BEIRUT (APP) - The jihadist Islamic State group, which on Friday seized around 2,000 civilians in northern Syria, has already carried out several mass abductions in the country:February 23-26, 2015: IS kidnaps more than 220 Assyrian Christians as it seizes territory around Tal Tamr in Hasakeh ...

DAMASCUS (APP) - A double bomb attack killed 31 people in the Kurdish-majority city of Qamishli in northeastern Syria on Wednesday, Syrian state television reported.In a breaking news alert, it said rescue workers were still retrieving victims of the blasts, and that at least 170 people had also ...

QAMISHLI, Syria, April  20, (APP): Deadly clashes between Syrian pro-government fighters and Kurdish forces raged on Wednesday in the northeastern city of Qamishli.Loud blasts from rocket fire and heavy machineguns could be heard throughout the city into the evening as warplanes screeched above, ...