When the peaceful uprising against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad turned bloody more than two and a half years ago, Egypt was a welcome safe haven for fleeing Syrian refugees. The welcome was short lived however when the host nation descended into turmoil of...

Suhair Atassi is a hard stone, can not be shifted, activists said after keeping her post as president of the controversial Aid Coordination Unit. ‘’As regime as opposition,’’ others said, in reference to the mentality of some opposition figures. Atassi posted...

Armed with machine guns, black-clad al Qaeda fighters drove their pick-ups calmly into the northern Syrian town and took over its imposing agriculture ministry building. They beheaded a sniper from a rival rebel unit, displayed his head in the main square and put roadblocks on major...

A unit of Russian security forces is training to fight Islamist militants battling in Syria  on fears they may migrate from the Middle East conflict to join an insurgency in the North Caucasus, Chechnya's Kremlin-backed leader said. The Kremlin is worried that Russian-born...