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Rallies sweep Syria to condemn US Golan move

Demonstrations spread across Syria on Tuesday denouncing Washington's recognition of Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights, in a show of unity in the war-torn country, state media said. US President Donald Trump on Monday signed a proclamation recognising Israeli sovereignty over the...

Daesh claims attack on US-backed forces in Manbij

  Islamic State said on Tuesday it had launched a deadly attack on Kurdish forces in northern Syria overnight, the first such claim by the group since U.S.-backed forces proclaimed the capture of its last territory in Syria last week. A spokesman for the U.S.-backed militia that...

Syrians protest Trump's decision on Golan Heights

Syria's state news agency says thousands of Syrians have gathered in the streets of different cities to protest President Donald Trump's formal recognition of Israel's sovereignty over the occupied Golan Heights. SANA posted photographs of a march in the southern city of Swaida Tuesday...

Trump recognizes Israel’s claims to occupied Golan

U.S. President Donald Trump officially recognized Israeli sovereignty over the occupied Syrian Golan Heights on Monday. Trump signed a presidential proclamation sealing the move while meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House, saying the contested territory...

Harsh rules, violent punishments under IS rule

For the millions forced to endure the Islamic State group's brutal rule, life in the "caliphate" was a living hell where girls were enslaved, music was banned and homosexuality was punishable by death. The jihadists applied an ultra-conservative interpretation of Islamic law across the...