Giant posters of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in military uniform hang at security checkpoints leading to the Sinai, but the crash of a Russian airliner in the peninsula has shattered the image of control they seek to project. Western officials have raised the possibility that...

By Eli Lake & Josh Rogin Since 2013, Egypt's president, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, has kept a tight grip on his country. He has jailed, killed and exiled his Islamist opposition. Nonetheless, Israeli officials are said to worry whether he can hold on to power. Speaking Thursday to the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian rebels pressed Friday more advances northeast Hama province, taking control of two villages and strategic hills, activists and local reporter said. Islamist fighters operating under the Army of Conquest banner took Atshan and Um Hartin villages from Syrian regime army...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian rebels took control of strategic hill northeast Hama province late on Thursday after heavy clashes with regime troops and their allied militias, killing at least 50, a rebel commander said. Ajnad al Sham, key rebel unit in the Army of Conquest, and other Islamist...