Islamic State blows up Syrian church

Islamic State blows up Syrian church on Easter Sunday
Islamic State insurgents blew up an 80-year-old church in Syria's northeastern province of Hassaka on Easter Sunday, Syrian state news agency SANA said. SANA, which did not report any casualties, said the militants had planted explosives inside the Church of the Virgin Mary in Tel Nasri, an Assyrian village in an area where Christian and Kurdish militia have been battling Islamic State. 

The Palestinians of Yarmouk to Ynet: We need international intervention, Islamic State is beheading people
M, a resident of the Palestinian refugee camp Yarmouk, sounds despondent. He...has lived there for more than 30 years. He, his wife and two children, along with thousands of others, are now at the mercy of Islamic State. ..."There is no choice but to call on Israel for help; the Israelis are more compassionate than the Arabs," M says...