Syrian Militants

ISIS' beheading Sotloff: Family mourns beheaded son as a 'gentle soul'

The family of Steven Sotloff, the second American journalist beheaded by Islamic State militants, said on Wednesday he was no hero and no war junkie but "a mere man who tried to find good concealed in a world of darkness."

Beirut suburb on high alert after wave of bombings

The once-bustling Shiite suburb's streets are quiet and its residents on high alert after a series of six blasts, the first of which was in July, killed at least 57 people.