Emir of The Islamic State of Iraq an al-Sham, al-Qaeda affiliate group, declared  opening  a new Shariah court and Police station on Thursday in 'the new Islamic Emirate', Azaz, according to his twitter account .   The Sate new ...

The balance shifted toward Islamists because we didn't support the rebels enough. And now, the U.S. is even less willing to support the rebels. The announcement of a new  Islamist "alliance  " in Syria—bringing together the largest and most influential rebel factions—is...

   Many Syrian refugees in Mersin, the Turkish city, accused the “Syrian Social Gathering" of corruption and demanding support and aid on their behalf, while they have not received any thing from the gathering so far. Moreover, the school of the opposition...

Islanders on Europe's southern edge have become used to tragedy and trauma, they see it every day in the thousands of asylum seekers who land on their shores -- and they say they have had enough. The locals of the remote fishing community on Lampedusa island rush to help every time but their...