Behind a veil of secrecy, at least 30 journalists have been kidnapped or have disappeared in Syria — held and threatened with death by extremists or taken captive by gangs seeking ransom. The widespread seizure of journalists is unprecedented, and has been largely unreported by news...

Martyr Samira Kayyali, 20-year-old, has been kidnapped and killed by unknown armed group near Kafr Hamra town in the northern Aleppo, during her trip to Turkey 40 days ago, activists reported. Sources said that her body has been found buried in a...

Throughout the bloody Syrian conflict, the ruling regime of President Bashar Assad has derided the armed opposition for its reliance on foreign fighters, usually seasoned militants that come from the battlefields of Chechnya , Pakistan ,...