ABOARD A US MILITARY AIRCRAFT (AP) — Gen. Martin Dempsey says that once he determines that the Islamic State militants in Iraq have become a direct threat to the U.S. homeland, he will recommend the U.S. military move directly against the group in Syria. But the chairman of the...

(Zaman Alwasl)- Pro-Islamic State activists and supporters praised the efforts made by IS newly military commander (Emir) in Raqqa as the militant group has captured of Tabqa airbase, some 40 km (25 miles) east of the city of Raqqa. The foreign...

(Zaman Alwasl)- Islamic State fighters on Sunday have captured al-Tabqa airbase in Raqqa province after 4 days of fierce fighting with forces loyal to Bashar al-Assad, a monitoring group and pro-IS activists say. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said...

Young Syrians are gravitating towards the radical Islamic State due to a lack of prospects and the lure of financial support more than "ideological conviction", the pope's Syria envoy said Saturday. IS militants, which have been active in the Syrian conflict for several years,...