Seven leading organizations representing Muslim scholars have condemned hardline militants from the al-Qaeda-linked Islamic State of Iraq and Greater the Levant (ISIL) for committing human rights abuses and acting against the interests of Syria.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said on Monday that his country is being confronted by a major offensive by extremists.
In recent days photos of fighters clad in Santa costumes posted on social media underscore Syrian Christians’ determination to fight back Takfiri and al-Qaeda-linked terrorists in the Arab country.
The Grotto of Nativity for celebrating Christmas in Syria was decorated this year with photos of the martyrs who sacrificed their lives for the security of their homeland against a foreign-charged war that has taken more than 120,000 lives.
Syria militants have rammed a bomb-laden car to a school in Syrian western Homs Province, killing at least 20 people including children.
Half a million people across war-hit Syria have been wounded, many of them lacking access to basic healthcare and treatment, the International Committee for the Red Cross says.
At least seven civilians, including five schoolchildren, have been killed in a car bomb explosion near a primary school in the Syrian town of Um al-Amad in Homs Province.
Syria’s foreign-backed militants have killed 12 people in an attack against a church in the southwest of the country.
Syrian Prime Minister Wael al-Halqi says his country wants Iran to participate in the upcoming peace conference aimed at ending Syria’s deadly crisis.
Iran's foreign minister says the upcoming peace conference must focus on Syrian-Syrian talks to bring the crisis in the Arab country to an end.