Two developments took place in the past month that point to remarkable changes within Syria's Islamist landscape. In early February, al Qaeda's central leadership disavowed the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) -- a favor ISIS repaid a few weeks later, when it...

Sham News has  published an interview  with the deputy Amir of Jaish al-Muhajireen wal-Ansar, Abdul Karim Krymsky, a Crimean Tatar, in which he criticizes the Islamic State of Iraq and as-Sham for their behavior towards people in Aleppo. Jaish al-Muhajireen wal-Ansar is led...

A Russian surveillance plane flew near Turkey’s Black Sea coast on Tuesday prompting the Turkish Air Force to scramble eight F-16 fighter jets, amid increased tensions between Russia and the West over Ukraine. The incident occurred on Monday and the Russian plane remained in international...

Friends of mine who just came from Damascus described how the city transformed into a ghost city, and how depressing it is to walk in its up-scaled residential areas such as Abu Romana , Al Malki, which have become dark and empty of its people . Even though these areas...