Tension between Sunni and Shia Muslims is the biggest threat to world security, Iran's foreign minister has said. Mohammad Javad Zarif told the BBC in comments published on Monday, "I think we need to come to understand that a sectarian divide in the Islamic world is a...

The Syrian National Coalition agreed on Monday to participate in peace talks in Geneva which are aimed at bringing together the opposition and the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to create a transition government and end Syria’s two-year conflict But the Syrian...

With a string of military gains across northeastern  Syria , a Kurdish militia is solidifying a geographic and political presence in the war-torn country, posing a dilemma for regional powers. Long oppressed under Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his father before him, Kurds...

Egypt detained more than 1,500 refugees from Syria, including Palestinians and 250 children, before forcing most to leave the country, Human Rights Watch said in a report Monday. The New York-based watchdog said the refugees were detained for weeks and even months, and that some of the...