(Reuters) - Islamist militants attacking a Syrian border town fought some of their heaviest battles so far with Kurdish forces on Sunday, a local official said, and five people were wounded inside Turkey by a projectile fired across the frontier. Islamic State, an al Qaeda...

( Middle East Bulletin )- At least 5,396 people were tortured under the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria, a human rights group has reported, since the beginning of the Syrian civil war. The London-based Syrian Network for Human Rights, a non-partisan...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Head of the Assistance Coordination Unit (ACU) in the National Coalition demanded for the reinstatement by the opposition group in order to bow to dismissal decision over accusations of the involvement in deadly vaccinations that led to death...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The parents of a U.S. man threatened with beheading by the Islamic State group are pleading with his captors to free him, saying in a video statement Saturday that their son has devoted his life to humanitarian work and aiding Syria's war refugees. Ed and...