25/03/2015

(Reuters) - Islamic State has recruited at least 400 children in Syria in the past three months and given these so-called "Cubs of the Caliphate" military training and hardline indoctrination, a monitoring group said on Tuesday. The…

The people of Syria feel "increasingly abandoned by the world" as global attention focuses on Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants, while violence and government bureaucracy hinder attempts to deliver aid to 12 million people,…

By Benny Avni Wonder what might happen after we sign a nuke deal with Iran? Take a look at Syria, where Syrian strongman Bashar al-Assad is up to his old tricks — using chemical weapons despite his “deal” to…

WASHINGTON — U.S. officials are negotiating with Syrian President Bashar Assad’s government for the release of a McClatchy journalist who vanished more than two years agowhile reporting in Syria, according to a French newspaper report…

Canada’s fight against Islamic State militants is entering a more complex and dangerous phase under a plan unveiled by Stephen Harper to expand air strikes to Syria. The Conservative government has tabled a motion seeking the endorsement…

eirut (AFP) - Al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate and Islamist factions launched a multi-front offensive Tuesday against the regime-held northwestern city of Idlib, a monitor and activists said. At least 31 regime and rebel forces were killed in…

The Islamic State group (IS) has trained more than 400 children in Syria as fighters in 2015 alone, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor says. Calling them "Cubs of the Caliphate," the jihadist group provides intense military…

BEIRUT — Syrian rebels have launched an offensive against a major government-held city in northwestern Syria. Several armed opposition factions announced the campaign to capture the city of Idlib in a message posted online Tuesday.…

At least 400 children have joined ISIS’s ranks in Syria since the start of this year for use in combat roles, espionage and propaganda, according to monitors. Offices for “Ashbal al-Khilafah” (“Cubs of the Caliphate”) were opened in…

The Harper government may believe the extension and expansion of its anti-ISIS mission to be introduced this week is driven by "moral clarity." But if, as expected, that expansion takes Canadian bombers into Syrian skies, there is…