‘Syria is emptying’
Ayman, a former FSA soldier, sits alongside several Syrian families in Izmir, Turkey. They are hoping to travel to Greece. (Alice Martins/For the Washington Post)
By Liz Sly September 14
IZMIR, Turkey — A new exodus of…
IS executes 3 people in Homs and al-Hasakah
Homs province: IS executed 2 old men in al-Qaritin city by a sword for dealing with regime forces, they have been beheaded in the presence of dozens of civilians.
al-Hasakah province: IS executed a man in area under IS control in the…
“Islamic state” detained citizens for the first time in al-Mayadin on charge of…
Deir Ezzor Province:
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights was informed that the "Islamic state" "crucified" 3 citizens from Al-Asharah town in the countryside of Deir Ezzor within a "metal cage" in al-Jerdaq Square in al-Mayadin city…
Syria: The Threat of Indifference
Hugh Eakin and Alisa Roth
On June 14, 2015, a terrified throng of men and women, many clutching babies and young children by the backs of their shirts, stampeded their way through a narrow opening in a chain-link and…
the “Islamic state” detain a citizen again inside “metal cage” in the…
Deir Ezzor Province:
The activists of SOHR in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor were informed that the “Islamic State” detained a man inside of an “metal cage” in the city of Mayadeen in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor on…
“Islamic State” sacks some of its own members wandering them inside a metal cage in the…
Al- Raqqa Province:
SOHR activists in the city of al- Raqqa knew that IS terminated some of its own fighters because of “disobeying orders”, where SOHR documented putting 4 of them in “a metal cage” in the city and wandering…
Syrian Christians Flee Asylum in Sweden Amid Harassment From Muslims Who Force Them to Hide Their…
Syrian Christian refugees living in Sweden say they were forced out of their asylum house by Muslim refugees who demanded they hide their crosses and banned them from using communal areas in the home they shared.
"They dared not stay.…
Islamic State claims Iraq car bomb that killed 120
A car bomb has killed 120 people and injured at least 170 at a busy market in an Iraqi town, according to officials.
The attack happened in the predominantly Shia town of Khan Bani Saad, about 35km north of the capital Baghdad.
Children…
At least 170 people were injured
An attack by the Islamic State group on a crowded marketplace in Iraq’s eastern Diyala province has killed 115 people, including women and children, in one of the deadliest single attacks in the country in the past decade.
The…
Syria’s Assad makes rare public appearance for Muslim holiday
Ramadan ends in bloodbath as car bombing claimed by IS kills over 100 in Iraq
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad made a rare public appearance on Friday for holiday prayers at a Damascus mosque, state media reported.
Assad attended…