(Zaman Al Wasl)- 8 unknown armed men on Monday have kidnapped Ya'qub al-Ammar, the head of Daraa council in the western countryside of the southern province, according to statement posted online. Al-Ammar, head of Daraa governorate council, was kidnapped in the road links between Mzairib town...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- ISIS fighters have recaptured early Monday three border towns with Turkey were under control of the Syrian rebels, Zaman Al Wasl local reporter said. ISIS took towns Dwaidan, Qarah Qweeri and Ghazel in the northern countryside. Omar Kassouma, military commander of Sultan...

Boko Haram Islamic extremists struck the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri for the first time in months Monday with rocket-propelled grenades and multiple suicide bombers, witnesses said. At least 50 people were killed and the death toll could go higher. At least 30 were killed and more...

Syria's opposition has yet to reach a consensus on a list of its delegates who will lead negotiations with the central government, Interfax news agency on Monday quoted Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov as saying. The Syrian government, meanwhile, was ready for the talks, Lavrov said.