January 2015

(Reuters) - A Western-backed rebel group in northern Syria that is under pressure from al Qaeda's hardline Nusra Front has joined an alliance of mainly Islamist insurgent factions in Aleppo, a group monitoring the conflict said on Saturday.…

A Syrian woman accused of adultery, and sentenced by ISIS to death by stoning, has survived the wicked and cruel punishment.   The Islamic State group, also known as ISIS, proclaimed the Syrian town of Raqa its capital after invading it,…

GAZIATEP, TURKEY— The cellphone video obtained by opposition activists of the execution of a Syrian woman accused of adultery is heartbreaking. Made to kneel as she protests her innocence in front of a gathering crowd of masked armed…

A Syrian woman stoned by the jihadist Islamic State group for alleged adultery and left for dead has miraculously walked away from the brutal punishment, a monitoring group says. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Friday…

BY JOHN HAYWARD When trying to make sense of Barack Obama’s foreign policy, it is difficult to escape the conclusion that a great deal of it has been meant to reward, placate, or at least avoid angering Iran. With the world in flames…

The Obama administration promised to overhaul how it brought captives home—and dealt with their parents. Five months in, and those interactions still ‘suck.’ Five months after the White House began a top-to-bottom review of its policy for…

New York, Jan 31 ((IBNS) Greece has made progress in reforming its asylum system despite challenging economic and political circumstances, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) confirmed today, adding nonetheless that much more needed to be done to…

AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — The family of a Jordanian fighter pilot held by the Islamic State group said Saturday it has received no word on his fate since the militants threatened to kill him earlier this week. The Islamic State group…

Al- Jabha al- Shameyyah issued a statement; SOHR had received a copy of it, declaring that Hazem Movement has joined it. “Al- Jabha al- Shameyyah announces that Hazem Movement with all its components and ranks has become a part of al-…

Idlib Province: The number of fighters of the rebel and Islamic battalions who died in clashes with the regime forces in the vicinity of al- Arba’in mountain has risen to 11, where the area has witnessed the most violent clashes foe 3…