Jihadists fighting in Syria and Iraq announced Sunday the establishment of a “caliphate,” referring to the system of rule that ended nearly 100 years ago with the fall of the Ottomans, Agence France-Presse reported. In an audio recording distributed online, the Islamic State of...

(Reuters) - Eight rebel fighters have been crucified in Syria by the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) because they were considered too moderate, a monitoring group said on Sunday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which relies on contacts on the ground in...

(Reporting by Faris al-Rifai; Translation by Dani Murad) Since joining the Syrian revolution, Matthew VanDyke has raised a lot of doubts and mysteries regarding his bizarre behaviors, and for the many qualities and characteristics he attributed to...

(Translation by Dani Murad) As Syria descends into its fourth year of gruesome war, the Syrian regime is still heavily depending on its group of feared Shabiha, a paid gang that viciously fights for Bashar al-Assad, and has been responsible for some...