Libya's Presidential Council named a revised lineup late on Sunday for a unity government under a United Nations-backed plan aimed at ending the conflict in the North African state. One of the council's members, Fathi al-Majbari, said in a televised statement that the list of...

(The Guardian)- Vladimir Putin could end Syria’s civil war with one phonecall, Britain’s foreign secretary has said. Calling on the Russians to end airstrikes on moderate Syrian opposition fighters, Philip Hammond said: “There is one man on this planet who can end the civil war in Syria...

Sunni politician Saad al-Hariri said on Sunday Lebanon would never be an "Iranian province" hostile to Saudi Arabia, and attacked Shi'ite Hezbollah's role in the Syrian war in a speech reflecting regional tensions. The former prime minister was speaking in Beirut on the 11th...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Dominant Islam Army rebel group, in statement issued Sunday, said its had killed 16 Islamic State fighters in an ambush in the Eastern Qalamoun region near Iraqi borders. Islam Army's special forces units have ambushed ISIS fighters between al-Dhaba'a and Bir al-Manqoura...