BEIRUT ( The Daily Star) : A rocket attack reportedly crashed into the location where captives from Lebanon’s military and security forces captured by Nusra Front militants last month are being held. A...

(Reuters) - Israel shot down a Syrian warplane on Tuesday, saying the aircraft crossed the battle lines of Syria's civil war and flew over the Israeli-held Golan Heights, perhaps by accident. The incident coincided with but did not appear to be directly related to air...

Germany will not arm Syrian Kurdish forces fighting ISIL because of the risk of weaponry falling into the wrong hands, the country’s foreign ministry said. "The risk of the seizure of German weapons by the ‘wrong’ groups is way too big,” Deputy Spokeswoman Sawsan...

  Hania, Greece (A Jazeera) - When Doa al-Zamel and her fiance embarked on a voyage across the Mediterranean in an Egyptian fishing trawler, they felt their dream was coming true. "We were going to be married in Italy, and then we would live in Europe - we...