When the armed opposition in Syrian realized that there would not be a serious military support by the so-called “Friends of Syria” countries, they started to rely on themselves to produce arms locally, rebel commander said....

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States said on Wednesday that while al Qaeda's Pakistan-based "core organization" had been severely degraded, affiliates of the militant group in Africa and the Middle East were becoming more "operationally autonomous" and aggressive. The...

The National Basketball Association's 29 team owners will likely vote to force Donald Sterling to sell the Los Angeles Clippers after he was banned for life for racist comments, some of the owners said on Wednesday. As it appeared more likely the team would be put up for sale,...

Germany has granted a political asylum for number of Syrian opposition personalities, well-informed sources within the National Coalition said on Wednesday. The veteran dissident Haitham al-Maleh, NC member and head of legal committee, and businessman...