Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Alwasl)- Syrian capital's biggest square has witnessed first protest ever throughout 44 years of Assad's family rule when tens of people asked release of their relatives who held captive by Islamist rebel group in...

With American bombs again falling over Iraq—this time striking Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, recently renamed the “Islamic State”) positions near the Kurdish city of Irbil—the White House is finally bowing to the inevitable conclusion that this terror group...

Since their capture of Iraq's second city of Mosul on June 10, a great deal of attention has been paid to the self-labeled 'Islamic State' and its continuing advance across Iraq. On August 2, Islamic State fighters seized the largely Yazidi town of Sinjar and on August 3, they...

 (Indo Asian News Service) - At least 13 rebels were killed Friday when the Syrian army pounded their positions in the country's northern region of Jisr al-Shughur, media reports said. The Syrian army forces targeted terrorists' positions near the town of Tal al-Dahab in...