Jihadists fighting in Syria and Iraq announced Sunday the establishment of a “caliphate,” referring to the system of rule that ended nearly 100 years ago with the fall of the Ottomans, Agence France-Presse reported. In an audio recording distributed online, the Islamic State of...

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — A car bomb exploded in a busy market in a rebel-held suburb of the Syrian capital Saturday, killing at least two people and wounding dozens as Muslims went shopping a day before the start of their holy month of Ramadan, activists said. The blast in Douma...

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Islamist rebels waged a counter-offensive in Syria's border town of Albu Kamal on Saturday, challenging the grip of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) which has seized large areas on each side of the crumbling Iraqi-Syrian frontier. Earlier...

(Reporting by Lama Shammas; Translation by Yusra Ahmed) Zaman Alwasl obtained a report from a trusted source about the on-ground situation in Aleppo and its countryside. The report named that groups fighting in Aleppo and mentioned Nusra Front, Tobah...