(Zaman Al Wasl)- Islamic State fighters took the central town of Mahin east of Homs city for the second time in two years, an affiliate news agency said Sunday, a move set off alarm bells over a nearby ancient Christian town. Activists said the radical group seek to control Syrian regime's...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Nusra Front fighters on Saturday have recaptured a ground from regime troops and their allies in the southern countryside of Aleppo, the al-Qaeda branch in Syria said via social media. Nusra Fighters have recaptured al-Qarasi and al Jameeiya hills, and  Maryamin...

An Egyptian television station suspended a female presenter's programme on Friday following online outrage after she shamed and allegedly stole personal pictures from a sexual harassment victim on her show. Stressing its "respect for all women and girls", the privately owned Al-Nahar channel...

At least 70 people were killed and 550 wounded in attacks on a marketplace in a rebel-held area east of the Syrian capital Damascus, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said Saturday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights had announced a death toll of at least 59, including five children, in...