A Syrian lawmaker kidnapped by opposition jihadist fighters earlier this year was executed last week, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Sunday. A parliamentary source in Damascus, on condition of anonymity, confirmed that Mujhem al-Sahu from Deir Ezzor province in...

A Christian writer vows to convert to Islam if al-Qaeda main branch in Syria will release the Rev. Paolo Dall'Oglio, Jesuit Priest who was kidnapped in Raqqa, North east Syria last June. Mikhael Saad, a veteran Syrian dissident, who lives in Montreal, Canada, has...

Al-Qaeda’s main branch in Syria, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), has raided a wedding party in the suburb of Aleppo and ordered stopping music and singing, the Asharq al-Awsat reported, quoting Syrian activists. “One leader of the Islamic State warned residents...

Behind a veil of secrecy, at least 30 journalists have been kidnapped or have disappeared in Syria — held and threatened with death by extremists or taken captive by gangs seeking ransom. The widespread seizure of journalists is unprecedented, and has been largely unreported by news...