Radical Islamic group, the State of Iraq and the Levant freed the leader of Hama province military council after days of abduction in Sarakeb in Idlib province, local sources said. Brigadier Ahmed Berri has been freed after a timeout was given to the ISIL...

South Africa buried Nelson Mandela on Sunday, leaving the multi-racial democracy he founded without its living inspiration and still striving for the "Rainbow Nation" ideal of shared prosperity he had dreamed of. The Nobel peace laureate, who was held in apartheid prisons for 27 years...

The Islamic State of Iraq and The Levant launched 3 suicide bombings against forces loyal to Bashar al-Assad in the city of Deir Zour east Syria, ISIL said in statement issued yesterday. Al-Qaeda affiliated said that more than 1000 jihadists had involved in the battles...

A Danish and a Norwegian frigate are anchored in the Cypriot port of Limassol awaiting orders to sail for Syria and help collect part of the regime's deadly chemical arsenal. When the call comes, they will escort two cargo ships -- one from each country -- to Syria's Latakia, where...