An al-Qaida breakaway group, apparently backed by other Sunni groups and fighters, has seized a large section of northern Iraq after previously taking much of northeastern Syria with an eye toward establishing an Islamic state straddling the two countries. The situation on the...

 Translation by Dani Murad Deep concerns and fear arise among activists as Deir al-Zour, Syria’s second major city after Raqqa, might also fall as a prey in the hands of The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) ‘Dubbed: Daesh’ In a surprising move, ISIS has...

Rebels launched an offensive on Bashar al-Assad’s troops and Hezbollah fighters in Rankous town in Qalamoun near the border with Lebanon Thursday, activists said Last April,  Assad's troops backed by Hezbollah fighters captured...

By Tara Carmichael BEIRUT (Reuters) - At least 50,000 Syrian refugee children in Lebanon are working, often in dire conditions and for 12 hours a day, to pay for food and shelter for their families, aid organisation CARE said. More than a million Syrian refugees live...