Heavy fighting convenes between the Islamic State of Iraq and as-Sham near Kobane (Ayn-Al-Arab) in northeast Syria. ISIS has been attacking the area from three directions: Jarablus to the west, Sarrin to the south, and Tal Abyad to the east. The latest report of fighting comes from...

The Assad regime  has accused Turkey of direct involvement  in “terrorism”, following the launch of an insurgent offensive in Latakia Province in western Syria. The Islamic Front, the largest insurgent bloc, announced the start of the offensive on Friday. Opposition...

Unidentified gunmen have kidnapped a Tunisian diplomat in Tripoli, Tunisia's foreign minister said on Saturday, one of a string of diplomatic abductions in the Libyan capital this year. Three years after Libya's revolt to topple Muammar Gaddafi, the North African country is...

Two Shi'ite Muslim Houthi tribal fighters and a soldier were killed in Yemen on Saturday in renewed clashes in the northern province of Amran, local officials told Reuters. Elsewhere disgruntled tribesmen bombed Yemen's main crude export pipeline, forcing oil flows to be stopped....