Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Alwasl)- Rebels have arrested a Syrian Christian family on Friday over allegations of cooperation with Russian Intelligence and holding a Russian citizenship in Idlib province,...

Since their capture of Iraq's second city of Mosul on June 10, a great deal of attention has been paid to the self-labeled 'Islamic State' and its continuing advance across Iraq. On August 2, Islamic State fighters seized the largely Yazidi town of Sinjar and on August 3, they...

 (Indo Asian News Service) - At least 13 rebels were killed Friday when the Syrian army pounded their positions in the country's northern region of Jisr al-Shughur, media reports said. The Syrian army forces targeted terrorists' positions near the town of Tal al-Dahab in...

The Obama administration is considering US air strikes and humanitarian air drops to help besieged religious minorities chased up a mountain by militants in Iraq . The move comes as Qaraqosh, Iraq's largest Christian city, was all but abandoned as the jihadist group Islamic State (...