Suspected militants killed 20 members of Yemen's security forces in a dawn raid on a checkpoint on Monday, state news agency Saba said, in an attack officials said bore the hallmarks of the local branch of al Qaeda. Yemen is dogged by internal conflicts and chronic poverty...

The head of the organization overseeing the destruction of Syria's chemical weapons stockpile said he still hoped Damascus could meet a final deadline of June 30 but it might miss that target. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government agreed to destroy its chemical weapons...

  The prominent Saudi Jihadist and preacher, Abdullah al-Muheisini  with other foreign jihadist are participating in Kasab battles near the coastal city of Latakia, Syrian activists say. Al- muheisini, who posted online a photo for him with Islamist fighters near...

Homesickness is a growing social challenge for thousands of displaced Syrians who had no choice but to flee their homes and find ways to express their feelings of loneliness and isolation. Farah who’s so proud of her new tattoo, wrote the word “Damascus” in Arabic on her...