14 Syrian tribes in Raqqa, east Syria have reportedly pledged allegiance to the Islamic State of Iraq and The Levant, al-Qaeda affiliate in Syria . A mere year ago, the same tribes pledged allegiance to Bashar al-Assad, Hassan Hassan, Opinion deputy editor for The...

  Shariah council in Aleppo, affiliated to the Islamic State of Iraq and The Levant, has sentenced the previous leader of Ghuraba' al-Sham battalion Hassan Jazara to death, after days of detaining him along with dozens of supporters in al-Sakhour neighbourhood of Aleppo...

   Rebels' concerns have dramatically mounted amid fears of imminent siege for their areas in Aleppo after the fall of Safira town by the Assad army, according to Zaman Alwasl sources. The town of Safira lies on a road the army said would be used to send in...

  A senior army officer and chemical-weapons specialist who defected from Bashar al-Assad’s forces said that Regime's army officials have made a deal with Houthis in Yemen to sell tons of toxic chemical substances for $ 1 billion, according to the Saudi newspaper Al-Watan....