Hayat Tahrir al-Sham is an avowedly Islamic group. It aims to implement Islamic law. And it is brutal and violent toward those whom it considers unbelievers and heretical Muslims. “Kill them wherever you find them.” — Qur’an 2:191 “Kill them wherever you find them.” — Qur’an 4:89 “Kill them wherever you find them.” — Qur’an […]
Syria: Muslims murder eight people in jihad attack at Alawite mosque
The Qur’an forbids Muslims to kill other Muslims (4:92), but Sunni jihadis consider Alawites to be hypocrites or apostates. “Islamist militant group claims deadly bombing of Alawite mosque in Syria’s Homs,” France 24, December 26, 2025: At least eight people were killed in an explosion at the Imam Ali Bin Abi Talib Mosque, an Alawite-majority […]
Syria: Over 450 people murdered ‘based on sectarian affiliation’
That would be, in nearly every case, Islamic jihadis murdering people whom they considered to be infidels, heretics, or apostates. “Night attack on civilian houses | Minor girl killed and young man injured in Homs city,” SOHR, August 19, 2025 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): Homs province: The city of Homs experienced a state […]
Syria: Muslims murder Christian goldsmith after he refuses to pay ‘protection money’
“Fight against those do not believe in Allah or the last day, and do not forbid what Allah and his messenger have forbidden, and do not follow the religion of truth, even if they are among the people of the book, until they pay the jizya with willing submission and feel themselves subdued.” (Qur’an 9:29) […]
Syria: Muslims attack Christian farmers, beat them for being ‘infidels’
Syria: The presence of Islamists throughout the country is menacing and ominous. A Christian priest in Homs reported that a group of Muslims there attacked Christian farmers in a Christian village. The Christians were ridiculed and beaten for being “infidels.” There will be… pic.twitter.com/1CGwShUfWZ — Christian Emergency Alliance (@ChristianEmerg1) December 11, 2024 This is the […]
Israel Warns Iran: Don’t Send Weapons to Syria
The Israelis have warned Iran not to send weapons to Assad’s army, lest they fall into the hands of Hezbollah. Assad, of course, is desperate. Aleppo has been taken by the rebels of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HST). Hama has been taken. Now the rebels are marching on Homs, Syria’s third city, and tens of thousands […]
Syria: Jihadis launch surprise attack on shepherds, murder six at random, injure others
“Make ready for them all that you can of force and of warhorses, so that by them you may strike terror in the enemy of Allah and your enemy…” (Qur’an 8:60) “Likely to belong to ‘ISIS’ cells | Six shepherds killed in attack by gunmen on village in eastern countryside of Homs,” Syrian Observatory for […]
Syria: Muslims murder 53 people in new attack on people out truffle hunting
Could the fact that dogs are often involved in truffle hunting account for the murderous rage this activity apparently arouses in jihadis? Or are they just trying to “strike terror” in people they believe to be “enemies of Allah” (Qur’an 8:60)? We reported on a similar attack last week here. “53 Civilians Killed In Syria […]
Syria: Islamic State jihadis ambush buses carrying oil workers back from work, murder ten people
The Islamic State controlled a huge expanse of territory in Iraq and Syria from 2014 to 2017. Then it was essentially driven out of both, but this year it has been resurgent. “Oil workers killed in Islamic State attack in Syria,” Al-Monitor, December 3, 2021: Several oil workers were killed by the Islamic State (IS) […]
Biden Administration Takes Side of Russia, Syria, Iran, Hezbollah Against Israel
Israel has for years been able to bomb targets in Syria virtually at will. These include Iranian bases, where precision-guided weapons are both assembled and made ready for delivery to Hezbollah, and Hezbollah bases which take delivery of these weapons and take them back to Lebanon. In hundreds of missions over Syria, Israeli planes […]