The death toll from an air strike by U.S.-led forces on the northern Syrian province of Aleppo on Friday has risen to 52 including seven children, a group monitoring the conflict said on Saturday. U.S. and Arab forces have been carrying out almost daily air raids against hardline Islamist...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 11 people on Friday have been killed in Syrian air strikes on northern city of Aleppo. Zaman al-Wasl reporter said 11 civilians were killed in barrel-bomb attack on al-Saliheen neighborhood of Aleppo. Death toll of barrel bombs in Aleppo reached 225...

Nour ed-Din al-Zinki Islamist group, active in Aleppo, has exempted its general leader Tawfeeq Shihab al-Din, the Shura council said in statement Thursday. The rebel group said Shehab el-Din has special health conditions makes him unable to keep his post. The Shura council has appointed Ali...

When the late King Abdullah appointed his half-brother, Moqren bin Abdul Aziz, as deputy crown prince last year, he added an unusual rider. The decree stated: “Nobody can change this decision”. Well, his successor King Salman just has. I wrote at the time of the decree : “...