“Normal people didn’t want to have a so-called revolution. We didn’t want anything like that.”
A Syrian woman rides in a car painted in the colors of the Syrian flag with President Bashar Assad's portrait in Damascus, Syria, June 3, 2014. Photo credit: AP BEIRUT, Lebanon — Four years ago, a few hundred Syrians took to the streets in Damascus, Aleppo and Daraa in what was billed as a “Day of Rage” against Syrian President Bashar
Analysis: Despite efforts by Turkish authorities to crack down on wannabe jihadists crossing into Syria, the number of foreign fighters continues to grow.
An armed man walks in ISIS controlled Tal Abyad across the Turkish Akcakale border gate, Turkey, Saturday, Jan. 31, 2015. BEIRUT, Lebanon — The Islamic State is currently bearing the brunt of a military campaign involving some 62 countries from around the world. The US Air Force, together with regional partners, is bombing it from the air.
As ISIS loses ground in Syria in Iraq, it is forced to resort to increasingly theatrical brutality to burnish an image of strength.
ISIS fighters parade in a commandeered Iraqi security forces armored vehicle down a main road at the northern city of Mosul, Iraq. BEIRUT, Lebanon — The killing of hostage Maaz al-Kassasbeh by the Islamic State was different from others that came before it, but the motivation was the same. A video released on Tuesday appears to show the