Sydney, June 25 (IANS) The Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) and other spy agencies will be given more powers under a new proposal as fears grow over threats to national security from Australians fighting with terrorist groups in Iraq and Syria. Attorney...

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syria's al Qaeda wing has pledged allegiance to rival group the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in a Syrian border town, a monitoring group said, strengthening ISIL's control of both sides of the Syria-Iraq frontier. Fighters from Nusra Front, the...

(Translation by Yusra Ahmed) Mohammed Harith, the Editor of “Step” news, was assaulted and badly beaten by the bodyguard of Ahmad Tu'mah, the Prime Minister in the Interim Government during his visit to the Government’s Headquarter In Gaziantep...

(Reporting by Cham Mohamed; Translation by Yusra Ahmed) As a reaction to the explosion took place in al-Tayyoneh town two days ago, the Lebanese army for the third time, invaded Arsal town at the Syrian-Lebanese borders, with armed vehicle. The town...