(Reuters) - Islamic State has shut all schools in areas it controls in eastern Syria pending a religious revision of the curriculum, residents and a monitoring group said on Friday. Islamic State is tightening its rules on civilian life in Deir al-Zor province, which fell under...

(Reuters) - Western and Arab powers that are have deployed air strikes to prevent the Syrian town of Kobani falling to Islamic State must be ready to help another Kurdish enclave that is also surrounded by Islamist fighters, the local leader said on Friday. Kobani has been...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 40 militants loyal to Bashar al-Assad on Thursday were killed by Syrian rebels and al-Qaeda’s affiliates in villages of Mount Hermon (Jabal al-Sheikh), reliable sources said. Zaman al-Wasl reporter quoted field sources...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Islamist insurgent group Ahrar al-Sham movement, in new statement posted online, assured participation in fighting against Syria Revolutionaries' Front which was defeated by al-Qaeda Syria’s wing Nusra Front and other rebels group...