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Syria opposition condemns jihadist attacks on rebels

Syria’s opposition National Coalition on Friday condemned attacks by al-Qaeda affiliates on rebels of the Free Syrian Army (FSA). The coalition said recent violence carried out by loyalists of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) on the FSA was entirely reprehensible....

Syrian Novel among Top 100 Novels of All Time

    Syrian writer Khaled Khalifa's novel "In Praise of Hatred" is in the list of "Top 100 Novels of All Time" with George Orwell, Leo Tolstoy, Albert Camus, William Faulkner, Franz Kafka, James Joyce, Ernest Hemingway, Virginia Woolf, John Steinbeck, Emily Bronte, E. M. Forster,...

Russian rebels in Syria 'pose threat to Olympics'

Islamist rebels from the Russian Caucasus who are fighting alongside Al-Qaeda-linked jihadists in Syria could pose a serious security threat to the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, analysts say. Russia has pulled out all the stops to host the Olympic Games, its first major international sports...