The general coordinator of the internal-opposition National Body for the Democratic Change, has expressed desire to call for a third consultative meeting with the West-backed National Coalition. "Despite the Coalition’s previous unfulfilled promises," Hassan Abdel Azim told Zaman...

Egypt's interim president has signed into law a bill aimed at regulating the upcoming presidential election, paving the way for army chief Abdel Fattah el-Sisi to take part and win. Adly Mansour , the interim president, issued the decree on Saturday with the elections commission...

A Sunni Lebanese militant group linked to al Qaeda has apologized for the civilian casualties of a suicide bombing last month and said its fight was against Iran and its ally Hezbollah, not Shi'ites in general. The Abdullah Azzam Brigades took credit for a February 19 attack on Shi'ite...

Qalamoun, Syria -  In a tiny village perched in the folds of one of Syria's highest mountains, a rebel commander sits behind the steering wheel of his parked pick-up truck, listening for the first time to an anthem created by his enemies vowing to give him and his comrades "dark...