(Zaman Alwasl)- As the Islamic State reflects humiliating defeats on Bashar al-Assad’s forces east Syria, pro-regime activists’ rage has been sparked through social media, demanding oust of Defence...

(Reuters) - The United Nations condemned on Monday "appalling, widespread" crimes by Islamic State forces in Iraq , including mass executions of prisoners that could amount to war crimes. U.N. human rights chief Navi Pillay condemned "grave, horrific human rights violations"...

BEIRUT (AP) — While offering to assist any international effort to fight Islamic State militants, Syria's foreign minister warned the U.S. Monday not to conduct airstrikes against the group inside Syria without Damascus' consent, saying any such attack would be considered an...

WASHINGTON (AP) — As the U.S. mourned an American journalist executed by Islamic militants, the nation found something of a reprieve with the release of another freelance reporter who had been held hostage for nearly two years by an al-Qaida-linked group in Syria. Peter Theo...