LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) - The European Union urged Turkey on Monday to open its border to allow supplies to get through to residents of the Syrian border town of Kobani that is being besieged by Islamic State insurgents. EU governments also tightened sanctions on the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Former Saudi officer, who joined the Islamic State of iraq and Syria group, has been killed on Monday by Kurdish militants in the border city of Kobani, Zaman al-Wasl reporter said. Former Major in the Saudi Interior ministry,...

Reporting by MaMoun Abu Mohamed; Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime’s forces has started unprecedented campaign to mandatorily recruit most males over 18 years old in the military services, even if they have official documents...

( Nahar Net )- The Qaida-linked al-Nusra Front released Monday a video in which Lebanese soldier Omar Khaled Shamtiyeh announces his defection from the army. Shamtiyeh accused the military of being “subordinate to” Hizbullah and of “killing the Sunni youths” in the...