(Study By Ahmed Abazid; Translation by Dani Murad) (Zaman Al Wasl)- A Jordanian-based Jihadist cleric Eyad Quneibi, announced in the end of August that he will stop commenting on the Syrian affairs temporarily, due to the intense...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Around 1,000 recruits from a vast region stretching from India to the Pacific may have joined Islamic State to fight in Syria or Iraq, a senior U.S. military commander said on Thursday. "That number could get larger as we go forward," Navy...
(AFP)- The advance of Islamic State (IS) jihadists through Syria's Kurdish areas has thrown a serious obstacle in the way of efforts to make peace between Turkey and Kurdish militants, just when an end was in sight to a 30-year insurgency. The outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party...
Militants with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group publicly killed a rights lawyer in the Iraqi city of Mosul after their self-styled Islamic court ruled that she had abandoned Islam, the U.N. mission in Iraq said Thursday. Samira Salih al-Nuaimi was seized from her home...
LIMASSOL, Cyprus (AP) — A cruise ship picked up hundreds of people, apparently refugees who fled Syria, who were stranded aboard a small boat off Cyprus on Thursday, officials said. The Cypriot Defense Ministry the 345 people, including 52 children, would arrive at the country's...
"ISIS has been trained by Iran's Revolutionary Guard," claims late Syrian rebel leader. Just hours before an explosion wiped out the entire leadership of one of the most powerful rebel groups in Syria, the head of Ahrar Al-Sham Brigade spent four hours talking to Yvonne...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon said on Thursday it is too early to say that the U.S.-led coalition was "winning" against the Islamic State, pointing to the group's continued access to financing, volunteers and weapons even after bombings in Syria and Iraq....
PARIS/BEIRUT (Reuters) - French fighter jets struck targets in Iraq on Thursday and the United States and its allies stepped up air raids in Syria against Islamic State militants who have taken over large areas of both countries. France's strikes were...
(AFP)- By joining US-led strikes in Syria, Gulf Arab monarchies are hoping to eliminate the threat to their authority from Islamic State jihadists and push the regime in Damascus out of power. But their plan is not without serious risks, analysts warn. Bahrain, Qatar, Saudi...
(Zaman Al Wasl- Reuters)- Syrian regime armed forces overran rebels in a town northeast of Damascus on Thursday, strengthening President Bashar al-Assad's grip on territory around the capital, Reuters said. The town - Adra al-Omalia - is about 30...
(Reuters) - The Lebanese army said one person was killed and two wounded during a search for suspected militants at refugee camps near the border with Syria , and security sources said the number detained in the past two weeks had reached about 450. The army has been stepping up...
U.S. military forces and Arab partner nations targeted 12 ISIS-controlled modular oil refineries in eastern Syria on Wednesday, officials said. Coalition forces also took out one vehicle linked to ISIS in the strikes, which involved Saudi Arabia and...
(Reuters) - Syrian government forces overran rebels in a town northeast of Damascus on Thursday, strengthening President Bashar al-Assad's grip on territory around the capital. The town - Adra al-Omalia - is about 30 km (19 miles) from central Damascus but far from parts of...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States designated two dozen individuals and groups as foreign terrorists or terrorist facilitators on Wednesday, enabling it to freeze assets and block financial transactions as it stepped up its offensive against Islamist militants in Syria....
(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Lebanese army said one person was killed and two wounded during a search for suspected militants at refugee camps near the border with Syria , and security sources said the number detained in the past two weeks had reached about 450, Reuters...
(Zaman Al Wasl)- Rebels have terminated an intractability carried by prisoners in Idlib province against death verdicts set by Shariah Authority, no casualties reported, activists said. The Islamic Authority, which runs judiciary and prosecution...
(Reuters) - U.S. planes pounded Islamic State positions in Syria for a second day on Wednesday, but the strikes did not halt the fighters' advance in a Kurdish area where fleeing refugees told of villages burnt and captives beheaded. U.S. President Barack Obama ,...
Reporting by Maher Radhwan, Writing to Zaman English by Dani Murad HOMS (Zaman Al Wasl)- As the bitter conflict in Syria continues, we weren’t surprised when it came to our knowledge that in addition to the bread crisis for two weeks in...
(Al Arabiya News)- Syrian singer and celebrity Assala Nasri had her Syrian passport revoked by Lebanese authorities on Wednesday and is considered under “house arrest” in the country, the country’s National News Agency reported. The agency, quoting one of its correspondents,...
TUNIS, Sept 24 (Reuters) - Algerian militants who kidnapped Frenchman Herve Gourdel have claimed in a video to have killed him after demanding France stop its action against militants in Iraq, the SITE jihadi monitoring service reported on its Twitter account....
