Islamic State’s crude interpretation of the Quran has seen it try to justify the actions of followers who have raped young girls and sold them into sex. Ken Phelan looks at the mindset that allows it

An Irish parish has reached out to help besieged residents in the war-torn Syrian city of Aleppo.

The US is giving TOW anti-tank missiles to the Free Syrian Army. 

More than 12,000 foreigners from 74 countries have gone to fight with rebels in Syria, a leading terrorism expert has said.

The UN Security Council has agreed to add Jabhat al-Nusra, the al Qaida-linked opposition force fighting in Syria, to its sanctions blacklist.

THE Boston Marathon bombing was not another 9/11. Not close.

Syrian rebels captured the country’s largest dam today after days of intense clashes, giving them control over water and electricity supplies for much of the country in a major blow to Bashar Assad’s regime.

Islamic militants seeking to topple President Bashar Assad have taken full control of a strategic air base in a significant blow to Syrian government forces.

Hundreds of Islamic militants fighting to topple Syrian President Bashar Assad seized parts of a strategic north-western air base today after weeks of battling government troops for control of the sprawling facility.

Syrian rebels are closely monitoring the regime’s chemical weapons sites but do not have the means to seize and secure them, their newly elected military commander has told the Associated Press.