Tunisian authorities warned of possible car bombings in the capital Tunis and banned traffic in parts of the city after receiving intelligence reports about potential attacks, the state news agency TAP said on Sunday. The North African country is under a state of emergency after...

The Islamic State on Sunday has taken control of Jazel village in the northern countryside of Homs city, the hardline group said in statement as its fighters keep encircling a nearby oil field. Supporters of the the radical group said ISIS is pressing hard to capture Jazel oil field after...

Syrian state media said on Sunday that an Islamist insurgent had confessed after his arrest to being behind two car bomb blasts that killed 37 people in the south of the country on Friday, including a Druze leader. The explosions had provoked protests by Druze in the city of...

Al Qaeda's Syria wing the Nusra Front has blown up an army checkpoint east Hama city, killing number of military personnel including two officers, sources told Zaman al-Wasl Sunday. Al Sammakh checkpoint has been considered as one the most powerful bases east Hama city near Salamiyeh town, the...