The Syrian Coalition’s political committee decided to form a fact-finding committee to look into reports of ethnic cleansing in the town of Tal Abyad and the surrounding villages during a meeting held on Thursday. The committee is composed of a number of political committee members,...

Representatives of some of Syria's leading pro-government tribes Friday rejected support from Jordan's King Abdullah II against ISIS, accusing him of backing "terrorists." Their comments came after the Jordanian monarch, in a meeting with tribal leaders in his country, pledged to support tribes...

An imam in the Iraqi ministry of religious affairs has said the Islamic State group has banned extra evening prayers during Ramadan in Mosul because it considers them heresy. Shiekh Saadoun al-Nuaimi told the Kurdish news agency, BasNews: "IS religious police have banned tarawih prayers...

Gathered at a hilltop in the Israeli-held Golan Heights, a group of Druze sheikhs look through binoculars at the Syrian village of Hader, surrounded by Islamist fighters. They fear their brethren are in imminent danger. Intense battles this week have left Syria's al Qaeda branch, the Nusra...