Mohannad is a spy for Islamic State. He eavesdrops on chatter in the street markets of Mosul and reports back to his handlers when someone breaks the militant group's rules. One man he informed on this year – a street trader defying a ban on selling cigarettes – was fined and...

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has two choices: “Either to leave through negotiations or be forcibly removed from power,” Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said in Riyadh on Thursday. He was speaking to reporters during a two-day meeting of Syrian opposition groups wherein Assad...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 22 people killed and 100 wounded Thursday in three truck bombs carried out by ISIS in a Kurdish-controlled town in northern province of Hasaka, activists and monitoring group said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said 22 people have been killed in Tal Tamer...

Buses carrying Syrian rebel fighters and their families safely reached the northwestern city of Idlib on Thursday after withdrawing from Homs under a local ceasefire agreement, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. The United Nations presided over the implementation of the deal, which...