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Syrian justice minister tells TML: ‘Coordination with US-led coalition can be lawful under Shariah’

Al-Wais emphasized that Islamic law distinguishes between loyalty and practical dealings, stating, “Not every political or security coordination is considered loyalty.”

Syrian Justice Minister Mazhar al-Wais makes a speech during the swearing-in ceremony for the first cabinet formed under the presidency of Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa, March 29, 2025.
 Israeli Druze demonstrating against Islamist violence in Syria, April 30, 2025.

Dozens of Druze in northern Israel demonstrate against Islamist violence in Syria

 Syrian-born businessman Yahya Kirdi.

Peace between Israel and Syria is possible, Damascus businessman tells 'Post'

 The Bab al-Hawa border crossing between Syria and Turkey, December 8, 2024.

Syrian Shi'ites and other minorities flee to Lebanon, fearing Islamist rule


Activist: Doors closed for Iraqi Christians, Yazidis – just like the Jews

Massacres committed by Islamic State against Yazidis mean they “can’t trust their Sunni neighbors again.”

A MASS GRAVE of Yazidi victims of Islamic State is seen near Sinjar, Iraq.

The Gulf Monarchies: Stuck Between Iraq and a Hard Place

The Jerusalem Post

The world's great dictators and the Paris Attacks

The Jerusalem Post

Syrian pilot shoots self to avoid fiery ISIS execution

The incident is widely considered to have been an attempt to elude the fate of a Jordanian pilot whose burning execution was popularized by the Islamic State propaganda machine.

Syrian media coverage of a crashed military plane in flames

Foreign Affairs: Syria’s Solomonic justice

Next month, Bashar Assad will mark 15 years to coming to power and while he is still hanging on in parts of the country, his father’s estate has been irreversibly split.

Smoke rises over Syrian town of Kobani after an airstrike

Hostage John Cantlie's fate unknown as ISIS releases latest in 'documentary' series

Cantlie has appeared in a series of documentary-style propaganda videos since he was captured in late 2012.

Hostage John Cantlie in the Islamic State propoganda video From Inside Halab

Watch: ISIS blooper video goes viral

YouTube shows the Caliphate's clumsier side

ISIS bloopers‏

Obama seeks to expand US military force against ISIS, says report

The United States is leading an international coalition against the extremist terror group and an air campaign against IS fighters in Iraq and Syria began in August.

A masked man speaking in what is believed to be a North American accent in a video that Islamic State fighters released in September 2014.

Al-Qaida in Syria kills woman accused of adultery, monitoring group says

Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said incident showed such execution-style killings were not confined to the militant Islamic State group.

A member of al-Qaida's Nusra Front sits in a tank decorated with the Nusra flag near al-Zahra village, north of Aleppo

ISIS shoots down coalition warplane over Syria, captures Jordanian pilot

Islamic State social media accounts published pictures purportedly of the warplane's pilot being held by the group's fighters and said he was Jordanian.

A Jordanian air force pilot was captured by Islamic State fighters