Syria's regime Grand Mufti Sheikh Ahmad Badreddin Hassoun says at least 2,000 Russian citizens are fighting along with foreign-backed militants in Syria, wreaking havoc on the Arab country, pro-Assad media reported . During a visit to the Islamic University of...

While the emergence of al-Qaeda’s Islamic State of Iraq and Syria as a major force in the Syrian civil war has caused deep concern for many rebels, one group’s fighters claim its presence has given them a popularity boost. Until   ISIS   asserted its place in the war...

Kurdish militants seized a crossing on the eastern border with Iraq early Saturday following three days of clashes with jihadists belonging to an al-Qaeda affiliated group, AFP reported. The Kurdish fighters “took control of the Al-Yaarubia border crossing with Iraq at dawn after...

The leader of Syria's jihadist al-Nusra Front is in good health, said a statement released by the group on Saturday, denying state television reports claiming his death. “What was claimed by one channel alone, regarding what it claimed was the killing of the emir of al-Nusra Front,...