The Free Syrian Army (FSA), the recognized armed opposition group against the Bashar al-Assad in Syria, has ceased its resistance in Aleppo, Syria’s second biggest city, withdrawing its 14,000 militia from the city, a ranking Turkish security source told the Hürriyet Daily News on...

At least 15 militants from the Islamic State for Iraq and the Levant were killed in Baghdad on Saturday, Iraqi army sources said. In other attacks, eight security officials were killed in the Iraqi capital, Iraqi security officials said on Saturday....

Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood said Friday that a second member had died in prison this week. Abu Bakr al-Qadi, 64, died in prison in the Upper Egyptian province of Qena late Friday from stomach cancer, the Islamist movement said in a statement. The group accused security...

Israeli authorities have dropped restrictions on access to the Al-Aqsa Mosque in East Jerusalem, allowing worshippers of all ages into the holy city. Israeli police said Thursday that there will be no age restrictions on  Muslim worshipers for Friday prayers at the Al-Aqsa...