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President Assad Honors Children of Martyrs

Speaking at a military academy to commemorate Syria’s Martyrs Day, President Assad honors martyrs’ children for following in their parent’s footsteps

Eradicating Nusra Front From Hauran

There must be an effort to expel the Front as the group has started to frustrate other opposition factions through widespread lawlessness and jeopardizing FSA achievements

Unwanted Attention at a Syrian Checkpoint

There was a long line of cars ahead of us. Usually, large numbers of soldiers gather at the head of the column to search vehicles, while a few others disperse along the line to decide what order the cars will go through in

Escape From Raqqa

I was struck dumb for a few seconds till my mum started asking her, “What happened to you? What’s wrong?”

Opinion: The Reality of ‘Sexual Jihad’

Should we really worry about cleaning up the language of the news, with embarrassing terms like “sexual jihad,” or should we instead focus on the reality of an unprecedented phenomenon that sees dozens of teenage girls leaving their parents’ homes each year in order to join jihadist groups?

ISIS Crackdown in Syria’s Deir-ez-Zor

In Deir-ez-Zor the group has implemented a strict interpretation of Islamic Sharia law and courts known as “hisba” – which literally means “accountability”