A child soldier recruited by Islamic State apparently has beheaded a Syrian army officer, the first such documented decapitation, the founder of a group monitoring the Syrian conflict said on Friday. The child is among several hundred so-called "Cubs of the Caliphate". They are...

The Islamic State group used poison gas in attacks against Kurdish-controlled areas of northeastern Syria in late June, a Syrian Kurdish militia and a group monitoring the Syrian conflict said on Saturday. The YPG militia said Islamic State had fired "makeshift chemical...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel was left momentarily speechless by a young Palestinian refugee during a televised discussion on public broadcaster NDR. Reem, the young Palestinian who arrived from a refugee camp in Lebanon four years ago, addressed Merkel in perfect German saying “I...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 15 civilians, including 5children and 6 women, have lost their lives in barrel bomb attacks on rebel-held Aleppo in the first day of Eid al-Fitr, the Muslim holiday marking the end of the fasting month of Ramadan, a monitoring group said on Friday. The Syrian Network...