Islamist rebels including Nusra Front on monday have thwarted Islamic State attack on Sheikh Reeh village in northern Aleppo, killing more than 20 fighters, activists said. The surprise attack of ISIS, which started on Sunday by capturing areas close to a border crossing with Turkey, has set...

Islamic State militants drove a tank rigged with explosives into a base south of the Iraqi city of Samarra on Monday, killing 38 policemen, military and police sources said. A further 46 people were wounded in the attack on the Muthanna bases in an area from which security forces and Shi'ite...

Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- “This is the forth square of Tadmor prison, the first door on right is the entrance to room where we used to wash our clothes, the next door is its exit, the door on the other wall most likely the one leads to dormitory 11 and the wall in the middle...

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has vowed to punish the editor of a newspaper which published video footage it said showed the MIT state intelligence agency helping send weapons to Syria. The Cumhuriyet newspaper published footage on its website on Friday which it said showed gendarmerie...