Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Alwasl)- Rebels have arrested a Syrian Christian family on Friday over allegations of cooperation with Russian Intelligence and holding a Russian citizenship in Idlib province,...

Washington, Aug 9 (IANS) President Barack Obama said Saturday that the US air strikes have "successfully destroyed arms and equipment" that terrorists with Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS) could have used against the Kurdish regional capital of Irbil in Iraq. "We...

(Reuters) - Islamic State insurgents who seized Iraq's biggest dam in an offensive that has caused international consternation have brought in engineers for repairs, witnesses said on Saturday, as nervous Kurds stocked up on arms to defend their enclave nearby. The jihadi...

The radical Islamic State group has arrested at least 25 people in raids carried on al-Shuhail village in Deir Ezzor province, activists said. IS has launched a revenge campaign on tribes stand against it in the eastern countryside of rich-oil...