Jordan said on Sunday a security operation to deal with around six "terrorists" holed up in a Crusader-era castle in the southern city of Karak in a shoot-out that has so far killed at least nine people was approaching its end. Government minister and spokesman Mohammad al-Momani told state...

Seven policemen, two Jordanian civilians and one Canadian tourist were killed Sunday when gunmen staged a series of attacks on police patrols and a historic castle in the heart of the southern city of Karak. According to Jordanian police, at least 20 others were injured, and security sources...

(News2Share)- “Tonight, we’re all from Aleppo. Because Aleppo never fell – we did.” It’s a freezing evening in the nation’s capital, but about two hundred are gathered in a wide circle outside the White House. There are entire families here, some of them waving Syrian flags,...

Russia on Sunday warned it would use its veto to block a French-drafted resolution on sending UN observers to Aleppo, setting up yet another showdown with the West over the fate of the besieged Syrian city. Moscow presented a rival draft resolution during a closed-door meeting of the...