Over 1,000 Iraqi women captured by militants from the Islamic State (IS) may be being coerced into marrying the radical fighters, UK-based The Independent reported
The move aims to weaken IS and al Qaeda’s Syrian wing, Nusra Front
CNN reports that the U.S. Special Forces captured Baghdadi in Fallujah in 2004
Even now, the president said, the administration has difficulty finding, training and arming a sufficient cadre of secular Syrian rebels: “There’s not as much capacity as you would hope”
The decision could raise questions about U.S. recognition of the opposition
Moallem says at least 80,000 Islamist jihadis from all across the world have joined the most radical Wahhabi jihadis in Syria
Army command says large numbers of terrorists killed
The Coalition has been assessing the performance of Interim Government
Mikdad was writing in an article published in the Lebanese al-Binaa newspaper
With the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip in its eighth day, the number of Palestinian casualties has now exceeded 190
Mikdad also cited Assad’s warning that if this war didn’t stop immediately, it would spread through other areas in the region
Adel Ismail says he did not know about the decision to appoint him
Safi said that Obama’s remarks are intended to cover up the inability of his administration to prevent the deterioration of the political and humanitarian situation in the Levant
Observers believe that recent statement by U.S. President Barack Obama regarding the moderate armed opposition will undermine Jarba’s efforts
Shaaban is one of the officials banned from visiting EU countries, but Norway is not a member of the Union
ISIS is no longer just an organization; it is now a real state with oil resources and a million-strong constituency
Faraj al-Awar writes on Hezbollah’s involvement in the Syrian affair
This is the outcome of the West’s bon-pour-l’Orient approach to politics in the region, dividing political power between ethnic and/or religious groups
In response to the open-ended Syrian civil war and the policy dilemmas it raises, the Israeli government has essentially decided to take a backseat
Khaddam says regime representation at meeting in Beirut was a surprise
