(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime forces have recaptured on Friday two villages in Idlib province without any resistance by Islamist rebels, activists said. Local activists assured that Bashar al-Assad’s forces have gained the advantages of...

(CNN) -- ISIS is planning to mint its own currency in gold, silver and copper, the group said Thursday. Its aim is to stay away from the "tyrant's financial system," ISIS said in a statement. It said it would issue another statement to explain the new currency's exchange rate,...

Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood said Friday that a second member had died in prison this week. Abu Bakr al-Qadi, 64, died in prison in the Upper Egyptian province of Qena late Friday from stomach cancer, the Islamist movement said in a statement. The group accused security...

  (Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian rebels on Saturday thwarted an attack by regime's armed forces on the eastern region of Qalamoun Mountains, pressing slow advances in the desert area of historic Palmyra city east Homs, activists said. Backed by Islamist...