
A southern Syria Islamist coalition, led by Syria’s al Qaeda offshoot al-Nusra Front, issued an ultimatum for the Yarmouk Martyrs Brigade, an Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) affiliate, to surrender within 24 hours, reports the Lebanon-based NOW News.
by Edwin Mora17 Nov 2015, 12:45 PM PST0

From CNN: ISIS, which comes up with more and more heinous methods of execution, has ramped up its cruelty: Members of the group tied three people to the pillars in the ancient section of Palmyra and killed them by detonating
by Breitbart London27 Oct 2015, 2:48 AM PST0

Iranian troops, allied Hezbollah fighters, and Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad’s army have reportedly joined forces to launch a ground offensive, backed by Russian airstrikes, to seize key areas from rebels in Syria.
by Edwin Mora14 Oct 2015, 8:57 PM PST0

The French military’s first airstrike against the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) in Syria killed 30 jihadists, including 12 child fighters known as “Caliphate cubs,” reveals a U.K.-based monitor group.
by Edwin Mora2 Oct 2015, 7:03 AM PST0

According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights in London, a 22-year-old woman in the Syrian city of Deir al-Ezzor was imprisoned for two months, and then executed, by the Islamic State for speaking “disrespectfully” about the “caliphate” on the WhatsApp social media platform.
by John Hayward22 Sep 2015, 1:53 PM PST0

The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) in Syria has executed at least 91 people in the last month, bringing the total number of persons it has killed since the declaration of its so-called “Caliphate” 14-months ago to about 3,156, reports a U.K.-based monitor group.
by Edwin Mora30 Aug 2015, 2:55 PM PST0

More than 100 people were killed by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad regime airstrikes on a heavily trafficked market northeast of Damascus on Sunday, making it one of the deadliest attacks of the four-year civil war, according to a monitor group.
by Edwin Mora17 Aug 2015, 1:38 PM PST0

An alliance of Sunni Islamist militias in Syria that includes the al-Qaeda affiliate Jabhat al-Nusra have reportedly mounted a major offensive toward the country’s Alawite heartland in the home province of President Bashar al-Assad where many Christians reside.
by Edwin Mora29 Jul 2015, 1:58 PM PST0

Syrian Islamic State (IS) supporters have publicly crucified, flogged and caged nearly 100 people accused of breaking the daytime fast observed during the Muslim holy month. UK-based monitor the Syrian Human Rights Observatory (SOHR) yesterday said it had documented 94 such punishment cases
by Sarkis Zeronian17 Jul 2015, 8:40 AM PST0

IIslamic State (ISIS/ISIL) jihadists crucified two boys in Syria for “not fasting” in observance of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, reported U.K.-based monitor group Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR).
by Edwin Mora23 Jun 2015, 6:09 PM PST0

Syrian refugees in Turkey are beginning to make their way back to their homes in the city of Tal Abyad after Kurdish forces there defeated the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL), dealing a major blow to the jihadist group, reports Agence-France Presse (AFP).
by Edwin Mora18 Jun 2015, 6:11 PM PST0

The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) used an ancient Roman amphitheater in Syria’s historic city of Palmyra for a mass execution of prisoners, forcing civilians to watch, according to a monitory group.
by Edwin Mora29 May 2015, 5:41 PM PST0

More than half of Syria fell under the control of the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) after the jihadist group captured the ancient city of Palmyra, a monitor group said.
by Edwin Mora21 May 2015, 4:10 PM PST0

Members of a Palestinian faction linked to the terror group Hamas, backed by Syrian rebels, were able to retake large parts of a refugee camp in Syria that had been seized by Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) jihadists, according to a monitoring group.
by Edwin Mora2 Apr 2015, 7:29 PM PST0

New footage of a gruesome public beheading in a town square of al-Shadadi, a northern Syrian town controlled by the Islamic State, has hit the Internet. A man, whose crime is unknown, is seen pleading for his life to a crowd of dozens of onlookers before an Islamic State executioner severs his head to shouts of “Allahu Akbar!”
by Frances Martel29 Jan 2015, 8:33 AM PST0

The year 2014 saw the death of at least 90,000 people as a result of the conflicts in Syria and Iraq brought on by ISIS jihadists, more than double the figure for 2013. According to reports, at least 76,000 were killed in Syria and another 15,000 in Iraq.
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.2 Jan 2015, 5:25 PM PST0