(Reuters) - Turkey's parliament authorized the government to order military action against Islamic State on Thursday as the insurgents tightened their grip on a Syrian border town, sending thousands more Kurdish refugees into Turkey . The vote gives the government powers to...

Since Islamic State (Isis) were formed in their current incarnation in April last year, they have had a dilemma: how to gain legitimacy from the local population while continuing to be ruthless and genocidal against fellow Sunnis. The decision by the American-led...

Reporting by Sarah Abdul Hai; Writing by Dani Murad (Zaman Al Wasl)- It has become clear that the new international shifts relating to the elimination of the "Islamic state" are bringing a major change on the Syrian scene, both military and...

  (Study By Ahmed Abazid; Translation by Dani Murad) (Zaman Al Wasl)- A Jordanian-based Jihadist cleric Eyad Quneibi, announced in the end of August that he will stop commenting on the Syrian affairs temporarily, due to the intense...