(Reuters) - An Egyptian court sentenced prominent activist Ahmed Douma to life in prison on Wednesday, judicial sources said, part of a sustained crackdown on Islamist and liberal government opponents. Douma, a leading figure in the pro-democracy revolt that toppled autocrat...

(Reuters) - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has declared itself "extremely concerned" by photographs showing its food parcels being handed out in Syria with Islamic State logos on them. Images circulating on social media show food being distributed from...

  (Zaman Al Wasl)- The ousted opposition ambassador to Doha, in letter addressed to the head of National Coalition, said the dismissal decision on Tuesday was unjust and issued over a personal animosity. Two-thirds of the Coalition's political...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Representatives of Nusra Front and Ahrar al-Sham movement were met in Idlib countryside on Monday over reconciliation efforts. The dispute escalated when fighters of al-Qaeda’s Syria wing killed senior commander of Ahrar al-Sham in...