Translation by Dani Murad As clashes continue to rage in Eastern Ghouta between Islamic factions and regime's army, and in an attempt from the latter to storm into the town of Maliha, the town of “Zebdin” was caught in the midst of this aggressive attack, when Assad’s...

Damascus (AFP) - Islamic State fighters have seized a Syrian army base in the northern province of Raqa, killing scores of troops and beheading some of them, a monitoring group said Saturday. The takeover of Division 17 base came as the UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria said...

(Reuters) - The growing power of the ultra-hardline Islamic State means the Syrian army is now having to confront a group it has until now been reluctant to attack for political reasons. The emergence of the al Qaeda offshoot, formerly known as the Islamic State in Iraq and...

(Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry pressed regional leaders to nail down a Gaza ceasefire on Friday as the civilian death toll soared, and further violence loomed between Israelis and Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem. With Israel and...