Assad troops took over the village of Aziziyeh,  In the northern province of Aleppo,  days after seizing the strategic town of Sfeira from rebel hands, according to the Aleppo Media Centre, a network of anti-government activists.   Rebels' concerns have...

 Syrian air and land forces have pressed ahead with an intensified campaign against rebel-held pockets around Damascus, as Kurdish fighters in the country's north drove home advances against al-Qaeda-linked groups, monitoring agencies report. The Syrian Observatory...

French Foreign Ministry confirms that RFI journalists were abducted and killed by gunmen outside town of Kidal. Two French journalists have been killed in the northern Mali town of Kidal after being abducted by gunmen. Ghislaine Dupont and Claude Verlon, both journalists with...

Tunisia's ruling Islamist Ennahda party and the opposition have failed to reach an agreement on appointing a new prime minister, with both sides pledging to continue negotiations. After an unsuccessful meeting on Saturday morning, the parties sat down behind closed doors again at around...