World View: With jihadis at their door, terrified Maysoun, Nizar, Karim and Bishr reached for grenades rather than face torture and inevitable death at the hands of Jabhat al-Nusra It is a terrible story but it throws a grim light on the terrors of the Syrian war. It is...

An Alawite village in the central province of Hama was seized by Islamist fighters on Sunday, Reuters news agency reported, adding that the fighting was “part of an offensive to try to cut off supply routes from Damascus to the north of the country.” The fighters,...

Saudi Arabia has called for an emergency meeting of the UN General Assembly to discuss the Syrian crisis, Al-Arabiya channel reported on Sunday quoting the Kingdom’s permanent mission at the UN. The mission has sent a message to John Ashe, current president of the general assembly,...

At least 20 people have been killed and dozens have been wounded Sunday morning due to a car explosion near an oil selling site in Bsaira city, north Deir al-Zour.  Activists have accused the State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) of carrying out the bombing in response to...