(Zaman Al Wasl)- The newly-formed rebel group al-Shamiya Front on Monday pressed slow advances north of Aleppo, killing 20 troops loyal to Bashar al-Assad and taking control of strategic district near the main entrance of the city. Field sources told Zaman...

  (Reuters) - Syria's Western-backed political opposition group, the National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces, has elected a new presidential committee and a president widely seen as free of links to any of the body's international sponsors. Despite...

(Reuters) - A Libyan warplane from forces loyal to the internationally recognized government bombed a Greek-operated oil tanker anchored off the coast, killing two crewmen in an escalation of hostilities between factions vying to rule the country. Military officials said the...

(Reuters) - A former Tunisian interior minister has been nominated as prime minister to form a new government after an agreement among political parties in the newly elected parliament, congress speaker Mohamed Nacer said on Monday. The nominee, Habib Essid, worked in the...