A new power struggle has emerged within the Syrian rebellion after Al-Qaeda announced it aims to create an Islamic "emirate" to compete with rival jihadist group, the Islamic State (IS). As with IS in its early days, when it was still known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the...

  (Zaman Alwasl)- At least 30 members of West-backed National Coalition have European and American citizenship, according to Zaman Alwasl sources. Most of Coalition members have justified that by saying "we were obliged to have another...

(Reporting by Sarah Abdul Hai; Translation by Yusra Ahmed) Abductions' news is the most prominent these days in Sweida province. The Western and Western North are the regions with highest incidence of abduction; most of them have financial blackmailing...

(Reuters) - The growing power of the ultra-hardline Islamic State means the Syrian army is now having to confront a group it has until now been reluctant to attack for political reasons. The emergence of the al Qaeda offshoot, formerly known as the Islamic State in Iraq and...