They were sleepy tree-lined boulevards where people lived and worked, time-worn markets where they came to trade and exquisitely detailed mosques where, throughout the ages, they prayed. All now stand in ruins, ravaged by a war that is not only killing generations of...

Egyptian army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has been promoted to the rank of field marshal, in what security officials told Reuters news agency is a sign he is about to declare his candidacy for the presidency. The army command on Monday discussed Sisi's presidential bid, the AFP news...

 Syria's government delegation at peace talks in Geneva presented a declaration of principles for negotiations which did not mention a transition of power and was immediately rejected by the opposition, Syrian television said on Monday. The "declaration of basic principles" said...

Mujahideen of Jaish al Muhajireen wal Ansar (JMA) have stormed regime forces in Ma’arat al-Artiq, west of Kafr Hamra and east of Babis, 82 km near Aleppo, Jihadist group, The Victorious Party In the Land of Ash-Sham, said in a statement posted online. Meanwhile, a faction...