People of al-Raqqa city that has been under the control of the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham, linked-to-al-Qaida, have demonstrated against the numerous abuses by the ISIS. ''We didn't demand to topple a tyrannical regime in order to substitute it by another one, activist from...

Norwegian PM Jens Stoltenberg spent an afternoon working incognito as a taxi driver in Oslo, he has revealed. Mr Stoltenberg said he had wanted to hear from real Norwegian voters and that taxis were one of the few places where people shared their true views. He...

 Syrian rebel fighters kidnapped 13 Kurds in the northern province of Aleppo on Sunday, turning them over to jihadist fighters already holding 250 abducted Kurds, an NGO said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the 13 were snatched at a roadblock in the Sfeira region of Aleppo...

  Head of the Free Syrian Army Salim Idriss has visited the northwestern province of Latakia, activists say. A mature video footage showed the chief of joint staff and head of the supreme military council walking with FSA commander in the rebels-held areas in the embattled...