Violence in Aleppo and Idlib comes as protesters rally against al-Qaeda-linked Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. Fighters from several Syrian rebel factions have engaged in fierce battles against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), in what activists say is...
On Dec. 9, the Syrian human rights lawyer and founder of the Violations Documentation Center (VDC), Razan Zaitouneh, was kidnapped in the city of Duma (Eastern Ghouta, east of Damascus) with three other activists from the VDC: Samira al-Khalil, Wael Hamada and Nazim al-Hamadi....
9 Islamist groups have merged in new fighting bloc in Aleppo province, according to Zaman Alwasl source. The newly formed Al Mujahideen Army consisted of Division 19, Islamic Al Nour Movement, Istakem Kma Amart Gathering, Nor Al din Al Zinki Battalions,...
Violence in Iraq surged in 2013 to its worst level in five years, fuelled by widespread discontent among the Sunni Arab minority and Syria's civil war, figures released Wednesday showed. Bombs tore through markets, cafes, football fields and mosques, militants assaulted prisons, police...
