Christian refugees who have fled ISIS in Iraq and Syria are practising their faith in secret now they live in a Muslim-majority nation, according to a Turkish newspaper.
US Vice President Joe Biden said on Saturday that the United States and Turkey were prepared for a military solution against Islamic State in Syria should the Syrian government and rebels fail to reach a political settlement.
The Saudi-backed Syrian opposition has ruled out even indirect negotiations with Damascus before steps including a halt to Russian air strikes, contradicting US Secretary of State John Kerry's insistence that talks will begin next week.
In hopes to protect their children and their homeland, Christian mothers and wives have formed
an all-female militia to fight the extremist group Islamic State (ISIS) in Syria.
A Syrian Archbishop has condemned the use of hunger as a "weapon" in war while saying, although there are difficulties, there is no excuse for aid not to be reaching people in desperate need.
Islamic state militants killed dozens of people execution style and kidnapped at least 400 civilians in attacks on government-held areas in Syria's city of Deir al-Zor on Saturday, a source and a monitoring group said.
An Oregon folk singer is reportedly set to travel to the Islamic State (ISIS)-controlled Syria to sing for peace despite a warning from the State department.