27/02/2015

The U.S.-led military coalition battling Islamic State carried out five airstrikes on Thursday in northeastern Syria, a U.S. military spokesman said, hitting an area where the extremist group is believed to hold more than 250 Christians…

ISIL began abducting members of the Assyrian community on Monday, sending thousands fleeing for their lives The number of Christians abducted by the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in northeastern Syria…

BEIRUT (CBS News/CBSDC/AP) — Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants have seized more than 200 Assyrian Christians in raids on about 10 villages in northeast Syria this week, a monitoring group said Thursday. The British-based…

(Reuters) - A U.S.-led alliance launched air strikes against Islamic State on Thursday in an area of northeast Syria where the militants are now estimated to have abducted at least 220 Assyrian Christians this week, a group monitoring the…

Reef Dimashq province: Regime warplanes went in 6 air strikes around al-Merj area what killed 5 civilians including a woman and a child and wounded others, the number of the dead is likely to rise according to the number of serious…

al-Raqqa province: Reliable sources reported to SOHR that the Islamic court in IS cut off the hand of a civilian yesterday for stealing a motorbike near al-Jazra turning northwest of al-Raqqa in the presence of dozens of civilians. SOHR was…

YPG backed by al-Sanadid army have taken over the western, eastern, and southern sections of Tal Hamis town, northeast of al-Hasakah. Backed up by the U.S led coalition air strikes it were able to take control on 103 villages and farmlands…

A Swedish court on Thursday sentenced a former Syrian rebel to five years in prison for war crimes over the beating of a pro-regime fighter that was shown in a "torture video." The verdict against 28-year-old Mouhannad Droubi is the…

“Surprise surprise, you’re much better looking when you’re in disguise” is becoming more than a good song for the Canadian punk rock band “Billy Talent” and could sum up the Obama administration’s policy (or lack thereof) in responding to…

The US intelligence chief says fighting ISIL terrorists is not a priority for Turkey and as a result they are able to travel through the country into Syria. "I think Turkey has other priorities and other interests," Director of…