Syrian rebels have taken the Gharz central prison in Daraa in southern Syria, freeing about 300 to 400 detainees. Al-Omari brigades, Islamist rebel group, also say they have taken the vehicle training grounds to the south of the prison and a “secret facility”. Syria...

Photographs of what the Tunisian government says are young jihadists training to fight in Syria have caused surprise amid claims that some show a boy scouts camp instead. At a news conference on Monday, the ministry presented pictures of a group of young men working in a field, claiming...

President Abdullah Gul has dismissed suggestions that outside forces are conspiring against  Turkey , openly contradicting Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's assertions that a corruption scandal shaking the country is part of a foreign-backed plot. The graft inquiry swirling...

  “I never imagined that our calls to get our freedom from captivity by Free Syrian Army   would be without impact and would not resonate the Syrian regime,” a captive officer from the Syrian Army said, who was detained by Liwa al-Twhid, rebel islamist group. The...