Sham News has  published an interview  with the deputy Amir of Jaish al-Muhajireen wal-Ansar, Abdul Karim Krymsky, a Crimean Tatar, in which he criticizes the Islamic State of Iraq and as-Sham for their behavior towards people in Aleppo. Jaish al-Muhajireen wal-Ansar is led...

In another split among Chechen jihadists in Syria, at least one member of the jamaat (group) formerly led by Chechen jihadi Sayfullakh Shishani (pictured) — the commander killed last month in the insurgent attack on Aleppo Central Prison — has said he is leaving to join another...

 US President Barack Obama on Tuesday said Russia was not "fooling anybody" over the crisis in Ukraine after Vladimir Putin denied Russian forces were operating on the flashpoint Black Sea peninsula of Crimea. Pro-Kremlin forces are in de facto control of the strategically...

It was cold and dark in the psychiatrist's office in downtown Damascus. The electricity had just gone out, a regular occurrence these days in the Syrian capital, and he wore a jacket and scarf for warmth. Patients used the light from their mobile phones to climb a narrow staircase up...