Syrian rebels on Thursday seized control of most of Aleppo's central prison, freeing hundreds of detainees, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said to AFP.   "Ahrar al-Sham and Al-Nusra Front [brigades] have taken control of 80 percent of Aleppo central prison and freed...

Egypt's Defence Minister, Field Marshal Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has said he will run in the presidential elections due to take place by mid-April, Kuwaiti newspaper  Al-Seyassah  reported . In Thursday's edtion of the newspaper, Sisi said: "The decision has been made, and...

    High-profile figures of Syria's two major opposition groups will meet in Egypt's Cairo Thursday to discuss broader representation of the Syrian opposition groups in the second round of talks of the Geneva II peace conference, a Syrian opposition leader said Tuesday....

The Italian navy has rescued more than 1,100 migrants from nine large rafts in the waters south of Sicily, the latest arrivals from North Africa. Patrol helicopters identified the overcrowded rafts on Wednesday and four navy vessels participated in the rescue which ended early on Thursday, a...