An Egyptian court Thursday sentenced a policeman to 15 years in jail over the fatal shooting of a woman during a peaceful leftist rally, a court official said. Shaima al-Sabbagh, a 34-year-old mother of a five-year-old, was struck by birdshot in January as police dispersed a small march on the...

A day after taking control of a major army base in Daraa province, Southern Front rebels on Wednesday announced a new offensive to capture a military airport near Sweida city, the main stronghold of Syria's Druze minority. Al-Tha'leh airport is rebels' second target after the takeover of Liwa...

ISIS militants blew up a pipeline feeding natural gas from eastern Syria to the suburbs of the capital Damascus early Wednesday morning, an activist group said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a British based activist group, said ISIS blew up the pipeline near the T-4 military airport...

Syrian air strikes on ISIS-held town in the northeastern province of Hasaka killed at least 14 civilians, activists said Wednesday as battles continue between the radical group and Kurdish militias. Syrian regime's vacuum missiles targeted the northern neighborhood of al-Shadadi town, killing...