TAMPA, Florida (AP) — When Lina Safar moved from her native Syria to Florida with her U.S.-born husband in 2010, she assumed she would return occasionally, see her family, walk in her neighborhood and shop at her favorite markets. A year later, her country was engulfed by civil...

 Translation by Dani Murad Deep concerns and fear arise among activists as Deir al-Zour, Syria’s second major city after Raqqa, might also fall as a prey in the hands of The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) ‘Dubbed: Daesh’ In a surprising move, ISIS has...

Of the many stunning revelations to emerge out of the wreckage of Mosul on Wednesday — 500,000 fleeing residents, thousands of freed prisoners, unconfirmed  reports of “mass beheadings” — the one that may have the most lasting impact as Iraq descends into a possible...

Rebels launched an offensive on Bashar al-Assad’s troops and Hezbollah fighters in Rankous town in Qalamoun near the border with Lebanon Thursday, activists said Last April,  Assad's troops backed by Hezbollah fighters captured...