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Jordan amends anti-terror law to face Syria fallout

Controversial amendments to Jordan's anti-terrorism law seek to curb the influence of homegrown Al-Qaeda affiliated jihadists fighting the regime of the kingdom's northern neighbour Syria, analysts said. New articles added to the law approved by MPs on Tuesday deem "joining or...

Rebels take key regime position in the southwest

By EA World View | While Syria’s military consolidates its position between Damascus and the Lebanese border, insurgents continued to advance on the southwestern front, taking a key military position on Thursday. Opposition fighters claimed the hilltop position of Brigade 61,...

Rebels blow up Tamico Complex near Damascus

Islamist rebels blew up Friday morning Tamico Complex, well-known Assad’s stronghold near Mleiha in the eastern districts of Syrian capital, activists reported. The key Islamist rebel group, Islam Amy, backed by Shabab al-Huda rebel group have detonated the complex, no...

28 killed in attack on Shi'ite political rally in Iraq

A series of explosions killed 28 people and wounded more than 40 at a Shi'ite political organization's rally in Iraq on Friday, police and medical sources said. The militant group Asaib Ahl Haq (League of the Righteous) was presenting its candidates for elections on April 30 at...