- The United States and the West in general, are now certain that Sunni Muslims are the source of terrorism in the whole world, and therefore they are exerting great efforts in fighting Sunnis to combat...

(Reuters) - By striking Islamic State in Syria , the United States would be weakening one of President Bashar al-Assad's major enemies. But the new U.S. strategy may still unnerve Assad by helping other opponents determined to overthrow him. The U.S. strategy for tackling...