The numerous militias in Syria have gone from ill-organized neighborhood watch groups to a coherent paramilitary organization. At age 70, Ahmad Saidi took up arms after the slaying of his son, a father of five who was killed when a remote-controlled bomb blew up his car. A neighbor...

As social media abound with horror stories of jihadists murdering minorities in Syria, a group of elderly Christians in Aleppo and the rebels who care for them portray a different reality. They object to attempts, including by President Bashar al-Assad, to portray everyone fighting to...

    It’s far from what the Turks had in mind. In late 2009, at the height of its detente with  Syria , the Ankara government of  Recep Tayyip Erdogan  lifted visa requirements for Syrian nationals and floated plans for future energy cooperation,...

Al-Farouk battalions denied the accusation of Al-Qaeda-linked group, the 'State of Iraq and al-Sham' by treason and cooperation with Assad regime.  The well-known battalions said in a statement circulated by social media that all ISIS allegations is completely fake, the...