Egypt’s president said Thursday that he considered any defamation of the country’s security forces to be “high treason” and would not allow it, in an apparent warning to the media. Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi’s warning came as security forces enter the fourth week of a campaign...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Three civilians killed in night raids on the town of Douma in Eastern Ghouta suburbs, topping the death toll of Thursday’s airstrikes to 11, local activists and Civil Defense rescuing group said. Eight 8 civilians, including children, were also killed in the...

Syrian militant rebels took back some ground Thursday from rival insurgent groups near Syria's border with Turkey after losing control of several towns to them in recent days, rebels and residents said. The rebel-held area in northwestern Syria is their biggest remaining stronghold, and...

Representatives for thousands of Ethiopian Jews announced Wednesday they will stage a mass hunger strike if Israel eliminates funding to allow them to join their families in that country. Hundreds gathered at a synagogue in Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa, to express concern that...