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Rebels capture Sheikh Miskeen town near Daraa

(Zaman Al Wasl)-   Syrian rebels on Sunday have captured strategic Sheikh Miskeen town south the war-torn country after months of heavy fighting with forces loyal to Basher al-Assad, activists said. The fighters of Southern Front have taken...

At least 27 Philippines police die in clash with rebels

At least 27 elite police troopers were reported killed in a fierce firefight with suspected Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) in the Philippines Muslim south Sunday. Von Al Haq, the military chief of the rival Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), told the Philippine Daily...

Libya's Ansar al-Sharia group confirms chief's death

Benghazi (Libya) (AFP) - Libya's Ansar al-Sharia jihadist group on Saturday confirmed the death of its leader Mohamed al-Zehawi, after Islamist websites reported he had been mortally wounded in fighting in October. "We mourn the death of the Emir of Ansar al-Sharia Sheikh Mohamed...

Lebanese army says soldiers and gunmen killed in clashes

(Reuters) - Fighting broke out between Lebanese troops and gunmen on Friday in an area that has seen repeated incursions by Islamist militants fighting in Syria's war, the Lebanese army said in a statement. It said a large number of gunmen had been killed and a number of...