Two people were killed in clashes between Islamist protesters and Egyptian police in Cairo on Friday, security officials said. The army and police had fanned out across the capital in anticipation of rallies called by an Islamist group, and police quickly moved in to...

  (Zaman Al Wasl)- 700 rebel fighters have defected Suqour al-Sham brigades to join Ahrar al-Sham Movement in Idlib countryside, filed commander in the Islamist group told Zaman al-Wasl. Sheikh Hussam, who uses an alias, did not reveal the reasons...

(Reuters) - Syria rejected as "fabricated" U.S. accusations that its forces are targeting civilians with air strikes and said Washington would do better to criticize hardline Islamic State militants who have killed American citizens. The U.S. State Department said on...

(AFP)- Once-proud shop owners in Aleppo's picturesque old city market, the merchants of Syria's former economic capital now live on a pittance selling goods on pavements and stalls. After a major rebel offensive on Aleppo in July 2012, the city's historic souk fell prey to a war...