(Reuters) - Egypt's most active militant group, Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis, has sworn allegiance to Islamic State, the al Qaeda offshoot which has seized territory in Syria and Iraq , according to an audio clip posted on its Twitter account. If genuine, the declaration of...

ARSAL, Lebanon: The Lebanese Army Sunday arrested a Syrian rebel commander and his chauffeur near the northeastern border town of Arsal, a security source told The Daily Star. The Lebanese Army issued a statement later saying it had arrested in the Arsal region, Lebanese national...

By Al Hussein Al Shishakli (Zaman Al Wasl)- Zaman al-Wasl source disclosed that National Coalition’s Envoy to Qatar had accompanied   Moaz Alkhatib, the former head of key opposition group, in his visit to Russia where they had met...

Beirut (AFP) - Syrian rebels and Al-Qaeda seized the southern town of Nawa Sunday from troops loyal to President Bashar al-Assad after months of intense fighting, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. Both local rebel groups and Al-Qaeda affiliate Al-Nusra Front claimed...