Syrians called it the "bride of the revolution". The eastern city of Raqqa was swept by celebrations after residents woke up one morning in March to see the last batch of forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad leaving. Believing a new era of freedom had arrived, they promised to...

Armed with machine guns, black-clad al Qaeda fighters drove their pick-ups calmly into the northern Syrian town and took over its imposing agriculture ministry building. They beheaded a sniper from a rival rebel unit, displayed his head in the main square and put roadblocks on major...

A unit of Russian security forces is training to fight Islamist militants battling in Syria  on fears they may migrate from the Middle East conflict to join an insurgency in the North Caucasus, Chechnya's Kremlin-backed leader said. The Kremlin is worried that Russian-born...

Syria's Islamic Front in a statement announced withdrawing from the Free Syrian Army’s Joint Chiefs of Staff over accusations to the Syrian Military Council (SMC) of affiliation to a political body in reference to the National Council. The statement came hours after...