Syria’s rebels pressed slowly advances on Monday after taking control of al-Badiya cement factory and base for anti-aircraft missiles, 50 miles east Damascus, near the Syrian-Iraqi borders in what they called Desert Battles. Two days ago, rebels...

Om Amer, a 70-year old Syrian refugee woman, run away from the war in Syria with her disabled injured son. She is forced to queue for long time in front of Charity Societies hoping to get something to support her minimal living needs. However, most often she...

The Egyptian judge who sentenced to death hundreds of supporters of ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi last month will issue a verdict Monday on another 700 people, including the leader of his Muslim Brotherhood. Monday's hearing in a court in the southern province of Minya...

Turkish security forces on Sunday detained an American journalist and two Syrians as they tried to cross a river flowing from Syria into southern Turkey by raft, the army said. The three were spotted on the Asi river near the border province of Hatay, the army said in a...