08/08/2015

Islamic State is holding dozens of Christians in the southeastern Syrian province of Homs, Syrian Orthodox community leaders said on Friday, after it captured the town of Qaryatain in its efforts to establish a stronghold outside the major…

The Islamic State has abducted 230 residents, including dozens of Christians, from a central Syrian city captured by the extremists the day before, activists said Friday. The Islamic State extremists overran the heavily populated…

Dozens of Christian families remained missing Saturday, August 8, after Islamic State militants seized their town in central Syria this week, the Syrian Orthodox Church and activists said. Church sources and activists said contact with…

The US Department of Defense has now begun training its third class of the so-called moderate militants to fight ISIL Takfiri terrorists in Syria and Iraq, a spokesman says. "We currently have two classes in training, and we continue to…

Islamic State militants have abducted dozens of Christian families after seizing a strategically located town in the central Syrian province of Homs, a monitor said today. The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said at least…

Nearly a quarter of a million people have died in Syria’s conflict since it began in March 2011, an activist organisation has claimed. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that the number of documented…

The scenes of destruction haven't changed much since the rebels withdrew a year ago from the ancient part of Syria's Homs city, except for the heads that pop out of the windows and balconies observing the construction workers rebuilding…

The so-called Islamic State has posted its latest pictures of child soldiers who have been recruited by the militant group on social media. The images were reportedly taken in the Syrian province of Damascus with Isis boasting that the…

An advance by jihadist fighters is sparking an exodus of civilians, activists say. The extremist group has been making territorial gains as the first year of US-led airstrikes draws to a close. Activists issued a mass appeal Saturday…

After US-trained Syrian fighters were apparently killed, captured or went missing in their very first battle with an Al Qaeda’s affiliate in Syria, questions have been raised as to whether the Pentagon’s costly engagement with the Syrian…