President Bashar al-Assad’s government has killed far more people in Syria this year than the Islamic State, monitoring organizations and analysts say, even as the extremist group grabs headlines with its shocking brutality. Between January and July, Assad’s military and...

 One little boy in a red T-shirt, lying face down, drowned, on a Turkish beach, is a tragedy. More than 200,000 dead in Syria, 4 million fleeing refugees and 7.6 million displaced from their homes are statistics. But they represent a collective failure of massive proportions. For four...

(Reporting by Faris al-Rifai; Translation by Yusra AHmed) A child girl with European features appeared in a video was taken in embattled Eastern Ghouta suburbs near Damascus has attracted German embassy in Beirut, mistakenly thinks she is German. “Save Berlin”, Dr. Majed Abo Ali used to...

A fighter proclaiming allegiance to Islamic State has appeared in a video urging fellow Turks to rebel against "infidel" President Tayyip Erdogan and help conquer Istanbul, highlighting the threat the NATO member faces as it battles the radical insurgents. Turkey has been in a heightened...