The radical Islamic State group has arrested at least 25 people in raids carried on al-Shuhail village in Deir Ezzor province, activists said. IS has launched a revenge campaign on tribes stand against it in the eastern countryside of rich-oil...

Since their capture of Iraq's second city of Mosul on June 10, a great deal of attention has been paid to the self-labeled 'Islamic State' and its continuing advance across Iraq. On August 2, Islamic State fighters seized the largely Yazidi town of Sinjar and on August 3, they...

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Former Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri, back in Lebanon after over three years in self-imposed exile, on Friday called on lawmakers to elect a president to help ensure the stability of the country. "Electing the president is everyone's responsibility....

 (Indo Asian News Service) - At least 13 rebels were killed Friday when the Syrian army pounded their positions in the country's northern region of Jisr al-Shughur, media reports said. The Syrian army forces targeted terrorists' positions near the town of Tal al-Dahab in...