Hani Salam escaped civil war in Syria and survived the journey from Egypt to Europe. But when he saw men with bushy long beards at a mosque near his current home in Cologne last November, he was worried. The men's appearance reminded him of Jaish al-Islam, the Islamist rebels who took over...

Syrian rebels launched Grad rockets at Aleppo's Nairab air base on Friday, part of their preparations for a new offensive aimed at breaking the government siege of insurgent-held areas of the city, a rebel official and a monitoring group said. Zakaria Malahifji, an official with the Fastaqim...

 Iranian-backed Iraqi Shi'ite paramilitary groups are about to launch an offensive on ISIS positions west of Mosul, assisting in the military campaign to take back the city, a spokesman said Friday. The militias, collectively known as Hashid Shaabi or Popular Mobilization Forces, have...

(Independent)- A majority of British people would support further action in Syria to ease civilian suffering in war-ravaged eastern Aleppo, an exclusive poll shows. The BMG Research survey for The Independent reveals that 42 per cent would back either a no-bomb zone or no-fly zone over the...